I liked listening to Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ album on the Echo Dot 5 - I could easily hear the lyrics over the instruments and found the sound to be both clear and room-filling. There’s still little distortion at the loudest volumes and you might still be a tad disappointed with the bass on heavy EDM songs, but all in all, it works well as a mid-range bookshelf speaker. This means it should easily sound better than the Echo Dot 4th Gen and include better bass than its predecessors. The Echo Dot 5 has a slightly larger driver, for bigger sound. I personally really liked the sound of the Echo Dot 5, especially considering its price and compact design. Echo Dot 5th Gen: Big Sound in a Small Package

The Echo Dot (5th Gen) with Clock and the Echo Dot (5th Gen) are available for order now. You might notice a small delay when you pause the music on these Amazon devices, but it’s barely noticeable and still a great way to get booming audio throughout your home.Īs for what colors the new Dot is available in, you can pick up the usual Glacier White or the new light blue color tone. I tried using Amazon’s ‘Play Everywhere’ feature to test this out and found no delay with my music playing across every room of my home.

Echo dot 5th generation