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

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Echo (4th Gen) compared with Echo Dot Max

	AmazonEcho (4th Gen)	AmazonEcho Dot Max
Overview
Released
Released	October 2020	October 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	Two-way 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 0.8″ tweeter and one 2.5″ woofer
Frequency response
Frequency response	–	53 Hz – 16 kHz (at volume 6)
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby processing for stereo sound	Lossless High Definition
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatically senses the room's acoustics and adjusts playback	Automatic Room Adaptation
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	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); eero Built-in mesh extender; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP; direct control of Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh devices	Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3; A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Ports
Ports	Power; 3.5 mm audio jack (The Verge)	Power only
Streaming
Streaming	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 other Echo devices; stereo pair with a second Echo Dot Max; Alexa Home Theater 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	0.505 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume up, volume down, microphone off and action (The Verge); AZ1 Neural Edge processor	Buttons for volume and microphone on/off; tap gestures (accelerometer)
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Four-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	144 × 144 × 133 mm	99.2 × 108.7 × 108.6 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Twilight Blue	Graphite, Glacier White, Amethyst
In the box
In the box	Echo (4th Gen), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Dot Max, 22 W power adapter, quick start guide