• Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control compatible smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, and more.
• Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music Unlimited, Spotify, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn. Play music simultaneously across multiple Echo devices and speakers connected via cable with multi-room music. Services may require subscriptions or other fees; Bluetooth not supported for multi-room music.
• Call or message anyone hands-free who also has an Echo device or the Alexa App. Also, quickly connect to other Echo devices in your home using just your voice.
• Controls lights, switches and smartplugs with compatible connected devices from Philips Hue, LIFX, TP-Link, D-Link, Logitech Harmony and others.
• Hears you from across the room with seven microphones for far-field hands-free voice control, even in noisy environments or while playing music.
• Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled device.
• Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills.

Sleek and compact design makes Amazon Echo Dot a convenient addition to any room in the house. With its built-in speaker, you can place Echo Dot in the bedroom and use it as a smart alarm clock that can also turn off your lights. Or use Echo Dot in the kitchen to easily set timers and more using just your voice. With multi-room music support, you can play music across multiple Echo devices simultaneously (Bluetooth not supported for multi-room music).

Echo Dot can also directly connect to speakers using a 3.5 mm stereo cable, using Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi for compatible wireless speakers to add voice control to your home stereo system in the living room.

Amazon Echo Dot provides hands-free voice control for Amazon Music Unlimited—just ask for your favourite artist, song, album or playlist. You can even request a specific genre or mood, or let Alexa pick the music for you. Listen to 45 million songs with Amazon Music Unlimited. Learn More

Echo Dot also provides hands-free voice control to Spotify, iHeartRadio and TuneIn.

Alexa calling and messaging — a new way to be together with family and friends. When you’re busy making dinner, just ask Alexa to place a call to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App. You can also enable a feature called Drop In to instantly connect with compatible Echo devices in your home.

With the Alexa App, conversations and contacts go where you go. When you’re away from home, use the App to make a quick call or send a message to your family’s Echo. To get started, download the latest version of the Alexa App on a smart phone with iOS 9.0 or higher, or Android 5.0 or higher, and verify your mobile number.

Use Amazon Echo Dot to switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, turn on the TV while reading in your favourite chair, or dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie - all without lifting a finger… or even raising your voice.

Echo Dot works with compatible smart home devices such as lights, switches and TVs from Philips Hue, LIFX, TP-Link, Logitech Harmony, and others. Learn more about compatible smart home connected devices, including starter kits for easy setup.

Echo Dot supports IFTTT (If This, Then That), a third-party service that allows you to create rules (or “applets”) that automate how your devices, apps, and websites work with each other.

Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beam-forming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. With far-field voice recognition, Amazon Echo Dot can hear you ask a question from any direction—even in noisy environments or while playing music.

When you want to use Echo Dot, simply say the wake word, “Alexa”, and Echo Dot lights up and streams audio to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service is leveraged to recognise and respond to your request. Learn more about voice recognition on Echo Dot.

Alexa, the brain behind Amazon Echo Dot, updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new functionality and skills. The more you use Echo Dot, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences.

Features you can try include Alexa calling and messaging, multi-room music, routines, local search, movie showtimes, Google and Outlook.com calendar support, text-to-speech for Kindle eBooks and thousands of skills from third-party developers.

Skills add even more capabilities such as checking surf conditions with Coastalwatch, requesting a ride from Uber, discovering recipes with Taste.com.au, and more. Enabling skills lets your Amazon Echo Dot do even more—simply discover and enable the skills you want to use in the Alexa app.

New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about skills in the Alexa App.

With the free Alexa app on Android (5.0 or higher), iOS (9.0 or higher) and desktop browsers, you can easily set up and manage your Amazon Echo Dot, Echo and Echo Plus.

Use the Alexa app to connect services such as Amazon Music Unlimited, Spotify and Google Calendar. Set up your compatible smart home devices from Philips Hue, LIFX, TP-Link, D-Link, Logitech Harmony, and more. View shopping and to-do lists while on the go. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms, and much more. The Alexa App is also where you discover and enable third-party skills.

Make calls to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa app, view your conversation history, manage contacts and get notifications when you receive a message.