Our quick take
Alternatives to consider
Sonos One
Read the full Sonos One review
Read the full Echo Show review
Refreshed design makes it more contemporary
- Colours: charcoal, heather grey, sandstone All button controls, no dial 148 x 99mm, 780g
Boosted sound performance
- Dolby tuning 3.0-inch woofer, 0.8-inch tweeter 360-degree sound Stereo pairing
The heart of a smart home
Wide compatibility Zigbee controller Lots of Alexa skills
What is Zigbee and why does it matter?
It’s still all about Alexa
- Excellent natural language recognition Expanding feature set So easy to use for everyone
To recap
There are many rivals to the Echo, but the Echo Plus feels like the smart speaker that’s leading the way.
