Echo Dot

[Opieos]

Truthfully haven't looked at the specs real close but anyone know if he ECHO DOT will play music separate from the Main ECHO.  in other words

Main ECHO is in living room > ECHO DOT is in exercise room in basement.   Will it play music (ie Pandora etc etc) absent being plugged in with a cable or ??

Like the idea of dropping a DOT or two in separate areas where the MAIN ECHO wouldn't necessarily be able to hear me.

Thoughts or suggestions.

[leehop71]

I know it will connect via BT with BT devices.  The reason I'm buying it is so I can connect the Dot with my Bose Soundlink Mini, in order to have that 'on demand' music coming through the Bose instead of the Echo.

[mike27oct]

Truthfully haven't looked at the specs real close but

All anyone knows is what Amazon has publicly disclosed -- which is quite a bit.  Lots of guesses, though. We know nothing more about it until we have one in a few weeks.  So, this is all that most of us know about it:
http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=14047587011

Be sure to see the video, too.

[Maff]

I imagine it will be an echo in its own right ie the setup will be the same as what people who have two echos have now. In that respect, they can play music independently from one another. I have two echos so I tried a few different permutations tonight. Iheartradio will play two different things on different units on the same account no problem. Spotify will only play on one device at once. But you can easily flick the same song as you move from one echo to another, just say "Alexa play spotify" and it seamlessly moves over. No idea about prime as my UK prime music won'twon't yet work on echo. I can't images it will be a situation where a dot is somehow a slave device to a full echo. It's just an echo with a smaller speaker & a bluetooth output & a jack lead.

[renegade600]

Truthfully haven't looked at the specs real close but

All anyone knows is what Amazon has publicly disclosed -- which is quite a bit.  Lots of guesses, though. We know nothing more about it until we have one in a few weeks.  So, this is all that most of us know about it:
http://www.amazon.com/b/?node=14047587011

Be sure to see the video, too.

there is a lot of reading between the lines.  The way I see it, if you have your own speakers, get the dot, if you need a speaker, get the echo.   both will be independent of each other when it comes to most features even though it accesses the same amazon account.   

[henryr10]

I already have Fire Stick w/ remote running thru my 7.2 Onkyo Receiver.
Plays Pandora, Prime Music, etc thru my speaker system perfectly... obviously not in 7.2 but......
So the only thing Dot would do is not require me to boot up the whole system, BUT I'd need more speakers or blu-tooth speakers.
Unless I'm missing something the Dot would just be redundant. Right?

[DParker]

Unless I'm missing something the Dot would just be redundant. Right?

That depends on what you plan on using it for.  Playing music is just one small subset of the functionality delivered by the Echo (including the Dot and Tap variants).

[rgreenpc]

Hi all - recent Sonos convert and have been trying to find out some info regarding the Dot in so much as...

It says it has a small speaker.

Looking to use a few of these as voice recognition points for my home automation.

We have places we want audio and places that we want to be able to just interact.

Has anyone seen anything that would suggest this is possible?

[DParker]

Hi all - recent Sonos convert and have been trying to find out some info regarding the Dot in so much as...

It says it has a small speaker.

Looking to use a few of these as voice recognition points for my home automation.

We have places we want audio and places that we want to be able to just interact.

Has anyone seen anything that would suggest this is possible?

Not only is that possible, but it's becoming a very common use for the Echo.  And since the Dot is functionally identical to the full-sized Echo, save for the Dot's external speaker support, due to its lower-quality internal speaker, you can do anything with it you'd do with an Echo, especially if you connect it to a decent external speaker.

So if I'm understanding you correctly it sounds like you want either a full-sized Echo or a Dot hooked to an external speaker in places where audio output quality is important (like for playing music), and just a stand-alone Dot in places where you only care about voice interaction (either for home automation control or other Alexa services).

[rgreenpc]

Yeah thanks for that.. I want a dot in the master bedroom, and echos everywhere else.

[mike27oct]

I am getting two Dots and a Tap; set to arrive here in two days!

One Dot will be plugged into the stereo audio in.  Second Dot is the "floater" used anywhere we need it to be, although its main parking place will be master bedroom.  Also, it can go on air trips with us when impractical to bring the Tap.

Tap was bought for it's portability, battery operation and BT speaker.

[henryr10]

I forgot to add that I've had an Echo since early on. After joking around w/ it for a few weeks we use it a LOT.
Shopping List, Weather, Alarm and Calendar get a big workout.
Integrated w/ Whole House Phillips lighting, remote in one room, Echo in the other end of the house, LightStick w/ remote in the Media area connected to the Onkyo Receiver (so Echo there too).
We have hard wired whole house and yard speakers connected through BT receiver by phone or PC or through main Onkyo receiver.

Dot looks like a Great Product but a battery operated Echo (you don't have to Tap) is what I'm waiting for.....

[DParker]

Dot looks like a Great Product but a battery operated Echo (you don't have to Tap) is what I'm waiting for.....

Technically possible, but not likely anytime soon.  The strain that "always listening" mode puts on a reasonable-size-and-cost battery is just too great.

[Ultramanv]

Hey Henry , You can just hook up alexa or a dot to e the echo battery .. https://www.echobattery.com/

[saturnkk]

Hey Henry , You can just hook up alexa or a dot to e the echo battery .. https://www.echobattery.com/

Good idea but this is what the Echo should have been in the first place except with a docking station...  Very expensive add-on!