Amazon Echo Dot (4th gen.)

Amazon Alexa
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Product 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.

Key specifications

Smart home ecosystem
Amazon Alexa
Streaming media provider
Apple MusicDeezerSpotify
Wireless transmission
BluetoothWi-Fi
Item number
14389578

General information

Manufacturer
Amazon
Category
Smart speakers
Manufacturer no.
B084J4QQFT
Release date
26/11/2020

Colour

Colour
Blue
Exact colour description
Blue

Smart home features

Smart Home
Compatible
Smart home ecosystem
Amazon Alexa
Communication standard
Amazon Alexa

Smart speaker properties

connection
3.5 mm jack
Audio channel
Mono

Playback sources

Streaming media provider
Apple MusicDeezerSpotify
playback options
Web radio

Wireless transmission

Wireless transmission
BluetoothWi-Fi
Bluetooth profiles
A2DPAVRCP

Power supply

Power supply
Electrical connection
Power consumption
15 W

Origin

Country of origin
China

Voluntary climate contribution

CO₂-Emission
Climate contribution

Scope of delivery

Scope of delivery
AC power adapter

Product dimensions

Length
100 mm
Width
100 mm
Height
89 mm
Weight
328 g

Package dimensions

Length
16.30 cm
Width
10.90 cm
Height
10.20 cm
Weight
588 g

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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.Amazon
    0,6 %
  • 1.Apple
    0,6 %
  • 3.Google
    0,7 %
  • 4.Xiaomi
    2,2 %

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.Google
    0 days
  • 1.Xiaomi
    0 days
  • 3.Amazon
    1 day
  • 4.Apple
    4 days

Return rate

How often is a product of this brand in the «Smart speakers» category returned?

Source: Galaxus
  • 1.Amazon
    3,3 %
  • 1.Apple
    3,3 %
  • 3.Google
    4,1 %
  • 4.Xiaomi
    4,7 %

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Overall ratingGood74/100
Good67/100
Rank 6 out of 12Stiftung WarentestWLan-Lautsprecher im Test - Satter Sound per FunkReleaseMarch 2022

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.

Good76/100
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Rank 1 out of 3Computer BildAlexa, Google oder Siri - Wer darf bei mir einziehenReleaseDecember 2021

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.

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Computer BildSingle testReleaseMay 2021

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.

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androidmag.deSingle testReleaseApril 2021

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...

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Stiftung WarentestSingle testReleaseMarch 2021

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,...