Amazon Echo Pop (newest model), Our smallest Alexa speaker, Fits in any room, Charcoal
Original price was: $ 48.42.$ 35.21Current price is: $ 35.21.
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Description
- Echo Pop – This compact smart speaker with Alexa features full sound that’s great for bedrooms and small spaces. Small enough to blend in and mighty enough to stand out.
- Control music with your voice – Ask Alexa to play music, audiobooks, and podcasts from your favorite providers like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Sirius XM and more. Connect via Bluetooth to stream throughout your space.
- Make any space a smart space – Easily control compatible smart home devices like smart plugs or smart lights with your voice or the Alexa App.
- Life just got easier – Have Alexa set timers, check the weather, read the news, re-order paper towels, make calls, answer questions, and more.
- Alexa has skills – With tens of thousands of skills and counting, Alexa can help you do more or do less – like playing relaxing sounds and testing your music knowledge.
- About the light bar – Alexa doesn’t begin listening until your device hears you say “Alexa” and the light bar turns blue.
- Designed to protect your privacy – Amazon is not in the business of selling your family’s personal information to others. Built with multiple layers of privacy controls including a mic off button.
- Designed for sustainability – This device’s fabric is made from 100% post-consumer recycled yarn and aluminum is made from 80% recycled aluminum. 99% of this device’s packaging is made of wood fiber-based materials from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources.
Additional information
| Size | 99 mm x 83 mm x 91 mm (3.9” x 3.3” x 3.6”) |
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| Weight | 196 g (6.9 oz) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process |
| Audio | 49.5 mm (1.95”) front-firing speaker, Lossless High Definition |
| Wifi connectivity | Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) wifi networks. |
| Smart Home Device Compatibility | Wifi, Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh, and Matter. |
| Bluetooth connectivity | Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Pop or from Echo Pop to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported. |
| Eero Built-in | Your wifi network must use a compatible eero router and your Echo device must stay in range of a compatible eero device. You will need to link your eero and Amazon accounts and manage eero Built-in from the eero mobile application to use this feature. eero Built-in compatible Echo devices support up to 92.9 square meters (1,000 sq. ft.) of additional coverage, speeds up to 100 Mbps, and 10 or fewer connected devices in the 5 GHz band. Actual performance can vary and certain eero, Echo, or Alexa features may be incompatible with eero Built-in. Learn more about eero Built-in performance, availability and compatibility. Use of eero and eero-related products and services, including eero Built-in, requires creation of an eero account and agreement to eero’s Terms of Service. Review eero’s Privacy Notice. |
| System requirements | Echo Pop comes ready to connect to your wifi. The Alexa app is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices and also accessible via your web browser. Supported operating systems. Certain skills and services may require subscription or other fees. |
| Setup technology | Amazon wifi simple setup enables customers to connect smart devices to their wifi network in a few easy steps. Wifi simple setup is another way Alexa is always getting smarter. Learn more about wifi simple setup. |
| Warranty and service | 1-year limited warranty and service included. Use of Echo Pop is subject to these terms. |
| Accessibility features | To enable features that personalize Alexa to your abilities, go to Settings → Accessibility in the Alexa App. • Preferred Speaking Rate allows customers to control how fast or slow Alexa speaks. To enable, say “Alexa, speak slower” or “Alexa, speak faster.” • Request Sound will play an audible tone in addition to the visual indicator when you speak to Alexa. To enable, say “Alexa, turn on Start of Request Sound.” • Kindle Assistive Reader will have Alexa read your Kindle books aloud. • Alexa Accessibility features also include several other settings for customers with accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility, and speech. |
| Included in the box | Echo Pop, glacier white power adapter (15W), and Quick Start Guide. |
| Generation | Echo Pop – 2023 release (1st Gen). |
| Privacy features | Wake word technology, streaming indicators, microphone off button, the ability to view and delete your voice recordings, and more. Visit the Alexa Privacy Hub to explore how Alexa and Echo devices are designed to protect your privacy. |
| Language | Alexa speaks English and French. |
| Alexa Skills Features | Alexa makes your life easier, more meaningful, and more fun by letting you voice control your world. Alexa can help you get more out of the things you already love and discover new possibilities you've never imagined. Discover and learn what Alexa can do. |
| Software Security Updates | This device receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase as a new unit on our websites. Learn more about these software security updates. If you already own an Amazon Echo, visit Manage Your Content and Devices for information specific to your device. |
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The Tech Guy –
Interestingly, despite being a 101 user when it comes to Smart technology and Amazon’s speakers in general, I was surprised to see several huge bits of misinformation in the self-proclaimed “Tech Guy’s” review — stuff that’s in the very first page of the little starter pamphlet.
First, it does have touch controls. Touching the top acts as a snooze to an alarm, and the gesture is available in the Blueprints (like Extensions etc, except even easier, they let you easily chart out behaviour for your Pop using a single command or situation being met. It’s a nice introduction to AI).
Second, it does have EERO wifi extension built-in. Like the Dot, it still requires an Eero router to make use of this, but if you already have that set up, it’s a nice way to double up both another speaker/microphone and extend your home wifi coverage.
I’m new to Smart Homes and assistive devices, but not to tech or programming, so it was an easy transition for me. My place isn’t very big, so a lot of Smart possibilities are nice but aren’t yet things I feel I couldn’t live without — give me a few years and a handful of plugs, however, and we’ll see what I can set up!
What I specifically wanted the Pop for was the fact that it works seamlessly with Audible (both US and Canada), and I was tired of retrieving my phone from the tub after my single-brain-cell orange potato kept knocking it in while attempting to supervise my daily attempts at drowning myself from 3 inches away. He is an excellent lifeguard, except for when he falls in himself, and then it’s everyone for themselves.
I mistakenly read part of the information as “the Echo Pop is wireless” as meaning it had an internal battery that could be charged, and no, that is very much not the case. Since the brilliant electrician wired it so that the bathroom outlets are only turned on when the light is turned on, that’s not so hot for the Pop as it needs to be continually plugged in. It’s workable, and sounds a whole lot better than my phone’s speakers, so I figure it will just have to deal with being hard restarted regularly. Since the boot-up time is fast, it’s not really an issue unless you really wanted it as a portable speaker.
I spent some time playing with and customizing its various features, which was easy. I was a little disappointed to not see YouTube Music as compatible, but I’m not really surprised with Amazon offering their own service. I was able to find plenty of Canadian content, including CBC news and radio, as well as a surprising flexibility in both temperature AND distance measurements as I’m a Gen-Xer who still uses Celsius and inches/miles. Don’t ask, it’s a thing.
The little manual is also helpful for explaining what the different colours the light bar at the top of the unit mean — it was yellow, which took me a bit to realize meant I had an Alexa-specific notification. I was able to listen to it and delete it without any problems, but this might explain why some people are having the light on all the time.
Most important was a HUGE surprise — that the Echo line will do accessible text-to-speech reading of Kindle ebooks. This is something that disappeared from Kindle units themselves ages ago, and as I have been steadily losing my vision for the past 20 years, it’s a feature I have sorely missed. I switched to audiobooks about 10 years ago, but not all books are released in audio, they’re significantly more expensive, and my Kindle library is huge and full of books I’d like to enjoy again.
Having that accessibility feature returned has been incredible. I love my audiobooks, don’t get me wrong — I’ve found several performers I enjoy so much I follow them much like I follow favourite authors — and text-to-speech is not even close to a replacement, but it’s SOMETHING. I’ve been able to enjoy books I haven’t read in years thanks to this, and I can do so without having to be controlling a screen-reader or setting up auto-scroll on my PC and the like.
Sound quality wise, I love it. I have headphones at work and a set of decent earbuds while commuting/outside/errands, but I like to give my ears a rest (and batteries a charge) at home. I didn’t realize just how much I was settling, sound-wise, until I started using the Pop. I like ambient noise as much as background music or news, and the Pop handles all of these without issue, meaning I no longer count daily steps within my own apartment due to needing to carry my phone everywhere.
I also really like the fact that the Alexa app it works with lets you assign media streams to different bluetooth devices, fiddle with balance, and keeps multiple threads in memory so I can switch between ebook to audiobook to radio to music on one screen, or just via voice commands, and can resume any of the others where I left off with another command.
Overall I’m pretty thrilled! I looked at more expensive options but in the end the Pop was exactly what I was looking for. It’s lightweight but rugged enough to survive being knocked to the floor easily (not that my furry potato would EVER do such a thing), robust when I expected something fairly tinny, and is a really easy jumping-off point to Smart Homes as there is tons of information and easy to set up things from plugs to lights to door locks. The AI Blueprints section for building your own routines is extremely straightforward but also very open-ended. There’s no temperature sensor in the Pop, but you can set things so that when home temp is over 23°C, it switches on a fan or little standing AC unit. When your alarm goes off, it also turns the kettle on. If it hears your dog barking, it can turn on some music or radio to help distract them and keep them company.
So far no solutions for the potato, but hope springs eternal. He can no longer foil my plans entirely by laying completely on my phone or Kindle, however, especially not to muffle alarms, the jerk.
Was the Prime Day price worth it to out-smart and out-stubbourn my cat?
Oh, so very much so. Alexa forgives me for unplugging and replugging them in if I change rooms at this point, although they’re likely exasperated I didn’t just buy two — which is probably what I should have done, and will likely do in the future. It’ll still reset every time I turn the bathroom light off, but maybe I can put a smart light in there…
The Tech Guy –
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The Echo Dot is the best selling and most popular Echo Speaker but if you’re not a fan of the round spherical, baseball design then the Echo Pop is a much better looking more stylish smart speaker. The Echo Pop also comes in more colors than the Echo Dot, so if color is your thing the Pop is Perfect for you.
This review is broken down into two parts. Part 1 is short and sweet, while Part 2 is more detailed.
PART 1:
The all new Echo Pop (2023) is a stylish looking speaker, available in several colors with similar sound to the Echo Dot, but not as loud. Both the Echo Dot and New Echo POP are designed to be used in smaller rooms. The Echo Pop sounds good for its size however there is minimal bass and it doesn’t get very loud. For better sound you can use 2 Echo Pops and Pair them in Stereo which greatly improves this speakers sound performance but at a twice the cost. The Echo Dot (baseball looking speaker) sound slightly better but has other features such as tap gestures, temperature sensor and option for a built in LED clock display.
The Echo Pop is perfect for someone who wants a slightly smaller speaker and wants added style, color and flair. Both the Dot and Pop sound similar but the dot will go louder so the Pop is for small rooms and more of a convenience speaker for smart home control, timers, weather, etc … as opposed to listening to music.
Overall I like the Echo Pop a look. I prefer the LOOK of the POP and like the color choices. The sound is decent for it’s size but a bit overpriced for a music speaker. If you’re buying a speaker for music get the larger, full sized Echo Smart Speaker. The echo POP is perfect for kids where they can have their own colourful smart speaker that can’t be turned up too loud so the music is blaring throughout the house. Again as a small, personal speaker it’s great. Kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and personal office desk speaker are the obvious choices for this stylish smart speaker. The microphone is excellent and if you can pick it up on sale it’s a great value priced Smart Speaker. I would recommend and would purchase another one for use as a Stereo Pair when they are on sale.
PART 2:
I have owned all the Echo Speakers from the past decade. In the product lineup the Echo Pop is in the middle between the Echo Flex and Echo Dot. The Echo POP is bigger and sounds better than the Echo Flex but not quite as good as the Echo Dot.
The Echo Pop looks better and is much more stylish than any of the other echo speakers.
The microphones on the Echo pop are sensitive and work well even from across the room or when the music is full blast.
The sound is good considering the size of the POP but it does lack bass and volume. I was surprised that the Echo Pop did not distort too much at loud volume levels with lots of base. That’s partly because there is not a lot of bass with this speaker to begin with and it processes the sound to give you the most volume it can while cutting back the bass the louder you turn the volume up.
MISSING FEATURES:
The Echo Pop is $15 less than the Echo Dot, however you do give up a number of features and a bit of bass and volume for the price drop. There is No Free Lunch here …. Yes the Echo POP is lower priced but it does not have the temperature sensor, EERO mesh Wi-Fi access point feature, tapping and touch features and the option for a clock. The temperature sensor can be used to trigger home automation rules. If you have an EERO Wi-Fi mesh network the Echo Dot 5th gen can be used as a wireless access point. The tap and touch feature can be useful to tap to play or stop an alarm for example. If you have any need or value for these features then the Echo Dot would be a better smart speaker choice.
RECOMMENDATION:
I think the Echo POP will become one of Amazon’s Best Selling Smart Speakers, not because it sounds great, but because it looks so good and has decent sound for its size. The vast majority of smart speaker users probably don’t need the temperature sensor, EERO network integration and tap/touch capability. Let’s face it, most of us want to talk to our smart speaker and don’t ever touch it. I can’t remember when I’m touched any of my smart speakers. Voice commands are generally the way most of use will interface with our smart speakers.
I would recommend the Echo Pop, especially if it goes on sale. The sound from the Echo Pop is much better in stereo so if you can afford two, I would recommend buying two and hooking them up as a stereo pair. While the Echo Dot is not Amazon’s Best Sounding Speaker it may become the most popular … time will tell.