100
John Velasco
Digital Trends
“It’s still compact, but the new Echo Dot (4th Gen) packs a serious punch at $50.”
Critical Assessment
What Critics Praise
- Affordable price
- Charming spherical design
- Great audio quality for its size
- Surprisingly good sound
- Alexa voice assistant
- 3.5 mm line‑out for external speakers
Points of Contention
- LED clock is not standard
- Harder to mount
- Weak bass
- Limited low‑frequency response
- Not ideal for music listening in larger rooms
Professional Reviews
4 reviews from 3 critics85
Dan Seifert
The Verge
The 4th Gen Echo Dot offers surprisingly good sound quality and solid value as a budget smart speaker, despite minor feature regressions and mounting challenges due to its new spherical design.
80 Sascha Segan 2 reviews · avg PCMag “The fourth-generation Echo Dot speaker doesn't offer particularly impressive sound quality, but for $50, it's still the best basic gateway to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.”
Sascha Segan 2 reviews · avg
PCMag
“The fourth-generation Echo Dot speaker doesn't offer particularly impressive sound quality, but for $50, it's still the best basic gateway to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.”
All 2 Sascha Segan reviews, aggregated above
80
Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen
“The fourth-generation Echo Dot speaker doesn't offer particularly impressive sound quality, but for $50, it's still the best basic gateway to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.”
80
Amazon Echo Dot (4th Gen
“The fourth‑generation Echo Dot speaker doesn't offer particularly impressive sound quality, but for $50, it's still the best basic gateway to Amazon's Alexa voice assistant.”
