Amazon Echo Studio (2025) review: A comprehensive redesign for Alexa+

Update, October 29 2025, 12:37PM ET: This review was updated after Amazon clarified how the tap controls for play/pause are ...

I talked to Alexa for days on the Amazon Echo Dot Max to see if it’s worth $100

The Echo Dot Max is one of Amazon’s most robust and best-sounding smart speakers yet, though plenty of folks will be served just as well by cheaper options.

Amazon’s Echo Studio is smaller but mightier

The 2025 Echo Studio is a more attractive, fully capable smart speaker that sounds even a bit better than the original Studio ...
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Amazon Echo Studio vs. Echo Dot Max: Which Should You Buy?

Amazon's newest smart speakers start at $100, but do they offer enough of an incentive to upgrade? I went hands-on.

The Echo Dot Max is Amazon’s biggest little speaker yet

The Dot Max is Amazon’s best all-around smart speaker. It’s pricier than the $50 Dot, but it offers far better sound, more power, and more smart home capabilities. If you are hanging on to a ...
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Melody’s Echo Chamber – “Eyes Closed”

For many years, the French artist Melody Prochet has been making gorgous psych-pop under the name Melody’s Echo Chamber. Near the end of the year, she’ll release her new album Unclouded, and she’s ...