Amazon Echo Dot Max vs Amazon Echo Pop

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Echo Dot Max compared with Echo Pop

	AmazonEcho Dot Max	AmazonEcho Pop
Overview
Released
Released	October 2025	May 2023
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Channels
Channels	Two-way mono	–
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 0.8″ tweeter and one 2.5″ woofer	One 1.95″ (49.5 mm) front-firing directional speaker
Frequency response
Frequency response	53 Hz – 16 kHz (at volume 6)	–
Audio formats
Audio formats	Lossless High Definition	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	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); 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
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3; 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
Ports
Ports	Power only	–
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with other Echo devices; stereo pair with a second Echo Dot Max; Alexa Home Theater with a compatible Fire TV	Multi-room music and intercom with compatible Echo devices
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
Weight
Weight	0.505 kg	0.196 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons for volume and microphone on/off; tap gestures (accelerometer)	Microphone off button; AZ2 Neural Edge processor
Microphones
Microphones	Four-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones	Button disconnects the microphones
Size
Size	99.2 × 108.7 × 108.6 mm (H × W × D)	99 × 83 × 91 mm
Colours
Colours	Graphite, Glacier White, Amethyst	Charcoal, Glacier White, Lavender Bloom, Midnight Teal
In the box
In the box	Echo Dot Max, 22 W power adapter, quick start guide	Echo Pop, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide