Amazon Echo Dot (4th gen.)
Amazon AlexaProduct details
Complete any room with Alexa. The most popular smart speaker features a sleek, compact design, making it ideal for small spaces. It delivers rich sound with clear audio and balanced bass, allowing you to enjoy music throughout your home.
Ask Alexa for a song, artist, or genre on Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, and many more. With multiple compatible Echo devices in different rooms, you can fill your entire house with music thanks to Multiroom Music. You can also listen to Audible, radio stations, podcasts, and much more.
Make your life at home easier. Use your voice to set timers, update lists, ask questions, or create calendar entries and reminders. Listen to the news, weather reports, or traffic updates, and take advantage of tens of thousands of Alexa Skills, such as TV DIGITAL or Fitbit.
Connect directly through Drop In with compatible Echo devices in other rooms of your home. Make an announcement when dinner is ready or remind the kids that it's bedtime. Stay connected with friends and family by making calls using just your voice.
Smart home ecosystem | Amazon Alexa |
Streaming media provider | Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify |
Wireless transmission | Bluetooth, Wi-Fi |
Item number | 14389578 |
Reviews & Ratings
Statutory warranty score
How often does a product of this brand in the «Smart speakers» category have a defect within the first 24 months?
Source: Galaxus- 1.Amazon0,6 %
- 1.Apple0,6 %
- 3.Google0,7 %
- 4.Xiaomi2,2 %
Statutory warranty case duration
How many working days on average does it take to process a warranty claim from when it arrives at the service centre until it’s back with the customer?
Source: Galaxus- 1.Google0 days
- 1.Xiaomi0 days
- 3.Amazon1 day
- 4.Apple4 days
Return rate
How often is a product of this brand in the «Smart speakers» category returned?
Source: Galaxus- 1.Amazon3,3 %
- 1.Apple3,3 %
- 3.Google4,1 %
- 4.Xiaomi4,7 %
Wireless speakers can play music from many sources. Our wireless speaker test shows which speakers sound very good - and why expensive does not automatically mean good. The speakers are controlled via app or voice assistant. In the latest test, Stiftung Warentest tested twelve wireless speakers from Amazon, Audio Pro, Bang & Olufsen, Bose, Denon, Google, Ikea, Philips, Sonos, Sony, Teufel and Xiaomi.
Alexa is strongest with audio content, while Siri is really weak. The reverse is true for voice searches for video content on the TV. Google is somewhere in the middle.
The fourth generation of the Amazon Echo is not a sound miracle either, but it sounds decent for its price and size. Operation and voice recognition work well.
The fourth generation of the Amazon Echo is the best smart home assistant in 2020. The speaker costs around 100 euros and has a lot to offer in return. Alexa plays music, answers questions, reads out news and weather reports and controls your smart home devices. Thanks to the new arrangement of the integrated speakers (Amazon changed the shape from cylinder to sphere), the sound is even more massive...
Those who already rely entirely on Siri, iPhone, iPad and Apple's music streaming service can expand their Apple system with the HomePod mini, a small smart speaker that doesn't sound bad for its size. Those who want to rely on the superior capabilities of Alexa, on the other hand, will find the fourth-generation Echo Dot to be a comparatively inexpensive and much more versatile entry-level device,...