Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) vs Apple HomePod mini

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Echo Dot (5th Gen) compared with HomePod mini

	AmazonEcho Dot (5th Gen)	AppleHomePod mini
Overview
Released
Released	October 2022	November 2020
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)	Full-range driver and dual passive radiators, with a custom acoustic waveguide for a 360° sound field
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	Computational audio for real-time tuning
Frequency response
Frequency response	62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)	–
Connections
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Yes	No
AirPlay
AirPlay	No	Yes
Voice assistants
Voice assistants	Alexa	Siri
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	802.11n Wi-Fi; Thread; Ultra Wideband chip for device proximity
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 5.0 (RTINGS found no Bluetooth audio playback)
Ports
Ports	–	Power only (20 W adapter included)
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth	AirPlay from iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac; Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, third-party music services, TuneIn and UK radio stations by voice
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV	Multi-room audio with AirPlay; stereo pair with a second HomePod mini
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Home app on iPhone or iPad
Design
Weight
Weight	0.304 kg (better)	0.345 kg
Controls
Controls	Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 Neural Edge processor	Backlit touch surface (tap to play or pause, double-tap to skip, triple-tap to skip back, touch and hold for Siri, + and – for volume)
Microphones
Microphones	Three-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones	Four-microphone design for far-field Siri
Size
Size	100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)	84.3 mm high, 97.9 mm wide
Colours
Colours	Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue	White, Yellow, Orange, Blue, Midnight
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide	HomePod mini, 20 W power adapter, documentation