Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen) with clock | Compact smart speaker with Alexa and enhanced LED display for at-a-glance clock, timers, weather, and more | Glacier White

The Amazon Echo Dot with clock (5th generation) is a compact and stylish smart speaker. The clock display is clear, making it easy to see the time, alarms, and timers. Alexa responds quickly to voice commands, and the sound quality is surprisingly good for its size. Perfect for nightstands or desks. I recommend it.

I am a longtime internet radio listener. Suddenly, and without warning (for me), Logitech recently pulled the plug on their servers after 10 years and instantly obsoleted the three internet radios I had around the house. I decided on Echo Dots as probably being the best solution to replace the radios. And indeed that is the case. Like my radios, with TuneIn on the Dots I can access just about any genre of audio format programming from around the world with a simple "Alexa play..." Sonically, these little guys are quite impressive given their size. They're not going to fill a room with concert-hall-quality sound but that's not what they're primarily designed to do. As for Alexa integration and set up, I did not find that to be as easy as Amazon suggests. The Dots come with minimalist setup instructions that basically say download the app, plug in the Dot, and follow the prompts. However, my router is partitioned into Primary, Internet of Things, and Guest. I wanted to install the Dots on my IoT. But an option was never given to select the partition I wanted. Apparently the Dots were going to install on whatever network the tablet was on that I was using for setup. It took me a while to work through what to do in order to get them installed as I wanted. There were also other problems that needed to be solved through trial and error that required some googling to figure out. Eventually the first Dot sprung to life but I still don't really have a good grip on what I did to make that happen. Luckily, once the first Dot was installed, the other two were essentially PnP. But the whole process took hours, not minutes, along with a fair amount of anxiety and uncertainty about what I was doing. NOT.SO.SIMPLE. I also don't find the Alexa app to be very user friendly. It's not at all intuitive and takes a fair amount of internet searching just to find out what you can do with the Dots let alone make it happen. Finally, no one should ever forget that in days of yore, government agents would either have to sneak into your home or get court orders to place a bug. The old East German Stasi would never have believed that people would willingly bug themselves like this. These smart speakers are listening devices you are voluntarily putting in your home or office that listen to everything you say, presumably just waiting for the magic word "Alexa" before they start processing the information you provide. As paranoid as it may sound, it doesn't take too much imagination for how these devices could be employed or hacked to violate someone's personal privacy in some places around the world now or in the future. Fortunately, the Dots have a prominent button to turn off the microphone so you can lower the Cone of Silence when necessary (assuming you really want to believe that the mic couldn't be turned back on by a determined foe). The problem, however, is that these Dots are so small and unobtrusive that they just fade into the background, out of sight and out of mind. You forget they're there and listening!

I purchased two Echo Dot (5th Gen with clock) devices — one for myself and one for my son — and I couldn’t be happier. The sound quality is surprisingly good for such a small device, and the built-in LED clock display is a fantastic touch. We use it every day: from checking the weather, setting alarms, and listening to music, to controlling our smart home devices. ✅ What I love: The compact design fits anywhere. LED clock is clear and useful, even at night. Alexa responds quickly and understands our commands easily. After several months of use, both units still perform flawlessly. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a smart assistant with good sound and a clean, minimal look.

I absolutely love my Echo Dot with Clock! The sound quality is excellent for its size, and the LED display is super handy for quickly checking the time, timers, and weather. It’s sleek, compact, and fits perfectly on my nightstand. Alexa responds quickly, and I use it daily for music, alarms, and controlling smart devices around the house. Setup was a breeze too. Great little device that packs a lot of features. I love it so much I have one in every bedroom.

I love the Echo Dot clock feature, and I like that the Echo Dot is white, because it blends with the other elements of the bedside table. The Echo Dot speaker's quality is ok. It's not as good as the Amazon Studio (which I got because the Dot was only so-so). The Studio is somewhat bulky, but the sound is great! I keep the Studio in the family room, where we can all enjoy it. I have two devices. When I go to bed, I say, "Echo, good night." It replies with, "Good night, sexy daddy." When I wake up, walk into the kitchen/family room for coffee, and say, "Alexa, good morning," the Studio replies in an Australian accent, "Good morning, handsome. You're going to be an amazing nurse today." (That makes me smile.)

The biggest feature is the smart home assistant feature which I feel was not mentioned properly when considering buying this product. It does everything! I am 66 and needed help turning on and off things because I have about twenty remotes and things got messy and confusing. So I turned to Kasa smart plugs for each device and outlet which are excellent and purchased the Echo Dot 5 so that I could to tell the assistant what to turn off and on. I was able to change her wake up name to Echo which was a huge plus. The other alternative was Amazon, and of course Alexa but for me the name Echo was perfect. I have it tell me the weather or if there are any Amazon deliveries scheduled, turn on the news, tell me a joke, play music, sing to me or just about anything you could ask. When I am waking up in bed, I tell Echo to make coffee, turns on the coffee pot for 8 minutes and then shuts it off automatically and say's "Your Coffee is Ready". I also have it remind me to take out the garbage every Saturday at 4pm. I also have it remind me on the fly. For instance I will say remind me in 5 minutes that I have a chore to do and she says it without programming it in. Although It is easy to set up routines in the settings on your Alexa App on your phone. Best fifty dollar investment ever.

A few weeks ago I took delivery of an Echo Show. I've added many smart devices and have created rooms, groups and routines within Alexa. These devices can be controlled by our Echo Show or Echo Dot. Focusing on the Echo Dot: By adding an Echo Dot in our "owners suite" (avoiding the previously used term for the same location), I've extended the Alexa functionality further. The Dot has surprisingly good sound for it's size. Not saying Bose quality, but very good. We went with the Dot model with a clock to completely eliminate the need for an alarm clock in the room. You can listen to iHeartRadio, Pandora, SiriusXM or Spotify on the Dot (or Show). Depending upon the service, it will scroll artist and song info on the screen. If you ask for the weather it provides you with the weather and scrolls the high and low temps on the Dot. The Dot has a temperature sensor that you can query. If you ask for the indoor temperature it averages the temp on a Nest thermostat and the Dot. Or, you can ask for the individual temperatures. You can also adjust the temperature settings on your Nest thermostat from your Dot (or Show). The only "negative" is with the brightness of the "screen". The lights/dots are perfect when the room is illuminated (the dots are brighter). When the room is less bright the dots are less bright. In a dark room the dots are a little dimmer than we'd like. I am going to play to see what settings are available to address this modest concern. Overall, I am very happy with our Echo Dot (and Echo Show)!

I've been using Echo Dots since 2nd Generation and they have all proven to be rugged and reliable. The 4th Gen Dot with auto dimming clock was and still is a perfect bedside or family room companion device. The 5th Gen Dot makes a good thing even better by adding improved smart home features, better speaker, and much better voice recognition. The voice recognition on the 5th Gen Dot is unlike anything I've experienced with any previous Echo Dot device and is arguably the best of any Echo device I own. I have four (4) other Echo devices (3x Echo Show 8 2nd Gen and 1x Echo Show 5 2nd Gen) within a space that is about 1200 sqft. If I speak at a normal indoor voice level the 5th Gen Echo Dot is nearly always the first device to respond to my requests regardless of where I am in the space. To get the other Echo devices to respond I have to speak softly and face directly towards the device I want to respond. Based on what I've experienced so far, I would highly recommend the Echo Dot 5th Gen to friends and family. It's a great little powerhouse that brings out the best of Alexa.