Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker.
June 2019
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The editors liked
Adds significant bass to an existing Echo speaker setup
Pairing with other speakers is straightforward
Built-in ZigBee radio
Restores volume-control ring from the original Echo
The Echo Plus keeps the original Echo's design (and its beloved volume ring) while adding in an aux-out jack
A Zigbee radio to control smart home devices
And an incremental boost in sound quality. It costs $30 less than the original Echo
Integrated Zigbee automation hub
Audio has slightly more bass response than the standard Echo
Strong Wi-Fi reception
Excellent design that looks great in any room
2.5-inch circular screen is bright
Crisp
And doubles as a clock
Camera can be completely disabled
Great sound in a compact package
Powerful voice-recognition capabilties
Fantastic Alexa integration
Wit
Alexa is as capable as ever
Audio quality a little better than standard Echo (2017)
Zigbee hub gives a taste of the smart home
Does all of the things the first Echo did for $30 less
Can directly control smart home gadgets without a hub
Makes it very easy to set up new smart home gadgets
Connects to lots of smart bulbs
Good sound quality
Easy setup
Builtin Zigbee Hub and included Philips Hue light combine for $150 value
Zigbee compatible with over 100 devices
Improved smart device integration and interface within Alexa App
Alexa's wealth of over 10
000 app/device integrations (skills)
Quick
Eas
Sounds better than the first Echo
Has access to thousands of Alexa skills
Slightly cheaper than before
The editors didn't like
Expensive
Doesn't allow sensors to trigger lights
No support for Z-Wave smart home devices
Not a great loudspeaker
The Plus also costs $50 more than the new Echo
Which has everything the Plus has except for Zigbee. The Alexa app isn't the fully capable smart home control center that the Echo Plus needs it to be
At least not yet
Alexa app can't control smart home devices with as much granularity as dedicated apps
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed
Videos are truncated in full-screen mode
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
Audio still isn't as good as we hoped for
Zigbee-only hub has limited device support
Alexa app is limited in granular controls
Smart home support is still very limited
Amazon's other new Echo is even cheaper still
Routines do not integrate other Amazon products well
Very basic smart-home automation
Same design as original Echo
Alexa search functionality inferior to Google Assistant
App could use quick toggles for smart home control
Adds significant bass to an existing Echo speaker setup, Pairing with other speakers is straightforward
Expensive
Ultimately, there's no question that the Echo Dot and Echo Plus are going to continue to sell: They're important products for the company, and these new models are dramatic improvements over their predecessors. Fewer people will buy two specifically to pa...
Excellent design that looks great in any room, 2.5-inch circular screen is bright, crisp, and doubles as a clock, Camera can be completely disabled, Great sound in a compact package, Powerful voice-recognition capabilties, Fantastic Alexa integration, wit
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed, Videos are truncated in full-screen mode, You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server, You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
The Echo Spot just might be the perfect smart speaker, with a versatility and fashion-sense that give it a sense of purpose and style.In a two-device race to rule table-top A.I, Google Home bests Amazon Echo in terms of audio quality, microphone range, d...
Builtin Zigbee Hub and included Philips Hue light combine for $150 value, Zigbee compatible with over 100 devices, Improved smart device integration and interface within Alexa App, Alexa's wealth of over 10,000 app/device integrations (skills), Quick, eas
Alexa search functionality inferior to Google Assistant, App could use quick toggles for smart home control, No Zwave support
Amazon's had a hit with the Echo from just about the very beginning. While the search prowess of Alexa was easily shown up by Google Assistant when it arrived on the scene a year later, Alexa had already amassed over 5000 skills to interface with various...
At its asking price of Rs 10,499, the Echo Plus is a pricey proposition, especially given that Alexa is still a work in progress in India. While Alexa works well for basic questions and playing music, there are several instances where you'll be met with a...
Published: 2017-11-20, Author: Mike , review by: tomsguide.com
Connects to lots of smart bulbs, Good sound quality, Easy setup
Very basic smart-home automation, Same design as original Echo
Adding a smart-home hub into a device that's already sitting in the middle of your house was a logical move for Amazon. It gets rid of the extra step of a consumer having to set up a second gadget just so they can control a third. Not only is this a time-...
Published: 2017-11-10, Author: Dan , review by: theverge.com
Does all of the things the first Echo did for $30 less, Can directly control smart home gadgets without a hub, Makes it very easy to set up new smart home gadgets
Smart home support is still very limited, Amazon's other new Echo is even cheaper still, Routines do not integrate other Amazon products well
Should you buy one? YesA couple years past the launch of the original Amazon Echo and the novelty certainly has worn off. Smart speakers with their own digital assistants aren't anything new anymore, and they're no longer expensive. Google and Amazon each...
Sounds better than the first Echo, Has access to thousands of Alexa skills, Slightly cheaper than before
Smart hub feature is pretty basic, $100 Echo is a better deal, Not a huge upgrade for first-gen Echo owners
In many ways, the Echo Plus feels like the true successor to the device that kicked off the whole smart speaker trend. But aside from a slight bump in sound quality and semi-useful smart hub integration, there's not much separating the two. It's pretty cl...
Published: 2017-10-30, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Alexa is as capable as ever, Audio quality a little better than standard Echo (2017), Zigbee hub gives a taste of the smart home
Audio still isn't as good as we hoped for, Zigbee-only hub has limited device support, Alexa app is limited in granular controls
Amazon's argument for the Echo Plus is that setting up the smart home can be time-consuming and needlessly complex, a tangle of hubs and interfaces just to get each thing talking to the other. That's not untrue, though there remain benefits from doing it...
