Amazon Echo Studio (2019) vs Apple HomePod (2nd generation)

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Echo Studio (2019) compared with HomePod (2nd generation)

	AmazonEcho Studio (2019)	AppleHomePod (2nd generation)
Overview
Released
Released	November 2019	February 2023
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	4-inch high-excursion woofer and an array of five horn-loaded tweeters, each with its own neodymium magnet
Amplifiers
Amplifiers	24-bit DAC; power amplifier with 100 kHz bandwidth; 330 W peak power	–
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	Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos for music and video
Room tuning
Room tuning	Automatic room adaptation (continuously adjusts during playback)	Room sensing; computational audio with system sensing for real-time tuning; internal low-frequency calibration microphone for automatic bass correction
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	802.11n 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; combined 3.5 mm analogue and mini-TOSLINK optical line in	Power only
Streaming
Streaming	Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, Deezer, Pandora, SiriusXM, iHeartRadio, TuneIn; 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; one or two Echo Studio speakers as the audio output for compatible Fire TV devices (Dolby Atmos, Dolby Audio 5.1 and stereo)	Multi-room audio with AirPlay; stereo pair with a second HomePod (2nd generation)
App
App	Alexa app (Fire OS, Android and iOS)	Home app on iPhone or iPad
Design
Weight
Weight	3.5 kg	2.3 kg (better)
Controls
Controls	Buttons on top, including microphone off	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	Button disconnects the microphones	Four-microphone design for far-field Siri; Sound Recognition, temperature and humidity sensors and an accelerometer
Size
Size	206 mm tall, 175 mm diameter	168 mm high, 142 mm wide
Colours
Colours	Charcoal; Glacier White (added in 2022)	Midnight, White
In the box
In the box	Echo Studio, power cable, quick start guide	HomePod, power cable, documentation