Echo Dot (5th Gen)

I bought a amazon echo dot like a month ago. [...]

[...] I use it for music and quick mathematics it makes conversion quick and easy like "what is 5/8 in a percentage" or "what is 3 inches in mm" . [...]

[...] The new features on it are kinda nifty, the sound is obviously better, and I even got 2 free lightbulbs with it for the Black Friday price, not bad. I'm kinda fascinated by the display on it, can't wait to see a teardown somewhere. I do agree it's a little hard to read the display from afar, so I'm not totally sure if I'm going to replace my big red LED clock with it or just use this near my desk. I'll have to see if playing with the brightness helps at all. I'm not a constant music player on it, if I was I'd say getting some halfway decent external speakers and plugging them into my 3rd gen would be the way to go, but that also would take a lot more room.

The light is way too bright, even on the lowest setting. I can’t sleep with the clock on - I have to manually turn off the light in the Alexa app every night before bed, and it can’t be scheduled to turn off, and you can’t just ask Alexa to do it for you. So I have to turn on my Apple Watch in nightstand mode to know what time it is at night. What a massive pain. I regret this purchase

[...] It reminded me, I dismissed the reminder but 2 weeks later the reminder is still showing on the screen. [...] I even did an update and that didn't get rid of it. [...]

[...] Temperature se sor, slightly better sound and better display are gamechangers actually. But, man sound quality of Homepod Mini is sensational. [...]

I have the echo dot 5th gen with clock and definitely believe it's worth the upgrade. The speaker does sound more clear and full. I actually replaced a echo 4th gen in my kitchen with it because I just don't need the bass of the 4th gen echo in the kitchen and that allowed me to have two echo 4th gens for stereo sound from my bedroom TV. [...] It's worth if you need/use the extra features. [...]

I got min few days ago but I m having problems with the device. I ask my status order but it keep saying I don’t have any oder in my name but actually I do have in my account. I don’t understand. I logged in Alexa app same account of my Amazon account but I don’t see any notifications in the echo when I turn on the notifications in apps. Do u have any solution for this? I contact with the customer care n did everything they told me to do but the result is same

I bought a bunch of the Echo devices starting with the original and following through to the Echo Show and several other versions. I kept buying each new generation thinking “okay, THIS version will get it right…” but I kept being mostly disappointed with the underpowered processors and the poor sound quality. [...]

The Echo Dot 5th gen is a very good speaker. It has a superb sound quality. [...] It's not like the normal wireless speakers you can charge and use.

like the features, setup was difficult for some of my devices (August Door lock, Bose speaker)... [...] It doesn't support volume or changing channels, but I believe that is due to the particular speaker I have.... Worth getting if you already have other devices to use it with... [...]

So frustrated with smart speakers in general. [...] I recently tried the Echo Dot 5th Gen, after having tried previous versions of Echo. Sound is very good, internet connectivity is very good, BUT, like previous generations, it does not respond to commands consistently. My primary use is for listening to audio books via Bluetooth on my iPhone. [...] No matter the command (unpause, resume Bluetooth, etc.), sometimes it does and sometimes it does something else such as resume the Amazon music I was listening to a few days before. [...] BUT, major fault, Nest disconnects periodically from the internet. I've had several of them using different modems/routers at different homes, and they all do it. Which is a shame, because the sound is great and it obeys.

[...] I didn't know the 5 doubled up as a WiFi extender. This is useful if you have a model train room with a WiFi controlled layout. [...]

[...] I put all of them each on a Sonoff S31 wifi switch. [...] (I don't always have my cell phone with me, in the attics.) Cheap insurance, me thinks.

We've been using Alexa since the very first Echo was released (the old tall black can). [...]

We tried the last Gen dot with clock in our bedroom but the volume was wonky, at the lowest setting it was still very loud when we used any sleep sounds. We swapped it out for a 5in show and that was great, but the shows screen brightness won't adjust low enough, the volume is perfect though. I picked up a Show 15 and then moved a Show 8 into the bedroom and it sounds great but the bigger screen is brighter still even at 7-8% brightness level... I do enjoy all the functionality of my Amazon assistants especially when they drop in price during Prime Days!

I don't mean to rain on your parade but I was so impressed with Echo Dot 5 that I had to respond here. [...] So I turned to Kasa smart plugs for each device and outlet which are excellent and purchased the Echo Dot 5 so that I could to tell the assistant what to turn off and on. [...]

It still boggles my mind that we have this technology. I bought three of the non-clock 5th generation to replace the three first generation Echo Dots - HUGE improvement.

I just bought the 5th Gen Alexa . I live in the Uk , but I do not have the pause gesture .

I just bought the 5th gen for my dorm room, and I got to say, this is lovely smart speaker (consider it is the first one I've ever bought 😂)

Do all of them have LED display I just got my two new fifth generation Echo dots and the LED display does not turn on and I can’t find it in device settings

Hi, I don’t know if someone can help me but my alexa echo dot 5 doesn’t have all the options on the tap gestures, it only shows that i can postpone my alarm, does anyone knows why? and if so, how can I have the other options? 😢

I got one of these and it purchased music by itself...so I unplugged it and don't use it.

[...] It sounds as good as these to my ear.. [...]

[...] Had no idea about the WiFi extender or movement detector. [...]

I got my first echo dot. I got the deep sea blue color of the 5th generation

I bought several 3rd gen dots recently for $15 each. Since they have audio out ports they van be plugged into a bigger sound system such as a stereo for a much better sound. Much better,

I have the Amazon Echo Dot 5th gen and its not displaying anything and on my phone it has no settings for it. Also when I say enable clock is says this device doesn't support that.

I use the 3rd gen as music streamer, 5th gen don't have the 3.5mm anymore, so sad

I just got a 5th gen dot for $33 after 50% alexa date and 25% trade in with a instant trade in gift card. (Traded in a 2nd gen broke I had sitting in closet)

I bought the larger version 4 dot and hate the Alexa interface . The sound is great, but my wife cannot control the lights anymore...

I just bought and returned the Gen 5 Dot. Its so new that it has bugs — impossible to get set up on my wifi network.

Just a quick comment, I am 64 years old, and I love my echo show 8 🙂

Whole reason I got a 4th gen was because of the zigbee hub. Got a fantastic deal on smart lights that whose service was discontinued by the manufacturer and this was a way to make them work.

For some reason, I keep getting an error on my eero app when trying to use the built-in eero function

My 4th Gen doesnt seem to have a temperature sensor. Anyone else have that problem or am I missing something here?

I have 2 of tghe 4th gen and 2 3rd gen. I'll sticfk with them.

I have the echo 4th that I use for music and be my main smart speaker and it’s great. Got it for $60. Probably will skip the 5th then

I am extremely happy with my echo 3rd gen! And I love the thing that I can hang it below main plug :) I wonder if the echo dot 4th or 5th gen can be paired with 3rd gen to be used as a stereo speakers? Larger echo has better sound, why I never heard if it 😮

Nah I got one and I try the pause function for it and I taped it it doesn’t work at all I also hit it hard and I think I made it worse because the mute function doesn’t work anymore so everyone that thinks “hit it harder” I’ve already tried that

I bought a 4th gen when it came out and returned it because the sound wasn’t any better than the 3rd gen. Honestly, I think the 3rd gen sounds better than the 4th. I’m glad that they improved the 5th, I hope it will be worth an upgrade this time.

I have both, the Echo Dot 5th generation with and without the LED display, the specs seem to be the same for both, but I find the the Dot with the display does not sound as good as the Dot without the display? Please respond and tell me if anyone else noticed a difference.

I put my bose headphones on don't seam too much better sound, the WiFi extender sounds good, if you got a smart door bell or need to extend ur ipad

I didn’t know the echo 4th gen had a temperature sensor… I’m in the uk and the only routine I can get with my echo dot 4th (clock and non clock) is the person detection. Do we have different routines over here??

Does anyone know how to sync the Alexa announcements? I have multiple Echos and it’s very ignoring when each talk at it’s own speed. It seems like you can sync the music but you just can’t sync the announcements. Any idea?