Voice Control
The Amazon echo devices enable voice control of devices throughout the house. These devices also provide room specific and whole house audio capability for notifications or streaming audio for sounds and voice messages without interrupting audio streams running to TVs or Sonos. 4th gen devices also provide integrate Zigbee capabilities as well – though I don’t have any devices that support Zigbee at the moment.
Features
- Rich audio sound
- Voice control and assistant
- Built-in hub for Zigbee and Matter devices
- Drop-in to other devices hands-free
- Make intercom announcements
- Mic off button for privacy
- Cloud service not ideal for my local control objectives.
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Product References
Configuration
Echo (5th Gen)
Echo combines premium sound, a built-in Zigbee smart home hub, and a temperature sensor. Powerful speakers deliver clear highs, dynamic mids, and deep bass for rich, detailed sound that adapts to any room.
- Premium Bluetooth smart speaker
- Voice Assistant
- Drop-in / intercom
- Zigbee home hub
- Eero Built-in
- Temperature Sensor
Echo (3rd Gen)
Echo Dot is a voice-controlled smart speaker with Alexa, for any room. You can also drop-in on another Echo device and control compatible smart home devices with your voice.
- Voice Assistant
- Announcements
- Drop-in / intercom
Echo (2nd Gen)
This Echo Dot doesn’t have great audio, but contains the features of third-gen and is smaller. This allows for nice plug adapters as shown here. Link is only to holder!
- Voice Assistant
- Announcements
- Drop-in / intercom
- Small form factor
This link is to similar products listed on Amazon.com. It does NOT cost you more to purchase using this link, but as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. I hope this will eventually help me continue supporting the Home Automation community.