Amazon Echo (4th gen) review: Hold my sphere

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The fourth-generation Amazon Echo sports a spiffy new shape, great sound quality and easy smart home setup for a reasonable price. It’s one of the best smart speakers we’ve ever tested. Check out the video for all of the details including a head-to-head sound comparison with the Nest Audio.

[mohammed.baig.]

Imagine the music on that thing being so loud it flips over and rolls away

[hectorohh]

Just ordered one for my friend. She just got a new place so I’m going to tech her up!!

[A_R_]

Acoustic song is by Ben Sollee song name: “The Holdout/Speed Breaker”.

[humectanianha]

I believe the spherical design gives a more fuller projection of sound. I can imagine they have an event to using this for a sound room

[ethan.colorado]

I’m excited to see how the Nest Audio, HomePod mini, and Echo all stack up. The HomePod mini only has one speaker, but apple’s audio engineering is amazing

[icestrm]

this is rolling off the table with the design, literally 😳

[FragBoyStewie]

I believe two of these can be used in conjunction with the Echo Studio to deliver an atmos experience.

[ryanmiller]

I think your remarks about the spherical shape of the echo are pretty funny. I actually bought one myself, and I also like it. Tell the truth, I don’t know which I like more, listening to it or holding it.

[dannieboi]

Guy was about To make a mad peanut butter and jelly in the kitchen but remembered he’s got this to review so he went ahead and done it while high AF. Salute 👏👏👏

[benjaminlee]

The clean and compact design makes it a good fit for small spaces as well. The integrated features are neat as well including the Mediatek processor and the LED light at the bottom.

[lelecapixaba]

This man is too caught up in this sphere shape/dimension etc... the other video was the same comments. Let’s not be so repetitive... overall a good video tho.

[beehivecluster]

I’ve got a 3rd gen echo dot which is impressive for its size. I want to upgrade to a 4th gen (either echo or dot) for better sound quality WITHOUT having to scream at it even louder and more frequently than I scream at my echo dot 3rd gen. QUESTION: if I upgrade to 4th gen will I be screaming at it more or less?

[ItsAthena_]

I love that it’s a sphere now not only does it match my really bubble looking decorations its so cute looking

[ishaanbakshi]

I feel like buying one for myself. MediaTek has been doing so well with its VAD platform

[paulmorphy]

I enjoyed your presenting style, it kept me interested in the video...thanks

[tyronerockwood]

I’ve replaced a version 1 echo near my bed with this new version and I now have to yell most of the time to get it’s attention. It’s even closer to my bed now. Seems microphone sensitivity is less responsive.

[md]

Plot twist:
Homepod mini from apple in Upside-down 😂😂

[Edwardi]

I still use a first gen Echo, don't really feel any need to upgrade it.

[TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou]

The Nest seems like a pretty good deal for the price. It just depends on your other devices and what you use. A year and some change back I bought a new phone on Amazon and it was an Amazon edition and priced very reasonable (less than half the price of the Non-Amazon version) so it came with Alexa and that's where it started.... Then I got a fire tv stick and some echo buds and i had been watching the echo dots and echos for a while and was waiting for a deal. Which prime day just came around and I got an echo dot 3rd gen along with a smart plug for free. Then I ordered a couple more echo dots for 18 dollars each and pre-ordered a couple echo 4th gens. I also bought some smart lights and a smart 6 outlet adapter. So I'm set now for a while anyway.

I am disappointed in amazon's smart plugs and only get them when discounted to a few bucks at the most. They are way to big for what they are and for that size it should have two outlets not one. Meanwhile third party companies sell smart plugs that are less than half the size. The 6 outlet smart outlet adapter was only 18 dollars which is less than amazon's retail price for their ugly smart plug. It has 3 individually controlled outlets and 3 that are always on... It also has 3 usb ports that can be turned off or on (not individually)

For 18 dollars it's a fantastic deal and has been working great. It worked with Alexa just fine too and was no hassle to connect.

Amazon needs to step it up heck Amazon bundled a smart light with one of my echo's and it doesn't even work right with Alexa.. You would think the company that made Alexa would be sure to sell smart lights that work properly with Alexa that's the only reason I bought it because I figured it has to work. Nope I was horribly wrong the lifx light has issues on its own app as it is and has issues setting up as a new device because a most of the time it claims to not be connected to wifi after you finish the setup and hit finish and you have to go through the process again. But when pairing with Alexa you have like a 15-20% chance of it pairing and even then if you unplug the light or your wifi drops or your power goes off and on off whatever reason it won't reconnect and will stay listed as unresponsive. You have to reset the light and set it back up in the lifx app again and then try to pair with Alexa again and hope it works.

Oh did I mention if it doesn't pair with Alexa the first time you have to reset the bulb add it back to the lifx device and try again? You can't just disable the skill re-enable and try again because it will never discover the device. It's pathetic that Amazon would support a light like this and it seems like lifx is more interested in trying to push their product on their app versus ensuring it works properly.

[dhruvbatra]

Looks stunning and has really impressive features with a solid MediaTek backing for the price