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- The Echo Dot, the Echo Tap, a Fire TV deal
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Today I will compare the Amazon Echo to the brand new
Amazon Tap and Amazon Dot,
show you a little bit of home automation and unboxing
for both the Dot and the Tap.
Now the audio on this thing, (rock music)
awesome.
What's the weather in Hong Kong?
- Currently in Hong Kong it's--
- Are you better than Siri?
- I'm not better, just different.
- And in my tests actually better and more responsive.
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opportunities for freebies, and now, what is the Dot?
- Echo Dot allows you to talk to Alexa
in more rooms in your home.
- [Matt] And Echo Dot, which basically looks like the
hockey puck part of the Echo itself,
which is chopped off and turned into this awesome
little device that you can use for home automation
and all sorts of other great streaming activities,
blew me away from the start.
Echo, who's your daddy?
- I was made by a team of inventors at Amazon.
- [Matt] And while the sound out of the Echo Dot isn't
nearly as good as its larger Echo sibling or the Echo Tap,
which I'll show you in a moment,
this device really came alive as something you can
integrate into your current set up.
You can add an auxiliary speaker.
You can stream your music.
It would be great in a kitchen.
Echo, set a timer for 30 seconds from now.
- Thirty seconds, starting now.
- [Matt] And for me its best place now,
in my bedroom replacing my alarm clock.
Echo, set an alarm for 8:00am tomorrow.
- Alarm set for 8:00am tomorrow.
- [Matt] Echo, turn off the bed lamp.
That's the $90 Echo Dot.
Now let's move over to the Amazon Tap.
At $130, unlike the Echo Dot and the Echo,
which need to be plugged in at all times,
the Amazon Tap is not only a loudspeaker,
it is portable and rechargeable.
For the unboxing I found the packaging nicely compact,
no frills, and all of the accessories including that
rechargeable base, as well as a USB cable good to go.
And just like the Dot and the Echo,
this was extremely responsive.
Nine hours of playback on a charge.
The Dolby audio way better on this than the Dot.
The Dot really only is worth your while soundwise
if you hook it up to an external speaker.
But this device steams your music.
You can order food, call a cab, entertain your family
with trivia, and it is constantly being improved upon
through the Amazon Cloud.
So what should you get, the Echo Tap or the Echo Dot?
The answer comes down to portability,
and also do you want a device that's always on.
The Tap actually needs its front button tapped
for you to interact with it, while the Echo Dot
and my favorite, the original Amazon Echo at $180 is
always on, always ready as soon as it hears its awake word.
Alexa, turn the lamps on.
- [Alexa] OK.
- [Matt] And if you want a full review of the Amazon Echo,
I have one.
Just click right in this window, and you can watch it
in action inside my home.
Under this video window you will find a free
30-day Prime Membership, the $130 Amazon Tap,
and as it joins the Echo and Fire TV,
a Fire TV deal drop very limited time right now.
And one last thing, just to put the price into perspective
on the Tap, this is $129, and I just found a deal at $99
for your entire home theater in a box.
This is bluetooth ready.
So just to give you a price comparison,
although this is a whole lot better looking.
So if you wanna learn anymore about any of these products,
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