Amazon Echo Dot Smart Speaker Test: 4th Generation Finally Brings Real Evolution

Echo dot 3 is the only element that has not seen any real evolution since. It works well overall, with speech recognition that does not respond to the user’s voice – it also works well on voices. Women than men – and performance varies slightly depending on the direction or distance of one of them.

Despite this, the reliability of recognition is significantly lower than it is with competitors, especially speakers. Google Nest. So, sometimes, for reasons that escape from us, “Alexa” detection calls stalls for a few moments, and when someone is close to the speaker, it becomes useless even in a quiet environment, and we speak clearly is possible. The problem is insoluble by any means and the speaker usually heals after a few seconds. However, this minor anomaly – common to all Alexa devices we have tested so far – can sometimes be a little annoying.

With regard to the management of sound disturbances, the detection of voice commands is not very sensitive to external noise. On the other hand, the speaker mute itself when the volume is high (sound level is set to 75% or higher); It is necessary to push the voice a little so that it hears our calls.