Amazon Echo Dot(4th Generation)
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£50
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Amazon abandoned its puck-shaped Echo Dot last year and served up a spherical design instead, there was much mocking and laughter online. Amazon wasn’t the first to consider a spherical audio solution, of course, and plenty of other manufacturers have extolled the virtues of gastropod shapes, so is the new globular Dot better than its puck-shaped predecessor? And, might the public change its tune over time?
The Echo Dot is similar to the Apple HomePod Mini in stature; placed side by side, the two speakers are almost identical. Our charcoal Echo Dot sample is a similar hue to the black Mini and the power cable is mounted at the same angle – although the Dot’s is removable rather than fixed, and flanked by a 3.5mm audio line out for wired listening.