Amazon Echo Pop - Anyone have one ? If so, what do you think ?
Do any community members have an Amazon Echo Pop, and if so, what do you think ?
Do you consider it a good purchase or waste of money ?
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JJP2 I have an Amazon Echo, but really not sure what model it is. I bought it because....let me think now....oh, yes...it was cheap!!! They are quite a good gimmick and we keep it in our kitchen where it can be useful for finding a fact quickly; you know the sort of thing "Alexa, what's the population of Burundi?" It's also good for finding a piece of music on Amazon and playing it.
If you work on Google programmes, I suppose it is also good for putting an event in your diary or on your shopping list (Siri is better for Apple users).
Overall and given its fairly low price, I would put it at a reasonable purchase.
JJP2 I had the 2nd and 3rd gen hockey pucks for a while and then replaced them with the Echo Show models, and since then having a display and seeing Alexa visually has made that interaction easier especially with smart home features (turn lights off at the touch of a button, see cameras etc). The only thing is that I believe the sound quality is better from the pucks (up-firing) than they are from the screen devices (backwards-firing).
I guess the Pops use the same sort of speaker technology as the dots, but this time the speaker is front facing so the audio difference is more noticeable.
JJP2 Yeah I hear you, they're quite nifty little devices especially if you need Alexa to work in a small area - I believe you can also get some add-ons (e.g. night light) that can plug into the USB port on it. I know a friend who was using it as a mini radio in his shed at the back of the house!
