Amazon Echo Dot (2020) Review: Attractive Personality And Hasn’t Forgotten Any Of The Brilliance

The Amazon Echo Dot now most certainly has a more attractive design. The Amazon Echo Dot (2020) trades the puck-like design that had become iconic over time. It had its advantages, such as the ability to slide this under the TV, under your Apple iMac or desktop PC and also took very little space (albeit vertically) in an entertainment cabinet, for instance. But things must change, and what we now have the sphere that sits majestically on the workstation table, bedside table and next to the TV. It will not slide beneath the TV, I’ll have to break the bad news to you. But get over it. What the new sphere design does is it gives the Amazon Echo Dot (2020) much more of a presence. And the light ring now sits at the very bottom of this slightly chopped off orb (physics, my friends, to prevent it rolling off the table) which reflects very nicely off the tabletop. Particularly lighter wood finishes. Every time you call out to Alexa, the run gives the Amazon Echo Dot (2020) a sort of an illuminated base.

Even though there is a new design language, the Amazon Echo Dot (2020) still has the same footprint as the predecessor. Neat the curve at the top are the controls, including for volume and the mic mute button. In fact, this is just the smaller sized iteration of the upcoming and larger Amazon Echo (2020). The hard-plastic shell has also been traded for a very classy fabric exterior. That’s becoming a trend, isn’t it? Amazon had it with the previous generation Echo Plus, Apple has a very nice fabric mesh finish for the HomePod, and the new Google Nest Audio also uses a mesh exterior. In fact, you can get the Amazon Echo Dot (2020) in three colours. My favorite has to be the blue, but you also have the choice of black and white. I have to say that while the predecessor’s puck-like design has its own advantages and there are many fans of that, I really like the new style. It is just the sort of refresh you need from time to time.