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Amazon Echo is a hands-free speaker you control with your voice. Echo connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more-instantly. All you have to do is ask. Echo has an enhanced speaker that now features Dolby processing for improved immersive sound. It has seven microphones and beamforming technology so it can hear you from across the room-even while music is playing. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word "Alexa" and Echo responds instantly.
• All-new Echo (2nd Gen) has a new speaker, new design and is available in six styles including fabrics and wood veneers. Echo connects to Alexa to play music, make calls, set alarms and timers, ask questions, control smart home devices and more-instantly
• Just ask for a song, artist or genre from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora and more. With multi-room music, you can play music on compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Echo can also play audiobooks, radio stations, news briefs and more
• Call or message anyone hands-free with your Echo device. Also, instantly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice
• New speaker, now with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and dynamic bass response. Echo can fill the room with 360deg. omnidirectional audio
• With seven microphones, beamforming technology and noise cancellation, Echo hears you from any direction-even while music is playing
• Just ask Alexa to check your calendar, weather, traffic and sports scores, manage to-do and shopping lists, control your compatible smart lights, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers and more
• Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features and skills. Just ask Alexa to control your TV, request an Uber, order a pizza and more
• Dual speakers with room-filling sound, powered by Dolby
• Streaming Wi-fi music (including Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora and more)
• Line-out with 3.5 mm cable or Bluetooth
• Free audio calls to US, Mexico and Canada
• Control smart home devices
Voice Control Music
The 2nd generation Echo has a 2.5" downward-firing woofer and 0.6" tweeter powered by Dolby to deliver crisp vocals and dynamic bass throughout the room. You can play music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn and more. With Amazon Music, you can search by lyrics, time-period or let Alexa pick the music for you. You can also listen to audiobooks from Audible, podcasts, radio stations, news briefs and more.
Alexa, Play Music Everywhere
Want to play music on an Echo in another room? Now with multi-room music, you can tell Alexa to play across your compatible Echo devices. Tell Alexa to play jazz in the kitchen, top pop in the family room or play the same song throughout your whole home.
Voice Control Your Home
Use Echo to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the coffee maker on your way to the kitchen or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie-all without lifting a finger. Ask Alexa to turn on the TV, turn up the volume, change the channel or play your favorite movie. Echo can control your Amazon Fire TV and select devices from Sony, Dish and Logitech. Control multiple devices at scheduled times or with a single voice command, like locking the doors and turning off the lights when you go to bed. Echo works with lights, locks, switches, thermostats and more from WeMo, Philips Hue, SmartThings, Insteon, Nest, ecobee and Wink.
Hand Free Calling and Messaging
With Echo, you can talk to anyone hands-free-no tapping or searching required. Your contacts will see your number when they receive the call so they know who is calling. Set up your voice profile and teach Alexa to recognize your voice. When you say, "Alexa, call Mom", Alexa will call your mom, even if you have multiple users in your home. Additionally, you can send messages via voice or text to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App.
With the Drop In feature enabled for room-to-room calling, instantly connect with compatible Echo devices in your home. Let your household know when dinner is ready, ask someone for help with a chore or remind the kids to go to sleep-without having to raise your voice.
Far-Field Voice Recognition
Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beamforming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. The 2nd generation Echo has improved wake-word performance to hear you ask a question from any direction-even in noisy environments or while playing music at loud volumes. When you want to use Echo, simply say the wake word, "Alexa," and Echo lights up and connects to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service recognizes and responds to your request instantly.
Alexa has Skills
Echo uses tens of thousands of skills and counting. Skills add even more capabilities like ordering a pizza from Domino's, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your fitness with Fitbit, controlling your TV with Dish and more. To enable new skills, just ask Alexa. New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about the thousands of skills available in the Alexa App.
Always Getting Smarter
Alexa is always getting smarter-the more you use Echo, the more Alexa adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and personal preferences. And because Echo is always connected, updates are delivered automatically. Just in the last few months we've added Alexa calling and messaging, multi-room music, voice profiles and reminders, along with skills from third-party developers.