Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Spot (2024)

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Echo Dot (5th Gen) compared with Echo Spot (2024)

	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)	AmazonEcho Spot (2024)
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	July 2024
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	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 1.73″ front-firing full-range directional speaker
Audio formats
Audio formats	–	Lossless High Definition
Frequency response
Frequency response	62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)	–
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	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	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
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; home cinema 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)	0.405 kg
Controls
Controls	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 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	Three-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones	Button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)	113 × 103 × 111 mm (W × D × H)
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue	Black, Glacier White, Ocean Blue
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Spot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide