Amazon Echo Studio (2019) vs Apple HomePod (1st generation)

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Echo Studio (2019) compared with HomePod (1st generation)

	AmazonEcho Studio (2019)	AppleHomePod (1st generation)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2019	February 2018
Sound
Type
Type	Speaker	Speaker
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos	Yes	Yes
Drivers
Drivers	Three 2″ (51 mm) midrange speakers, one 20 mm tweeter (1-inch in the launch press release) and one 5.25″ (133 mm) woofer with a downward bass port	High-excursion woofer; seven horn-loaded tweeters
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	24-bit DAC; power amplifier with 100 kHz bandwidth; 330 W peak power	Custom amplifier for the woofer and a separate custom amplifier for each tweeter
Audio formats
Audio formats	Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Sony 360 Reality Audio (MPEG-H); FLAC, MP3, AAC, Opus, Vorbis; CD quality (16-bit) and hi-res (up to 24-bit); spatial audio processing	Dolby Atmos home cinema with Apple TV 4K was added in software 14.2; Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos and Apple Music lossless playback were added in 15.1
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatic room adaptation (continuously adjusts during playback)	Direct and ambient audio beamforming; computational audio for real-time tuning; internal low-frequency calibration microphone for automatic bass correction; Apple A8 processor
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); Zigbee and Matter hub; Amazon Sidewalk	802.11ac with MIMO
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP	Bluetooth 5.0 radio; no Bluetooth audio streaming (TechRadar)
Ports
Ports	Power; combined 3.5 mm analogue and mini-TOSLINK optical line in	Mains power cable; no analogue audio input (TechRadar)
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, TuneIn; Bluetooth	Apple Music, iTunes purchases, iCloud Music Library with an Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription, supported third-party services, radio and podcasts; AirPlay from iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Apple TV or Mac
Multi-room
Multi-room	Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; one or two Echo Studio speakers as the audio output for compatible Fire TV devices (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio 5.1 and stereo)	AirPlay 2 multi-room audio and stereo pairing with another original HomePod were added in iOS 11.4 after launch
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Home app; initial setup requires a compatible Apple mobile device and Wi-Fi internet access
Design
Weight
Weight	3.5 kg	2.5 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons on top, including microphone off	Tap to play or pause, double-tap to skip, triple-tap to skip back; touch and hold for Siri; tap or hold + or – for volume
Microphones
Microphones	Button disconnects the microphones	Six-microphone array for far-field Siri; separate internal low-frequency calibration microphone
Size
Size	206 mm tall, 175 mm diameter	172 mm high, 142 mm wide
Colours
Colours	Charcoal; Glacier White (added in 2022)	Space Grey, White
In the box
In the box	Echo Studio, power cable, quick start guide	HomePod, documentation