David Priest is an award-winning writer and editor who formerly covered home security for CNET. Amazon's Echo Dot is impressive as ever. Its 1.6-inch speaker is half an inch larger than the previous ...

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Amazon announced two new speakers in September - the Echo Dot Max and the new Echo Studio. These speakers come blessed with a fresh design and lovely mesh covering, while Amazon says they were ...

Amazon says its latest Echo Dot provides nearly three times more bass than the fith-generation model. Amazon says its latest Echo Dot provides nearly three times more bass than the fith-generation ...

Like its bigger sibling, the Echo 4th Gen, the Echo Dot family has gone spherical. Amazon packed quite a bit of tech — from a processor to a speaker and microphones — into these softball-sized orbs.

If you’re looking to enjoy Alexa-powered smart home convenience hands-free around your place, a smart speaker can be a worthwhile investment. Amazon’s Echo speakers are some of the best on the market, ...

Most of these are related to smart home devices, but if you don't own any, the Echo Dot can connect to external speakers and devices via Bluetooth. However, you would be wasting much of the device's ...

Alexa+ is out of early access and available to all Prime members for free. I used Amazon's enhanced AI in early access and found it to be pretty capable, especially on a few key tasks.