Amazon Echo Dot vs Tap vs Echo Comparison & Review

Amazon Echo Dot vs Amazon Tap vs Echo differences marked up in simple tabular for so that you can easily understand the basic features of these products and easy selection based on purpose you wish to buy them for.

These are the most famous Amazon Echo Series of Cylindrical speakers which are connected to internet, able to work as an assistant for you when connected to cloud / home automation systems.

Amazon Dot is the latest launch making the product much crisp and able to be integrated with your existing expensive music system, tiny, cheap still smart providing you all benefits of the Echo series.

Below simple table will show you functional differences narrated as well as differentiated in colors  to make you understand the Echo series quickly and easily, as well I have given summary after the table for you.

Amazon Echo vs Amazon Tap vs Echo Dot Comparison Table

	Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation)	Amazon Tap	Amazon Echo
Height of Echo Device	1.6-inch-tall cylinder	6.2-inch-tall cylinder	9.25-inch-tall cylinder
Main feature difference in between Amazon Echo Dot vs Tap vs Echo	Just the top section of Amazon Echo at half the price & equally smart. Supports always-on Alexa, connects to the cloud to stream music, controls your smarthome devices, and does all the same stuff as Echo	Unlike the Echo, the Amazon Tap is wireless and must be set into the included cradle in order to charge	Echo requires a Wi-Fi connection in order to respond to voice commands and fetch content for you, and it must remain plugged in for power
Portable	No	Yes	No
Dimensions	38 x 84 x 84 mm	59 x 66 x 66 mm	235 x 83.5 x 83.5 mm
Weight	250 grams	470 grams	1045 grams
Power	Power adapter Plugs into a wall outlet	Non-removable, rechargeable battery, charging cradle, and power adapter (9 hours playback)	Power adapter Plugs into a wall outlet
Wi-Fi connectivity	802.11a/b/g/n
	Dual-band (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)	Single-band (2.4 GHz)	Dual-band | (2.4 GHz and 5 GHz)
Alexa Activation	Yes (Always-on/always-listening/voice-activated)	Yes (Not always-listening; Must touch mic button to access Alexa) The Tap isn’t an always-on, so you can’t say “Alexa” to wake it and instead need to press the microphone button on the front	Yes (Always-on/always-listening/voice-activated)
	Wake word	Microphone (Talk) button	Wake word
	Action button		Action button
Speakers	Stereo audio output for Bluetooth & audio cables Voice-feedback only(Must be connected to external speakers)	Stereo 360-degree sound(dual 1.5-inch drivers and dual passive radiators)	Mono 360-degree sound(2.5 inch woofer and 2.0 inch tweeter)
Microphone Array	7-piece microphone array
Dolby Audio	No	Yes	No
Buttons and Lights	Light Ring	Front light indicators	Light Ring
	Volume buttons	Microphone (Talk) button	Action button
	Action button	Power button	Mute button
	Mute button	Wi-Fi/Bluetooth button
		Dedicated playback buttons
Bluetooth Audio Input	Yes
Bluetooth Audio Output	Yes	No
AUX Audio Input	No	Yes	No
AUX Audio Output	Yes	No
Compatible with Alexa Voice Remote	Yes	No	Yes
Accessories	3.5 mm audio cable ##	Amazon Tap Sling ##	Alexa Voice Remote ##
	Alexa Voice Remote ##
	Amazon Echo Dot Case ##
Media Storage	No
Alexa app	Yes
Price & Offers	Echo-Dot Best Buy	Tap Best Buy	Echo Best Buy
## Sold separately

Amazon Echo Best Buy for ?

• Amazon Echo is ideal for home use.
• It is a stationary speaker, Powerful enough for room-filling audio for casual listening
• Always-ON personal assistant
  When connected to Wi-Fi, Alexa Assistant will work for you, to answer all sorts of questions and/or control your stuff using home automation

Amazon Tap Best Buy for ?

• Amazon Tap is portable hence ideal for outdoor use
• It will do all things as Amazon Echo, like listening to Music or home automation
• Only you need to charge it using cradle (provides 9 hours playback though)
• Alexa wake-up not available to save the power, wake-up happens with push a mic button.

Amazon Echo-Dot Best Buy for ?

• As the name suggests, its a Dot 🙂 Smallest form of Echo ! Ideal for home use, with dropped price you can afford to have many, one in each room synchronized with cloud.
• Another advantage is that it works with your existing expensive Music system 🙂
• With introduction of Dot, Amazon has made it affordable and more popular choice of this year

I hope this article helps you finding right device … if you like my writing do comment on this blog-post 🙂

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