Analysis of the new Amazon Echo Plus, domotizing our house with the best sound power

After landing in Spain, no one can deny that Alexa a is light years away from some of its main competitors in Spain. Everything must be said, Alexa still has a long way to go in Spain, but as we say is up to any competitor. And after this brief observation, we continue with our tests of all the speakers that make up the Amazon Echo range, Amazon's smart speakers.

And probably Many of the doubts you have when choosing one or the other have the Amazon Echo Plus as the protagonist, the top-of-the-range speaker of the Amazon Echo family, so let's try it to try and get rid of your doubts ... After the jump we give you all the details of what this new Amazon Echo Plus is like, Amazon's top-of-the-line smart speaker, a speaker that hides much more than what a conventional speaker can offer us with the same price ...

As with all speakers in the Amazon Echo family, the Amazon Echo Plus shows us a luminous ring at the top, this ring shows us the status of Alexa, being able see graphically where Alexa is detecting us when talking to her (In the image above you can see an area of ​​lighter blue that shows our position with respect to the Amazon Echo Plus). Unlike the Amazon Echo Dot, in this case we have 7 microphones: 6 microphones with which to communicate with Alexa, and a microphone that cancels noise when we are playing music and we want to talk to Alexa. 

The Amazon Echo Plus has a robust design, reminds us of Apple's HomePod saving the distance. Rounded profiles, no advertising, and an acceptable weight that hides a speaker 76mm woofer and 20mm tweeter. A more than acceptable sound that fills a room such as your living room without problems, later I will return to rescue the issue of sound ...

The device that makes our home even smarter

The interesting part of this Amazon Echo Plus is that inside it has a digital home controller with Zigbee technology (in addition to a thermometer that it uses for home automation functionalities). Possessing Zigbee technology makes this new Amazon Echo Plus capable of control any smart device that we have in our house, and the best of it: no third-party hubs or bridges, that is to say, we avoid installing other drivers.

Smart thermostats, smart plugs, or the famous Phillips Hue bulbs, or even those from Ikea, are compatible with this new Amazon Echo Plus. This is undoubtedly its differentiating part, and if you are thinking of becoming true freaks of smart devices, do not hesitate to get this Amazon Echo Plus. Its characteristics are such that Amazon even markets it with a Phillips Hue smart bulb, and remember: you will not need the Phillips Hue bridge.

Another point to value about this Amazon Echo Plus is that in this case the minijack port found on the back can be configured as audio input or output, in the other Amazon speakers it can only be used as a sound output, in this case we can also connect any player by minijack and use the Amazon Echo Plus as a speaker (via Bluetooth, any Amazon speaker can be used as an external speaker) .

Amazon Echo vs. Amazon Echo Plus

And the mother of all doubts, Amazon Echo Plus or Amazon Echo? Everything depends on your needs, if what you want is a speaker with which to listen to your music and use Alexa as a mere assistant to put reminders etc ... there is not so much difference in the sound of one and the other. 

The Amazon Echo Plus, as I mentioned, is the only one in the range that has the digital home controller, this is its main difference. Yes, it has larger speakers than the Amazon Echo, but we are talking about some small speakers that hardly make the difference between one sound and the other. The option for the future also occurs to me, but we already know that today we cannot bet that Amazon will not renew the speakers by releasing a new generation in a short space of time.

Where to buy the new Amazon Echo Plus?

How could it be outdone, You can get this Amazon Echo Plus on Amazon (Worth the redundancy), we do not know if it will be marketed in a physical store but as you may know, buying on Amazon is quite simple. Accessing the following link: No products found., you can get both the Amazon Echo Plus speaker and the Philips Hue White smart bulb with E27 socket so you can get the complete smart system.

The pack would have a price of 169,08 euros, but thanks to the launch of the Amazon Echo range of speakers in Spain, now you have it at a Promotional price of 89,99 euros, a pretty good price considering that we took Amazon's top-of-the-range speaker, along with this smart bulb that is one of the best on the market. If you want to make the leap to voice assistants for the home, do not hesitate to take advantage of these offers that Amazon offers us with its Echo speakers.

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