Echo Dot Vs Google Home Mini

Amazon echo dot 3rd generation.

Echo dot vs google home mini. That move is likely meant to counter google which one upped the echo dot as far as sound quality is concerned when it released the equally cheap google home mini. In fact the echo dot has over 50 000 voice commands compared to google s more than 2 000. Using nothing but your voice you can ask both to play music get news updates set. Google s home mini was able to outperform the.

Google s designers have even spent time crafting nest mini s circular power adapter which fits neatly in the hand and protrudes from the wall far less than the echo dot s power supply. Read more ecobee 4 works with. The 3 5mm jack is a big deal for making an otherwise generic speaker suddenly much smarter something only the echo dot has ever had for some reason. With google being familiar to almost everyone google home mini is the most popular smart speaker in the world with google assistant standing by to receive the command starting with the magical word ok google or hey google.

With a new better sounding echo. Both the amazon echo dot and the google home mini represent affordable ways to try a smart speaker in your home. The amazon echo dot 3rd gen and google home mini are roughly the same size the newest echo dot is slightly taller. The echo dot is a hockey puck.

Google and amazon have seesawed in the affordable smart speaker market. The smallest of the three is the google home mini speaker. Echo dot 3rd gen is the latest avatar of the smart digital assistants. This means there s more third party support for the echo dot compared to the google home mini.

Like the echo dot the speaker is puck shaped if a little more pebble like with softer edges and has a top side covered in a fabric.