Echo Dot (5th generation, 2022 release) | Charcoal + Meross Matter Smart Plug, Works with Alexa – Smart Home Starter Kit
Original price was: £73.98.£44.99Current price is: £44.99.
Price: £73.98 - £44.99
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This bundle includes 1 of Echo Dot (5th generation, 2022 release) and 1 of Meross Smart Plug- everything you need to start your smart home.
Our best-sounding Echo Dot yet: enjoy an improved audio experience compared to any previous Echo Dot with Alexa for clearer vocals, deeper bass and vibrant sound in any room.
Your favourite music and content: play music, audiobooks and podcasts from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer and more, or via Bluetooth throughout your home.
Alexa is happy to help: ask Alexa for the weather forecast, to set hands-free timers, get answers to your questions and even tell jokes. Need a few extra minutes in the morning? Just tap your Echo Dot to snooze your alarm.
Keep your home comfortable: control compatible smart home devices with your voice and routines triggered by indoor temperature sensors. Create routines to automatically start a smart fan if the inside temperature goes above your comfort zone.
Do more with device pairing: fill your home with music using compatible Echo devices in different rooms. Create a home cinema system with Fire TV.
Designed to protect your privacy: built with multiple layers of privacy protection and control, including a Microphone Off button that electronically disconnects the microphones.
Climate Pledge Friendly: we integrated sustainability in the design of this device with 99% of packaging coming from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources, 95% use of post-consumer recycled fabric and 55% post-consumer recycled plastics.
Customers say
Customers find the Echo Dot’s sound quality excellent, with one mentioning it’s good for listening to audio books and podcasts. The device is easy to set up and use, fits perfectly in any room, and blends well with decor. They appreciate its functionality, with one customer noting it plays exactly what they ask for, and consider it an affordable entry point into the smart home ecosystem. The voice recognition is impressive, with Alexa responding reliably to commands, and customers like the Alexa functionality, with one mentioning it can turn lights on and off reliably.
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Original price was: £73.98.£44.99Current price is: £44.99.
Mark Sharples –
Good and reliable item , easy to install
Having been investing in Alexa Dots for some years saw this newer version on a prime deal so added it to my collection . I normally replace an old version and find somewhere new to place the older one. My house is now pretty much covered with Alexa Dots now.As always with Alexa products this unit is easy to setup and install straight out of the box. As a veteran Alexa user I already have the app set up and used the Amazon preconfigured option selected at checkout ..If you are new to Alexa you will have to download and setup the Alexa app, which is also intuitive and easy to set up.Now to the Dot itself , it looks identical to the 4th generation dot so be a little careful when buying one and make sure you buy the generation you want . There should be better pricing and deals on the 4th Gen but the reason I purchased this one is due to some additional tech inside the unit and supposedly better sound quality.The sound is very good, not HI-FI quality but more than good enough for day to day use . ( I have paired 2 x Dots together in my main room to utilise the stereo options on the device. Apparently the 5th gen has a larger speaker/woofer and after comparing the 4th and the 5th gen together I can confirm the sound quailty is slightly better with particularly a better bass ) the difference in quality is NOT a huge jump from the gen 4 but still noticeably better , and is massively better than the 3rd gen Dot.An issue I have with both the 5th and 4th Gen Alexa Dot is the light bar is on the bottom of the unit. I use the light bar quite a lot to see if Alexa is responding in a noisy Enviroment or for notifications and as with most of my dots I buy 3rd party wall mounts for them to keep the cables nice and tidy and off a flat surface.the problem with this as most of these mounts place the light ring at the back and therefore close to the wall and makes the light bar hard to view. ( itâs a minor niggle not a deal breaker )The additional tech that grabbed my attention was the inclusion of a temperature and motion sensor.Both these would be ideal to add to my smart Home system to enable routines for heating and lighting etc so was eager to test these out.The temperature sensor:This is a great addition works very well and responds quickly to voice commands. I tested the accuracy by putting another smart temp sensor in the same room with an additional stand alone temperature sensor.The accuracy of the Alexa sensor was accurate and comparable to the two other sensors tested in the same room .. it is so easy to add it to routines in the Alexa app and works well.The Motion Sensor:I was eager to try this out as well as I wanted to make use of it Alexa routines such as if someone walked in the room the lights switched on and if there was no motion for a set time the lights would switch off. This is a fairly simple routine in the smart home .Unfortunately the motion sensor in the Alexa Dot 5th gen is pretty much useless and simply doesnât work. It uses a slightly different way by detecting motion using ultrasonic technology. I realise this technology wouldnât be the best as any noise in the room, such as TV , people speaking etc would diminish the accuracy of the sensor .. however having tested it many times in a completely silent room it simply doesnât work , and on the odd occasion it does actually work itâs usually from an unknown source and not actually from someone entering the room.Conclusion: if you want good Alexa integration , a more than adequate sound for every day use , and a temp sensor buy this with no qualms that you will be getting a good quality product that works well straight from the box.If you are buying this for the motion sensor tech , donât bother itâs useless and you would be much better off buying a separate smart motion sensor . The Echo Dot version is unreliable and just going to give you many headaches
Layla Fernanda –
It became my little best friend!
I didnât expect to love this as much as I do, but the Echo Dot has seriously become my daily companion. I use it for everythingâmusic, reminders, weather updates, even random questions. The sound is great for the size, and Alexa just makes life easier. Cute, smart, and super useful!
James –
The best value amazon smart speaker!
As expected, a great little device from Amazon, I have upwards for 7 Alexa devices currently but for value these are great.Sound quality – could have more low end but doesn’t sound tinny like other speakers around this price.Overall a great device and much smaller than you would expect!
Sue –
Theyâre very good & easy to set up butâ¦.
Bought this a few weeks ago while on offer. Iâve got 5 altogether, 3 Echo Pops & 2 Echo Dots, all bought when on offer & Iâve never had an issue with them. I bought this one to replace one of the lighter Echo Pops which is on the bedside table & which I kept knocking over. It was fine for the first few weeks, but for some reason this one now keeps switching to mute.I have them as theyâre ideal for switching lights on & off which might make me sound lazy but I have rheumatoid arthritis & itâs currently active in my hands, elbow & especially my shoulders making lifting my arms even switch height, difficult & painful.When setting it up I used the cable from the Echo Pop as it fitted & worked fine for a good few weeks but now Iâm wondering if that might be the problem. Thing is my plugs are under the bed so Iâll have to wait til one of my sons can unplug the old (maybe no more than a year old) plug & fit the one that came with it.Other than that I had no complaints. The sound was excellent, possibly even better than the Pop, which are very good & at £22 this seemed excellent value for money. So hopefully the issue can be resolved with a plug change.Either way, Iâll come back & let you know.
Stephanie –
If you are looking for an alexa, this is the one. If you are looking for an alexa, this… Very easy to install if installation goes straight forward. Had difficulty setting up on my phone but using a tablet only took 5 minutes to set up. Sound quality is very good and mic can pick up command very easily in a busy house with kids and a dog.