Amazon Echo 2nd Generation with Alexa

Meet Echo – Our flagship smart speaker that connects to Alexa to play music, set alarms and timers, answer questions, control smart home devices, and more. Fits best in communal spaces, like living and family rooms.

Enjoy room-filling sound – Enjoy crisp vocals and dynamic bass response with Dolby processing.
Voice control your music – Stream songs from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Sirius XM, and others.

Ready to help – Ask Alexa to play music, answer questions, read the news, check the weather, set alarms, control compatible smart home devices, and more.
Voice control your smart home – Turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors, and more with compatible connected devices.

Connect with others – Call almost anyone hands-free. Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room with a compatible Echo device.
Alexa has skills – With tens of thousands of skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new skills like tracking fitness, playing games, and more.
Designed to protect your privacy – Built with multiple layers of privacy protections and controls, including a microphone off button that electronically disconnects the microphones.

Far-field voice recognition
Tucked under the light ring is an array of seven microphones that use beamforming technology and enhanced noise cancellation. The 2nd generation Echo has improved wake-word performance to hear you ask a question from any direction?even in noisy environments or while playing music at loud volumes.

When you want to use Echo, simply say the wake word, ?Alexa,? and Echo lights up and connects to the cloud, where the Alexa Voice Service recognizes and responds to your request instantly.