Echo Dot 2022 (5th Gen)

Features
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Small size, big possibilities

Our most popular smart speaker features a sleek design and improved audio for vibrant sound anywhere in your home. With Echo Dot, you can stay on track with help from Alexa and control compatible smart home devices.

Our best-sounding Echo Dot yet

Echo Dot features improved speaker quality, delivering clearer vocals and deeper bass for rich vibrant sound. Just ask Alexa to play music, podcasts and audiobooks and enjoy a dynamic audio experience anywhere in your home.

“Alexa, play today's hits.”

Alexa is happy to help

Make your life easier at home. Alexa is ready to help throughout the day with weather forecasts, news updates, hands-free timers, reminders, answers to your questions and can even tell you jokes.

Help keep your home comfortable

“Alexa, turn on the living room lights.”

Voice control for your home

Paired with compatible light bulbs, thermostats and more, Echo Dot helps you control your smart home using your voice or in-built indoor temperature sensor. Create routines to turn on lights or play music at a scheduled time.

Tap to pause music or snooze alarms

With a simple tap you can pause a song or end a call. Need a few extra minutes of sleep? Just tap to snooze.

Alexa and Echo devices are built with multiple layers of privacy protection.

Do more with device pairing

Echo Dot + another Echo

Fill your home with music using compatible Echo devices in different rooms.

Echo Dot + Fire TV

Watch TV with immersive sound when you set up Alexa Home Cinema with compatible devices.

Simple to set up and use

Step 1

Plug in Echo Dot.

Step 2

Connect to the internet using the Alexa app.

Step 3

Ask Alexa for music, weather, news and more.

Every day is an Earth Day

You don’t have to be an environmental scientist to make sustainable choices. We integrated sustainability in the design of this device. Here’s how:

Materials

55% of the plastics used are post-consumer recycled plastics. 95% of the fabric used is post-consumer recycled fabric.
Device, cable and adaptor included.

Clean Energy

Amazon is building new wind and solar farms to produce clean energy equivalent to the electricity used by this device.

Device Packaging

99% of this device’s packaging is made of wood fibre-based materials from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources.

Part With Purpose

One day you may want to trade in or recycle your device. When the time comes, Amazon Second Chance offers a wide range of possibilities.

Low Power Mode

To reduce its energy consumption, this device will enter Low Power mode when it is idle. Low Power mode is not available for certain user configurations.

Technical Details

Echo Dot (5th generation)

Size

100 x 100 x 89 mm

Weight

340 g
Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process.

Audio

1.73” mm front-firing speaker.

Wi-Fi connectivity

Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11a/b/g/n/ac (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

Smart home protocols

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh.

Bluetooth connectivity

Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Dot or from Echo Dot to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) to control connected mobile devices with voice. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported.

System requirements

Echo Dot comes ready to connect to your Wi-Fi. The Alexa app is compatible with Fire OS, Android and iOS devices, and also accessible via your web browser. Certain skills and services may require subscription or other fees.

Setup technology

Amazon Wi-Fi simple setup enables customers to connect smart devices to their Wi-Fi network in a few easy steps. Wi-Fi simple setup is another way Alexa is always getting smarter.

Product Warranty and Content Services

Amazon Echo Dot (5th generation) is sold with a limited product warranty of one year provided by the manufacturer. If you are a consumer, the limited warranty is in addition to your consumer rights and does not jeopardise these rights in any way. This means you may still have additional rights at law even after the limited warranty has expired. Use of Amazon Echo Dot is subject to Amazon’s terms of use.

Accessibility features

The Alexa app and Alexa-enabled products include several features for customers with accessibility needs related to vision, hearing, mobility and speech.

Included in the box

Echo Dot (5th generation), white power adaptor (15 W) and Quick Start Guide.

Generation

Echo Dot 5th generation (2022 release)

Privacy features

Wake word technology, streaming indicators, Microphone Off button, the ability to view and delete your voice recordings and more.

Languages

Alexa speaks English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.

Software security updates

This device receives guaranteed software security updates until at least four years after the device is last available for purchase as a new unit on our websites.

Alexa skills

Alexa makes your life easier, more meaningful and more fun by letting you control your world with your voice. Alexa can help you get more out of the things you already love and discover new possibilities you've never imagined.