Amazon Echo Dot Max (newest model), Alexa speaker with room-filling sound and built-in smart home hub, with Alexa+ Early Access, Graphite

The Best Dot Ever!
I love the Dot Max. Especially, the different colors are nice👌🏽. I got the purple 🟣 one. It sounds crystal 🔮 clear. It fits perfectly in a certain spot next to my Bed 🛏️. I wish 🙏🏽 this one had the time like the others, but it’s ok. I know it’s coming, 😆. The features are even better. I like that you can setup easier and the buttons are on the front instead of the top. The cost is not bad at all. It works well with the Alexa+. She’s faster than ever and her response is even better. She talks to you like a real person does, wow 😳. You’re going to love this Dot Max and I highly recommend it. I might get another one 😜.

Excellent item!
So much improved over the 1st Version round tower Alexa device. The music quality is really improved, the + feature allows you to ask questions in regular questions ways, not as it was ~ very specific or you didn’t get an answer, plus it it has AI ability. Also, Alexa sounds like a real person too. I haven’t come anywhere close to using the device for all it will do, but I’ll add its connectivity ability as time goes on, no sense in buying connectable items before their normal life span. I did try a remote but it didn’t work as advertised (separate item) so I sent it back, unneeded. I only wanted it so I didn’t have to yell over Alexa when she was playing music to make a change, the new model if very sensitive.The Echo Dot Max inspired me to replace my old bedroom Echo Dot with the new model…I dumped my old clock radio the first day. Recommend

Ok, but not great, needs to project more soundstage for larger rooms
I wanted to love this speaker but noticed a signficant drop in volume and sound stage, this replaced an Echo 1st Gen tower speaker. I thought that for the price this unit would have sufficiently upgraded hardware to be able to perform near to the tower speaker which from what I have seen none of the newer gen speakers equal. The only reason I replaced is that speaker was just showing the blue ring all the time. The quality is acceptable for a small room but certainly not great for family room or even a master bedroom. The one thing I like is the size, this one looks great and has descent audio but certainly not enough volume and sound stage for the price increase from the older spherical dot models. I have several of those and really like them for small spaces. We wanted an unobtrusive speaker for bedroom use without using a show or one of the newer screen style units that have fairly good audio, I have one of those in kitchen and it has been great. As for this Dot Max, for me its just ok and the audio performance doesnt match the price vs the younger sibling models. To date none of the dots or Echos has matched the quality, volume, sound stage and mic array functionality of the 1st gen Echos. That is a bummer as I had hoped this max could deliver in a smaller footprint.

The sound is really good compared to other Echos and after a couple days I do like Alexa+ for the few things I’ve asked. I also like the idea it can act as an external speaker for firestick-fuelled TVs. At less than the price of a decent sound bar for a pair (on sale at least) – it may feel like a waste of horsepower to put them together in the same room, but I’m considering it. An option with just a good speaker and no Alexa that can connect to this one? That’s what I’d love to see next, I’d put pairs of those in a few rooms. The sound? Top end great, it does lose power in low freqs as you’d expect by the size. Mine is in the same room as the good stereo that is also connected to my tv. For a device I don’t have to switch between, the sound is more than acceptable and a big step up from the dot it replaced.

Great sound and easy to setup.