Amazon Echo Pop review
The Amazon Echo Pop is a bargain speaker for just $79, though the microphone struggles to pickup commands with lots of background noise.
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Scores
- Design: 9.5/10
- Performance: 8/10
- Overall: 8.8/10
Pros
- Solid sound for such a little speaker
- Bargain price
- Looks great
Cons
- Microphone struggles in noisy areas
- Alexa can still be hit and miss
Amazon has injected a bit of fun into its lineup of Echo smart speakers with the arrival of the Echo Pop.
The new smart speaker boasts a range of colours that extends beyond (but still includes) the standard black and white, and has a new design that looks like someone sliced the front off one of the current Echo Dots.
The compact speaker boasts the full Alexa experience, though. And given it’s priced at $20 less than the current generation of Echo Dot, you have to imagine that Amazon is expecting to shift a whole heap of these.
Over the past week of testing, it’s clear that Amazon has nailed the formula of balancing features and price in its Echo speakers. The Echo Pop sounds good, is easy to use and looks good enough to put all through your home.
