Amazon Echo 2nd Generation Fabric Smart Speaker
R2,499.00
The 2nd generation Echo has a 2.5” downward-firing woofer and 0.6” tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass throughout the room. You can play music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more. With Amazon Music, you can search by lyrics, time-period, or let Alexa pick the music for you. Set a music alarm to wake up to your favorite song or playlist. You can also listen to audiobooks from Audible, podcasts, radio stations, news briefs, and more. Free shipping nationwide.
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Description
Introducing the Amazon Echo 2nd Generation
The All-new Amazon Echo (2nd Generation) has a new speaker, new design, and is available in a range of styles. Echo connects to Alexa to play music, make calls, set music alarms and timers, ask questions, control smart home devices, and more—instantly.
Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Echo can also play audiobooks, radio stations, news briefs, and more. Call or message almost anyone hands-free with your Echo device. Also, instantly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
New speaker, now with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and dynamic bass response. Echo can fill the room with 360° omnidirectional audio.
With seven microphones, beamforming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction—even while music is playing. Just ask Alexa to check your calendar, weather, traffic, and sports results manage to-do and shopping lists, control your compatible smart lights, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, and more. Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to control your TV, request an Uber, order a pizza, and more.
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Product Features
- Echo connects to Alexa to play music, read the news, set alarms and timers, answer questions, control compatible smart home devices, and more.
- Just ask for a song, artist, or genre from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, SiriusXM, and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Echo can also play Audible audiobooks, radio stations, news briefs, and more.
- Powerful speakers with Dolby technology play 360° audio with clear vocals and dynamic bass response. You can also use your voice to adjust equalizer settings or pair with another Echo (2nd Gen) for stereo sound.
- Call almost anyone hands-free. Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room with a compatible Echo device.
- With seven microphones, beamforming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction—even while music is playing.
- Use your voice to turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, find TV shows, and do more with compatible connected devices.
- Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new skills like tracking fitness, playing games, and more.
Specs
- Size – 5.8” x 3.4” x 3.4” (148 mm x 88 mm x 88 mm)
- Weight – 29.0 oz. (821 grams) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process
- Wi-Fi connectivity – Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
- Bluetooth connectivity – Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo or from Echo to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported.
- Audio – 2.5” (63.5 mm) woofer and 0.6” (16 mm) tweeter
- Alexa App – The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices. A list of supported operating systems can be found here.
- Accessibility Features – The Alexa app and Alexa-enabled products include several features for customers with accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility, and speech. Learn more about Alexa accessibility. This device receives the same limited warranty as a new device.
Our honest review
Pros
- This amazon product is better looking than its predecessor for a cheaper price. It has a much more appealing design that easily fits in any home. It’s small, useful, sounds good for its size, and is reasonably priced.
- The Amazon Alexa speakers are known to have wider smart home support compared to the Google Assistant which means that they are the better choice if you are looking to connect it with more smart products such as smart lights.
- The newer amazon products such as this speaker have improved voice detection compared to the older models which means that your Alexa will understand you more clearly and from further away.
Cons
- Because Amazon Alexa isn’t officially supported in South Africa, it is quite a hassle to install the app and link it with your speaker. Luckily, we do have a guide that explains it!
- If you are looking to play music all day long or you love a really good base, this probably isn’t the best choice for you. Although the speakers are pretty good, there are better smart speakers out there for music quality such as the Sonos smart speakers or the Amazon Echo 3rd Gen.
Conclusion
The Amazon Echo 2nd Gen smart speaker is an affordable smart speaker with good sound quality that will easily fit into any space without drawing too much attention to itself. It is the perfect speaker to start off your smart product collection and is easy to use once installed.
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