Amazon Echo Dot Wireless Voice-Controlled Device, 2nd Generation, White

What is Echo Dot?
Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device with a small built-in speaker-it can also connect to your speakers or headphones over Bluetooth or through a 3.5 mm audio cable to deliver stereo sound to the speakers you choose. Dot connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information, news, sports scores, weather and more-instantly. Echo Dot can hear you from across the room, even while music is playing. When you want to use Echo Dot, just say the wake word "Alexa" and Dot responds instantly. If you have more than one Echo or Echo Dot, Alexa responds intelligently from the Echo you're closest to with ESP (Echo Spatial Perception).

• Echo Dot (2nd Generation) is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, make calls, send and receive messages, provide information, read the news, set alarms, read audiobooks from Audible and more
• Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio and Tune In
• Introducing Alexa calling and messaging, a new way to be together with family and friends. Just ask Alexa to call or message anyone with an Echo, Echo Dot or the Alexa App
• Controls lights, fans, switches, thermostats, garage doors, sprinklers, locks and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Nest, Eco bee and others
• Hears you from across the room with 7 far-field microphones for hands-free control, even in noisy environments or while playing music
• Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled computer; Amazon Echo is not required to use Echo Dot
• Always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Uber, Domino's, DISH and more

Made for Any Room
Sleek and compact design makes Echo Dot a convenient addition to any room in the house. With its built-in speaker, you can place Dot in the bedroom and use it as a smart alarm clock that can also turn off your lights. Or use Dot in the kitchen to easily set timers and shop tens of millions of Amazon products using just your voice. Echo Dot can also directly connect to speakers using a 3.5 mm stereo cable or using Bluetooth to add voice control to your home stereo system in the living room or den.

Voice Control Your Music
Echo Dot provides hands-free voice control for Amazon Music-just ask for your favorite artist or song or request a specific genre or mood. You can also search for music by lyrics, when a song or album was released or let Alexa pick the music for you. Listen to any song with Amazon Music Unlimited. Echo Dot also provides hands-free voice control to Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio and Tune In.

Alexa Call Dad
Introducing Alexa calling and messaging-a new way to be together with family and friends. When you're busy making dinner, just ask Alexa to place a call to Mom or send a quick voice message to a friend. With Alexa, you can talk to anyone who has an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show or the Alexa App. You can also enable a new feature called Drop In for the special cases when you want to connect instantly with your closest family and friends or other Echo devices in your home.With the Alexa App, conversations and contacts go where you go. When you're away from home, use the app to make a quick call or send a message to your family's Echo. Alexa calling and messaging is free-to get started download the Alexa App.

Voice Control Your Smart Home
Use Echo Dot to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn up the thermostat while reading in your favorite chair or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie-all without lifting a finger or even raising your voice. Echo Dot works with smart home devices such as lights, switches, fans, thermostats and more from Philips Hue, TP-Link, Eco bee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Lutron, Nest, Wink, Honeywell and more.

Far-Field Voice Recognition
Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beam-forming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. With a more powerful processor, the Echo Dot has improved wake-word performance to hear you ask a question from any direction-even in noisy environments or while playing music. When you want to use Echo Dot, simply say the wake word, "Alexa," and Dot lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service is leveraged to recognize and respond to your request instantly.

Always Getting Smarter
Alexa-the brain behind Echo Dot-is built in the cloud, so it is always getting smarter. The more you use Dot, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary and personal preferences. And because Echo Dot is always connected, updates are delivered automatically. Just in the last few months we've added Alexa calling and messaging, exclusive voice-shopping deals and thousands of new skills from third-party developers.

Echo Dot has Skills
Skills add even more capabilities like ordering a pizza from Domino's, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your fitness with Fitbit, ordering flowers from 1-800-Flowers, controlling your TV with DISH Hopper and more. Enabling skills lets your Echo Dot do even more-simply discover skills you want to use in the Alexa App. To enable a new skill, 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.

Suit your Style
Customize your Dot for any room with the optional Echo Dot Case. Available in leather or fabric and a range of colors.

Do More with the Alexa App
With the free Alexa App on Fire OS, Android, iOS and desktop browsers, you can easily setup and manage your Echo Dot. Use the Alexa App to connect music services you already use like Spotify and Pandora. Link your calendar from Google, G Suite, iCloud, Outlook.com or Office365. Setup your smart home devices from Philips Hue, TP-Link, Eco bee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Wink, Nest, Lutron and more. Make calls, view your conversation history, manage contacts and get notifications when you receive a message (calling and messaging features available on iOS and Android only).

See which books are available to read from your Kindle and Audible libraries. View shopping and to-do lists while on the go. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms and much more. The Alexa App is also where you discover third-party skills.