Testseek.com have collected 94 expert reviews of the Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Amazon Echo Plus bluetooth portable speaker.
June 2019
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The Echo Plus keeps the original Echo's design (and its beloved volume ring) while adding in an aux-out jack
A Zigbee radio to control smart home devices
And an incremental boost in sound quality. It costs $30 less than the original Echo
Zigbee connectivity is a plus
Sleek design
The editors didn't like
The Plus also costs $50 more than the new Echo
Which has everything the Plus has except for Zigbee. The Alexa app isn't the fully capable smart home control center that the Echo Plus needs it to be
At least not yet
Not a huge difference in sound quality versus the regular Echo
Published: 2017-11-20, Author: Mike , review by: tomsguide.com
Connects to lots of smart bulbs, Good sound quality, Easy setup
Very basic smart-home automation, Same design as original Echo
Adding a smart-home hub into a device that's already sitting in the middle of your house was a logical move for Amazon. It gets rid of the extra step of a consumer having to set up a second gadget just so they can control a third. Not only is this a time-...
Published: 2017-11-10, Author: Dan , review by: theverge.com
Does all of the things the first Echo did for $30 less, Can directly control smart home gadgets without a hub, Makes it very easy to set up new smart home gadgets
Smart home support is still very limited, Amazon's other new Echo is even cheaper still, Routines do not integrate other Amazon products well
Should you buy one? YesA couple years past the launch of the original Amazon Echo and the novelty certainly has worn off. Smart speakers with their own digital assistants aren't anything new anymore, and they're no longer expensive. Google and Amazon each...
Sounds better than the first Echo, Has access to thousands of Alexa skills, Slightly cheaper than before
Smart hub feature is pretty basic, $100 Echo is a better deal, Not a huge upgrade for first-gen Echo owners
In many ways, the Echo Plus feels like the true successor to the device that kicked off the whole smart speaker trend. But aside from a slight bump in sound quality and semi-useful smart hub integration, there's not much separating the two. It's pretty cl...
Published: 2017-10-30, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Alexa is as capable as ever, Audio quality a little better than standard Echo (2017), Zigbee hub gives a taste of the smart home
Audio still isn't as good as we hoped for, Zigbee-only hub has limited device support, Alexa app is limited in granular controls
Amazon's argument for the Echo Plus is that setting up the smart home can be time-consuming and needlessly complex, a tangle of hubs and interfaces just to get each thing talking to the other. That's not untrue, though there remain benefits from doing it...
Integrated Zigbee automation hub, Audio has slightly more bass response than the standard Echo, Strong Wi-Fi reception
Alexa app can't control smart home devices with as much granularity as dedicated apps
The $150 Amazon Echo Plus is a very capable voice-assisted speaker that can't quite replace a dedicated hub if you're serious about smart home automation. That will likely change, but right now, for most people, the $100 Echo is a better bet...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Brian , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: The new Echo is a no-brainer. It's smaller, sounds and looks better and, most importantly, it's significantly cheaper than its predecessor. It was a long-awaited and much welcomed update to the line. The Echo Plus, on the other hand, is more baffling at f...
Published: 2017-10-25, Author: Ry , review by: cnet.com
The Echo Plus keeps the original Echo's design (and its beloved volume ring) while adding in an aux-out jack, a Zigbee radio to control smart home devices, and an incremental boost in sound quality. It costs $30 less than the original Echo
The Plus also costs $50 more than the new Echo, which has everything the Plus has except for Zigbee. The Alexa app isn't the fully capable smart home control center that the Echo Plus needs it to be, at least not yet
Hold off on the Echo Plus until Amazon improves the Alexa app's smart home controls...
Published: 2018-11-09, Author: What , review by: whathifi.com
Fine balance, detail and timing, Pairs with other Amazon products, Lots of smart features,
Nothing at this price,
Those coveting deeper bass and stereo performance can pair it with another Echo Plus and the new Echo Sub for the reasonable sum of £400, but as a singular unit, this is as good as we could hope for from a smart speaker at this price.If your use of smart...
