Echo Dot Kids 2022 (5th Gen)

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Mighty sound for big imaginations

Meet Echo Dot Kids: our most popular smart speaker with Alexa, made for kids. The fun design features an improved speaker, delivering clearer vocals, deeper bass and vibrant sound. Includes 1 year of Amazon Kids+ content. Kids can ask Alexa to play music, get help with homework, hear bedtime stories and more.

Peace of mind for parents

Easy-to-use Parent Dashboard

Use parental controls to set daily time limits, review activity and filter content for up to 4 child profiles.

Kid-friendly fun

Alexa will automatically give kid-friendly responses and filter songs with explicit lyrics, so kids can listen independently.

Learn and grow with Alexa

So much to explore

Echo Dot Kids is packed with educational skills and features. If they're stuck on their homework or feeling curious, they can ask Alexa questions.

Made for growing independence

Kids can take charge of their routines with Alexa by setting their own alarms, turning off compatible smart lights and adding reminders.

“Alexa, how far away is the Moon?”

Always ready for a dance party

Echo Dot Kids uses Amazon Kids to automatically filter songs with explicit lyrics from Amazon Music, Apple Music or Spotify—so kids can have fun listening, singing and dancing along with all their favourite tunes.

Content kids love

All their favourites, always advert-free Includes 1 year of age-appropriate content from Amazon Kids+ with over a thousand hours of kid-friendly Audible books, interactive games and educational skills from characters they love.

Works across multiple devices

Your Amazon Kids+ subscription goes beyond your Echo Dot Kids. Kids can access books, games, films and TV programmes across compatible Echo, Fire tablet, Fire TV, Kindle, Android and iOS devices.

Helpful for the entire family

Parents can ask Alexa to drop in on their child's room to remind them it's dinner time or bedtime. Kids can call parent-approved friends and family.

“Alexa, announce dinner is ready.”

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

Simple to set up and use

Step 1

Plug in Echo Dot.

Step 2

Connect to the internet using the Alexa app.

Ask Alexa for music, weather, news and more.

Step 3

Set up a child profile and enjoy access to kid-friendly content from Amazon Kids+.

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.

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 Kids (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, lossless high definition.

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 a 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 Service

2-year worry-free guarantee. Cover for anything that happens to your Echo Dot Kids including electrical and mechanical breakdowns. If it breaks, return it to Amazon and they will replace it for free, subject to terms and conditions. If you are a consumer, the 2-year worry-free guarantee is in addition to your consumer rights and does not jeopardise these rights in any way. Use of Echo Dot Kids is subject to Amazon’s terms of use.

Subscription

Includes 1 year of Amazon Kids+.

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) Kids (not a toy), white power adaptor (15 W) and Quick Start Guide.

Generation

Echo Dot 5th generation Kids (2022 release)

Age range

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD—small parts.
Ages 3 and over. Not for children under 3 years of age.

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, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Amazon Kids is only available in English.

Alexa skills & features

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.

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.