Amazon Echo (4th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen)

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Echo (4th Gen) compared with Echo Dot (5th Gen)

	AmazonEcho (4th Gen)	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2020	October 2022
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	Mono
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 3.0″ (76.2 mm) upward-firing neodymium woofer and two 0.8″ (20 mm) tweeters	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range driver (1.6″ in Amazon's technical details)
Frequency response
Frequency response	–	62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby processing for stereo sound	–
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatically senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback	–
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	No
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Alexa
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz); eero Built-in mesh extender; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk	Dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz); eero Built-in mesh extender; Amazon Sidewalk; smart home over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh and Matter
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP; direct control of Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh devices	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Ports
Ports	Power; 3.5 mm audio jack (The Verge)	–
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; stereo pair with a second Echo; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.97 kg	0.304 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume up, volume down, microphone off and action (The Verge); AZ1 Neural Edge processor	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 Neural Edge processor
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Three-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	144 × 144 × 133 mm	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Twilight Blue	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue
In the box
In the box	Echo (4th Gen), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide