Amazon · Echo
Echo Dot (5th Gen)
Amazon's small spherical Alexa smart speaker from 2022, with a single full-range driver, suited to bedrooms, kitchens and other small rooms.
- Type
- Speaker
- Atmos
- No
- Connects by
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Battery
- –
- Weight
- 0.304 kg
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree it sounds better than earlier Echo Dots, surprisingly expansive for its size, and is a strong-value smart speaker with good Alexa integration. TechRadar and Trusted Reviews miss the 3.5mm output and find it a small upgrade for owners of the previous model; What Hi-Fi? heard distortion at high volume.
From whathifi.com, techradar.com and trustedreviews.com
Specifications
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- Type
- Speaker
- Channels
- Mono
- Dolby Atmos
- No
- Drivers
- One 1.73″ front-firing full-range driver (1.6″ in Amazon's technical details)
- Frequency response
- 62 Hz – 19 kHz (at volume 6)
Connections
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- Bluetooth
- Yes
- AirPlay
- No
- Voice assistants
- Alexa
- 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
- Bluetooth
- A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
- Streaming
- Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify and others through Alexa; Bluetooth
- Multi-room
- Multi-room music with compatible Echo devices; home cinema with a compatible Fire TV
- App
- Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
- Weight
- 0.304 kg
- Controls
- Microphone off button; tap gestures (accelerometer); temperature sensor; ultrasound motion detection; AZ2 Neural Edge processor
- Microphones
- Three-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones
- Size
- 100 × 100 × 89 mm (W × D × H)
- Colours
- Charcoal, Glacier White, Deep Sea Blue
- In the box
- Echo Dot, 15 W power adapter, quick start guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- Up to twice the bass of the 4th-gen Echo Dot, by Amazon's measure
- Temperature sensor, ultrasound motion detection and tap gestures for routines
- Doubles as an eero mesh Wi-Fi extender (up to 1,000 sq ft)
Cons
- Mono, with one 1.73″ driver
- Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), and no Zigbee or Thread hub
- No AirPlay, and Alexa is the only voice assistant
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Atmos | Connects by | Battery | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi | – | 0.345 kg | Nov 2020 | |
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth | – | 0.196 kg | May 2023 | |
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth | – | 0.456 kg | May 2023 |
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B09B8V1LZ3
- press.aboutamazon.com/2022/9/amazon-introduces-four-new-echo-devices-plus-upgra…
- aboutamazon.co.uk/news/devices/introducing-amazons-newest-devices-services-and-…
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/devices-and-services-news-2022
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