Amazon Echo (4th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Spot (2024)

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Echo (4th Gen) compared with Echo Spot (2024)

	AmazonEcho (4th Gen)	AmazonEcho Spot (2024)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2020	July 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Stereo	–
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 directional speaker
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	–
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 (Wi-Fi only)
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 and other services 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	–
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.97 kg	0.405 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume up, volume down, microphone off and action (The Verge); AZ1 Neural Edge processor	2.83″ touchscreen (240 × 320) under half-circle tinted cover glass, with customisable clock faces in six colours; tap to snooze; buttons including microphone off; no camera; MediaTek MT8519 processor with 1 GB RAM and 8 GB storage
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	144 × 144 × 133 mm	113 × 103 × 111 mm (W × D × H)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Twilight Blue	Black, Glacier White, Ocean Blue
In the box
In the box	Echo (4th Gen), 30 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Spot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide