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Amazon Echo Dot 2nd Generation
Honest ReviewsSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 10 reviews
- 8 likes
- Verified purchase
Has transformed our home!
This little (cheap!) box has seamlessly tied together all of our cloud connected smart home devices. And it’s brilliant (once you get to know it a little better)
It connects to our ring video doorbell, LIFX smart globes, Philips Hue lighting, Logitech harmony tv remote, Nest smoke alarms, the list goes on.
All consideration should be given to the fact that the echo dot is a well priced piece of tech. The ability to hear you from the other side of the room is near flawless (when it’s quiet) But it’s functionality is much much greater when you ...Read more
own other smart home devices you would otherwise control from a phone app. Consideration: You can’t expect Alexa to understand you very well, if the TV is full volume in the background or your hosting house party with loud conversation present. In a normal quite household this device is brilliant. We now use (them) to turn on and off all of our lights, turn on and off the TV, change channels you name it. We play music around home more then we ever did (using Spotify). You can create music groups and operate all the amazon speakers in sync, if you want whole house music.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
DisieGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC
- 13 reviews
- Verified purchase
Great, apart from the apps
I love my Alexa, but you have to download apps to support everything. It has no search apart from Bol Bot which isn't very helpful. You have to tell her what she can do. Getting videos and TV's to work is hard because she only supports the newest models. I have an LG Web Os TV V 3.8 BUT it only supports V 4
Purchased in November 2021 for $29.00.
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Susan ONewcastle
- 14 reviews
- 2 likes
Great For Facts
I recently purchased the Amazon Echo Dot in June 2018 from the Good Guys for my teenage son. It was just to play with, not for anything serious. For that purpose, the Echo Dot proved quite a good little unit.
The Echo Dot works well, responding to us when we say 'Alexa' most of the time. The voice recognition works pretty well, but it is best to try and speak as clearly as possible, as sometimes we will say something and Alexa will start telling us about something different. But most of the time, we get an appropriate answer from the Echo Do...Read more
t, except when it doesn't know how to process a request. Thankfully, the basic functionality of the Echo Dot is able to be extended via enabling skills developed by 3rd-party programmers, skills which we have had much fun with. And with over 17,000 skills in the ever-growing skill store, the Echo Dot will be able to be taken to new heights of functionality and usefulness. However, with all this said, there are a few issues that, if resolved, would make the Echo Dot receive a 5-star rating from me: For example, we might ask the Echo Dot to "give me a recipe for scrambled eggs", and she will respond with "Sorry, I'm not sure". While I realise that this can be accomplished via the enabling of 3rd party skills, I believe that such functionality should be built-in to the system.Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
MrKareem33Hobart
- 13 reviews
- 4 likes
- Verified purchase
Not that dissimilar tot he Google Home Mini
I purchased this to overcome the Alarm limitations of the Google Home Mini, hoping to awake to a specific song as my alarm as stored on a connected device to the Echo Dot... but no joy. I tried all the 'Spotify single song playlist' and similar workarounds suggested online without success.I'm hoping they will release functionality to allow this is a future software upgrade.
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JermadSouth East Queensland, QLD
- 8 reviews
- Verified purchase
Great for home automation but lack of skills in Australia
I primarily use it to control IOT around the house. I can even control homebridge (ios homekit hack) using my voice. Then only problem I found was in Australia, we don't get the same amount of skills in comparison to the US. Things like the Plex skill and hundreds of others, are non existent in Australia. (At the time of writing the review, that is). I found Alexa to be very quick and responsive with executing IOT commands. I just wish I could send sms's and answer calls with it, but you can't using an Apple iPhone. Also Alexa can not currently...Read more
receive notifications from external sources like IFTTT, it can only send. I have heard that this will change in the near future, giving you the option to "Opt in/out" to Applications being able to speak through Alexa. But being in Australia, I am not going to hold my breath!Similar opinion? Write a review on ieatwords.com.au!
TraFooCoBrisbane
- 10 reviews
- 1 like
Rival to to Google Home... not as easy to set up but able to do more with Alexa's "Skills"
Received an Echo Dot as a present this week, even though already has Google Home Mini set up in home, was keen to give it a try. First out of the box, it's noticeable the control buttons are more visible + accessible compare to Google Mini, about the same size and weight, looks a lot like a puck. Upon setting up, it is more time consuming and tedious compare to Google Mini.
Like Google Mini requires a google account, Echo Dot requires an Amazon account, do be mindful if your account is set in other countries than Australia, you have to change...Read more
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