Introducing Amazon Echo Dot Max, Alexa speaker with room-filling sound and built-in smart home hub, with Alexa+ Early Access, Graphite

Small and mighty.
The new echo dot max has great sound. And the new integrated AI helps have a better conversational interaction. I have this one in my bathroom. So far do good. The price is reasonable and I enjoy the new voice feature.Side note – This was super easy to set up and the response time more than fast enough.

Not really new or updated product – listening device
Update after three weeks.It’s going back, I’m returning this device. The slow responses are now 6 seconds to almost 15 seconds, regardless of question or task. I think it didn’t hear me to set a timer, have enough time to ask again and then it tells me I already have a timer. BUT the final straw(s) have been when the device participates in conversations without the wake word. My husband and I are talking or I am talking out loud, the device has, multiple times, offered comment on what was said. No wake word was used, it is constantly listening. That is just too creepy for words. Since it is a device I use for weather, cooking, timer, news, it does not make sense to mute it constantly. In today’s environment, I do not need anything listening to me. Shame on you Amazon….at least put a warning on the box.Again….software engineers need to be re-engaged on this product. Right now the device is do-do and not only not worth the money but serves as a listening device in your home.This product was to replace our 10+ year Alexa who was showing signs of fatigue with slow responses, delays, listening issues and confusion. We did not want a show for the location so purchased this brand new “state of the art” echo.The new product has slow responses, delays, listening issues and confusion.I am very disappointed in how little update Amazon has put into this product. Only the same wake words are available. Why can’t we decide our own wake words? The voices are AWFUL. You get 6, 3 male and 3 female, and none are really a neutral tone. For some reason Amazon decided we should only have voices with some kind of intonation. Yuck to all of them.Another issue was pairing my new echo with our alexa clock. It should not take 30 minutes and lots of confusion with no clear directions to pair two devices in the same family. It should have been almost instant.It’s getting very old that Amazon keeps increasing the price of their electronic products like echo and kindle…SIGNIFICANT price increases but with no real advances in the technology. Similar products in the market are far outpacing Amazon in quality and price. The changes that should be made are software not hardware. Why is it so hard for Amazon to put more effort into to software development for their products? Did Amazon pull a Tesla and fire all their engineers? If this is a product that AI developed…….fire AI.Not sure yet whether we will keep this. Seriously thinking about switching to google. In fact, if you are not already an Alexa/echo family, I suggest you strongly consider google instead of echo.One positive statement…I do like the purple color.

Better Bass, But the Alexa+ Brain Needs Work
For a small speaker, the Echo Dot Max delivers surprisingly good, clear audio, which is a nice step up from the latest standard Echo Dot. Beyond the sound, though, I don’t see the advantage; the new Alexa+ smart features feel identical to the previous version, offering no revolutionary changes. Given the incremental improvements, the premium price is hard to justify for anything other than the audio bump.

Très satisfaite bon son

Muy buen sonido para el tamaño, fácil de usar y configurar. Aún falta que llegue Alexa+ a Mexico, pero se espera que llegue a este modelo antes que a otros.