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Product Review – Must buy cool Amazon Echo Input Smart Speaker Edition for every Smart Home

Product Review – Must buy cool Amazon Echo Input Smart Speaker Edition for every Smart Home

Amazon Echo (also known as “Alexa“) is a brand of smart speakers developed by AmazonEcho devices connect to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service Alexa, which responds to the names “Alexa“or”Echo“.
Salient Features
  • Portable Echo for your home – Smart speaker that comes with a fabric design and 360 degree sound. Unplug the device and carry it room to room while listening to music, uninterrupted.
  • Built-in battery for non-stop music – Comes with a 4800 mAh rechargeable battery that provides up to 10 hrs of continuous music playback time (up to 11hrs of stand-by time). Tap the power button to see the current battery level indicated by the 4 LEDs.
  • Voice control your music – Stream music from Amazon Prime Music, Apple Music, JioSaavn, and Gaana – just ask for a song, artist, or genre. To increase the volume, just ask “Alexa, volume 10.”
  • Get help when your hands are full – Ask Alexa to play music, control compatible smart home devices, answer questions, read the news, check the weather, and more.
  • Works with compatible smart home devices – The device is compatible with hundreds of smart home devices from Philips, Wipro, Syska, TP-Link and more.
  • Designed to protect your privacy – Built with multiple layers of privacy protections and controls, including a microphone off button that electronically disconnects the microphones.
  • Alexa has skills – With tens of thousands of skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills like booking a cab, ordering food, playing games, and more.

Uninterrupted music experience

Discover and enjoy music non-stop as you move around your home using your Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker. Streams directly over Wi-Fi or mobile hotspot from Amazon Prime Music, Apple Music, JioSaavn, Gaana or Hungama Music. You can also pair the device to your phone via Bluetooth.
Voice control your smart home
Use Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker to switch on the living room lights while you enter your home or switch on the geyser before getting out of bed – all without lifting a finger. With “Routines”, control multiple devices at scheduled times or with a single voice command, like switch on the AC and turn off the lights every night.

Power up your battery

A single battery charge provides up to 10 hours of music playback (11 hours of standby battery time) to keep you entertained. For best experience, keep the device plugged in when you don’t need to carry it. You know that the device is fully charged when all the 4 LEDs turn off.

Technical Specifications – Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition

Size 72 x 102 x 102 mm
Weight 448 g
Actual size and weight may vary by configuration and manufacturing process
Battery Life Up to 10 hours of continuous music playback under normal listening conditions and 11 hours of standby time.  Actual battery life will vary depending on device settings, features utilized, environment and other factors. Testing was conducted by Amazon in a lab environment with fully charged pre-production Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition devices. Music playback testing was conducted on the devices at the same loudness levels for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings.
Audio Built-in speaker for voice feedback.
Setup technology Amazon Wi-Fi simple setup enables customers to connect smart devices to their Wi-Fi network in a few easy steps. Wi-Fi simple setup is another way Alexa is always getting smarter.
System Requirements Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition 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 web browser. Certain skills and services may require subscription or other fees.
Generation Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition 1st Generation.
Wi-Fi Connectivity Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.
Accessibility Features The Alexa App and Alexa-enabled products include several features for customers with accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility and speech. Learn more about Alexa accessibility.
Warranty and Service Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition is sold with a limited warranty of one year.
Included in the Box Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition, power adaptor (5W), micro-USB cable, and Quick Start Guide.
Bluetooth Connectivity Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition or from Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition 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. Bluetooth calling and messaging is not supported. Bluetooth not supported when using multi-room music.

Also note these tips

To get the best out of your Echo Input Portable Smart Speaker Edition, please note the following:

  • Battery: In order to ensure that your battery lasts longer, we recommend that you keep the device plugged in when you don’t need to carry it.
  • Volume control: There are 2 ways to control your device volume – either using voice or volume buttons. For best hands-free experience, we recommend that you control volume using your voice.

To speak to Alexa in Hindi, just ask, “Alexa, speak in English and Hindi.”

Harpreet S

Harpreet is a senior Technocrat from Industry with penchant for blogging, product reviews. Apart from Technology, he covers sectors like Lifestyle, Luxury, Travel, Automobile, Fashion, Healthcare, Real Estate, Hospitality, Education and much more

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