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

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

	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)	AmazonEcho Dot Max
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	October 2025
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Mono	Two-way mono
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range driver (1.6″ in Amazon's technical details)	One 0.8″ tweeter and one 2.5″ woofer
Frequency response
Frequency response	62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)	53 Hz – 16 kHz (at volume 6)
Audio formats
Audio formats	–	Lossless High Definition
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	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; Amazon Sidewalk; smart home over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh and Matter	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	Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3; A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
Ports
Ports	–	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; 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, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.304 kg (better)	0.505 kg
Controls
Controls	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 Neural Edge processor	Buttons for volume and microphone on/off; tap gestures (accelerometer)
Microphones
Microphones	Three-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones	Four-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)	99.2 × 108.7 × 108.6 mm (H × W × D)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue	Graphite, Glacier White, Amethyst
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Dot Max, 22 W power adapter, quick start guide