What is Amazon Echo Dot?

Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device with a small built-in speaker—it can also connect to your speakers or headphones over Bluetooth or through a 3.5 mm audio cable to deliver stereo sound to the speakers you choose. Echo Dot connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more. Prime members can also ask Alexa to order eligible products they've ordered before and many Prime products (coming soon). All you have to do is ask. 

Echo Dot can hear you from across the room—even in noisy environments or while playing music. When you want to use Echo Dot, just say the wake word "Alexa" and Echo Dot responds. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, Alexa responds intelligently from the device you're closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception). ESP will be available via a free over-the-air software update (coming soon).


Alexa, what's the weather in London?
Made for any room

Sleek and compact design makes Amazon Echo Dot a convenient addition to any room in the house. With its built-in speaker, you can place Echo Dot in the bedroom and use it as a smart alarm clock that can also turn off your lights. Or use Echo Dot in the kitchen to easily set timers and more using just your voice. 

Echo Dot can also directly connect to speakers using a 3.5 mm stereo cable or using Bluetooth to add voice control to your home stereo system in the living room.


Alexa, what’s on my to-do list?
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Voice control your music

Amazon Echo Dot provides hands-free voice control for Amazon Music, Prime Music, Spotify and TuneIn.


Playing your music is easy—just ask for your favourite artist or song, a playlist from Spotify or Prime Music, or let Alexa pick the music for you.




Alexa, play Bruno Mars from Prime Music.

Control your smart home

Use Amazon Echo Dot to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn up the thermostat while reading in your favourite chair, or dim the lights from the couch to watch a film—all without lifting a finger… or even raising your voice.


Echo Dot works with smart home devices such as lights, switches, thermostats and more from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, tado° and others.


WeMo |  Philips Hue | Hive | Netatmo | Tado

Far-field voice recognition

Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beam-forming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. With far-field voice recognition, Amazon Echo Dot can hear you ask a question from any direction—even in noisy environments or while playing music.


When you want to use Echo Dot, simply say the wake word, "Alexa", and Echo Dot lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service is leveraged to recognise and respond to your request. Learn more about voice recognition on Echo Dot.


Always getting smarter

Alexa—the brain behind Amazon Echo Dot—updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new functionality and skills. The more you use Echo Dot, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and personal preferences.

Alexa, what’s in the news?
Echo Dot has skills

Skills add even more capabilities such as ordering take away from Just Eat, requesting a ride from Uber, checking train times from National Rail and more. Enabling skills lets your Amazon Echo Dot do even more—simply discover and enable the skills you want to use in the Alexa App.


New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about skills in the Alexa App. Learn more about skills.

Alexa, open Just Eat and ask for my last order.

Do more with the Alexa App

With the free Alexa App on Fire OS, Android, iOS and desktop browsers, you can easily set up and manage your Amazon Echo Dot.


Use the Alexa App to connect services you already use such as Prime Music, Spotify and Google Calendar. Set up your smart home devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, tado° and more. See which books are available to listen to from your Audible library. View shopping and to-do lists while on the go. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms, and much more. The Alexa App is also where you discover and enable third-party skills.

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Simple to Set Up & Use - 1. Plug in Amazon Echo Dot | 2. Connect to the Internet with the Alexa App | 3. Just ask for music, weather, news and more - The Alexa App is available for Fire OS, Android, iOS and desktop browsers.


Technical Details
Amazon Echo Dot | Microphone off button | 7-microphone array | Action button | Light ring
Size83.5 x 83.5 x 32 mm (3.3" x 3.3" x 1.3")
Weight163 grams 
Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process
Wi-Fi ConnectivityDual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connection to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks
Bluetooth ConnectivityAdvanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Dot or from Echo Dot to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported
AudioBuilt-in speaker for voice feedback when not connected to external speakers. 3.5 mm stereo audio output for use with external speakers (audio cable not included)
System RequirementsAmazon Echo Dot comes ready to connect to your Wi-Fi. The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android and iOS devices and also accessible via your desktop browser. Certain skills and services are subject to change, may not be available outside the United Kingdom, and may require separate subscriptions or other fees
Warranty and ServiceAmazon Echo Dot is sold with a worldwide limited warranty of one year provided by the manufacturer. If you are a consumer, the limited warranty is in addition to your consumer rights, and does not jeopardise these rights in any way. This means you may still have additional rights at law even after the limited warranty has expired (for further information on your consumer rights, click here). Use of Amazon Echo Dot is subject to the terms found here
Included in the BoxAmazon Echo Dot, power adaptor (9W), USB charging cable and Quick Start Guide