Amazon · Echo
Echo Dot Max
Amazon's larger Echo Dot from 2025, with a tweeter and woofer and a built-in smart home hub, suited to medium-sized rooms.
- Type
- Speaker
- Atmos
- No
- Connects by
- Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
- Battery
- –
- Weight
- 0.505 kg
What reviewers say
Reviewers agree it works well as a smart speaker and home hub, with responsive Alexa and good voice pickup, and that it plays louder than the Echo Dot. They differ on sound: SoundGuys and TechRadar found it decent for casual listening, while What Hi-Fi? found it muddled and behind rivals. The lack of a 3.5mm input is a common complaint, and TechRadar found the controls awkward.
From whathifi.com, techradar.com and soundguys.com
Specifications
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- Type
- Speaker
- Channels
- Two-way mono
- Dolby Atmos
- No
- Drivers
- One 0.8″ tweeter and one 2.5″ woofer
- Frequency response
- 53 Hz – 16 kHz (at volume 6)
- Audio formats
- Lossless High Definition
- Room tuning
- Automatic Room Adaptation
Connections
- Wi-Fi
- Yes
- Bluetooth
- Yes
- AirPlay
- No
- Voice assistants
- Alexa
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); eero Built-in mesh extender; Zigbee, Matter and Thread border router; Amazon Sidewalk
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3; A2DP (to and from the speaker) and AVRCP
- Ports
- Power only
- 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
- App
- Alexa app (Fire OS, Android, iOS and web)
Design
- Weight
- 0.505 kg
- Controls
- Buttons for volume and microphone on/off; tap gestures (accelerometer)
- Microphones
- Four-microphone array; button disconnects the microphones
- Size
- 99.2 × 108.7 × 108.6 mm (H × W × D)
- Colours
- Graphite, Glacier White, Amethyst
- In the box
- Echo Dot Max, 22 W power adapter, quick start guide
Pros and cons
Pros
- Two-way speaker (0.8″ tweeter and 2.5″ woofer); Amazon claims nearly 3× the bass of Echo Dot (5th gen)
- Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3 and a Zigbee, Matter and Thread smart home hub
- 505 g and 99.2 mm tall
Cons
- Mono, and no Dolby Atmos
- No 3.5 mm jack or AirPlay
- Alexa is the only voice assistant
Closest rivals
Model | Type | Atmos | Connects by | Battery | Weight | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi | – | 0.335 kg | Coming 30 October 2026 | |
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth | – | 1.049 kg | Nov 2025 | |
| Speaker | No | Wi-Fi and Bluetooth | – | 0.405 kg | Jul 2024 |
Sources
- amazon.com/dp/B0D6SZKGT4
- aboutamazon.com/news/devices/amazon-new-echo-devices-alexa-plus
- aboutamazon.co.uk/news/devices/introducing-alexa-in-the-uk-the-next-generation-…
- theverge.com/news/786811/amazon-echo-dot-max-2025-reveal-smart-speaker-alexa
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