Amazon Echo Spot (2024) vs Apple HomePod mini 2

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Echo Spot (2024) compared with HomePod mini 2

	AmazonEcho Spot (2024)	AppleHomePod mini 2
Overview
Released
Released	July 2024	Coming 30 October 2026
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	No	No
Drivers
Drivers	One 1.73″ front-firing full-range directional speaker	Full-range driver and dual passive radiators, with a custom acoustic waveguide for a 360° sound field
Room tuning
Room tuning	–	Apple S10 chip with computational audio for real-time tuning
Audio formats
Audio formats	Lossless High Definition	–
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 (Wi-Fi only)	Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); Thread; Ultra Wideband chip for device proximity; peer-to-peer discovery for guest access
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 6 (Apple lists no Bluetooth audio playback)
Ports
Ports	–	Power only (20 W adapter included)
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music and other services through Alexa; Bluetooth	AirPlay from iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K or Mac; Apple Music, Apple Podcasts, third-party music services, TuneIn and UK radio stations by voice
Multi-room
Multi-room	–	Multi-room audio with AirPlay; stereo pair with a second HomePod mini 2; four-speaker surround sound with Apple TV 4K (4th generation), using four HomePod mini 2 or HomePod (2nd generation) speakers in matching pairs; default speaker for Macs with Wi-Fi 6E or later
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)	Home app on iPhone or iPad
Design
Weight
Weight	0.405 kg	0.335 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	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	Touch surface (tap to play or pause, double-tap to skip, triple-tap to skip back, touch and hold for Siri, + and – for volume); Sound Glow lights the top in time with music
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Three-microphone design for far-field Siri; Sound Recognition for smoke and carbon monoxide alarms; temperature and humidity sensors
Size
Size	113 × 103 × 111 mm (W × D × H)	84.3 mm high, 97.9 mm wide
Colours
Colours	Black, Glacier White, Ocean Blue	White, Pink, Green, Blue, Midnight
In the box
In the box	Echo Spot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide	HomePod mini 2, 20 W power adapter, documentation