The Echo Studio houses immersive audio, Alexa support and clever sensors for smart home controls, all for an affordable price.
Pick up the Echo Studio for just £166.24 this Prime Day and save over £53 off its usual price. That’s the lowest we’ve seen the smart speaker reach on Amazon since its launch last year.
The Echo Studio is down to its lowest ever price
The Echo Studio houses immersive audio, Alexa support and clever sensors for smart home controls, all for an affordable price.
The Echo Studio is a well-rounded smart speaker that’s designed for use with Alexa+. Once you opt into the service, Alexa+ promises to be a more conversational assistant than the standard Alexa, allowing you to chat naturally between different topics and requests. In fact, we hailed the service as being “light years ahead of the competition” as it’s better at general responses, building smart home routines and able to find information from emails.
The light ring will illuminate once Alexa has heard that all-important wake word, giving you an indication that it’s ready and waiting to answer your question.
Otherwise, the Echo Studio itself is equipped with three 1.5-inch drivers and a 3.75-inch high excursion woofer. What that means is real-world use is that the device is a very competent-sounding speaker for its price. While bass levels aren’t quite as room-shaking as other speakers, overall low frequencies are handled well while sound is well-balanced.
Its design doesn’t stray too far from its predecessors, though now it includes easier-to-operate buttons than the previous Studio iteration, and rids itself of the action button too. That means you’ll have to either actually say “Alexa” to get its attention.
Overall we awarded the Echo Studio with a four-star rating, as Home Technology Editor Dave Ludlow concluded the smart speaker is a “powerful, all-rounder for the voice assistant [Alexa], music and entertainment”.
Whether you’re keen to try Alexa+, want an easy way to control your smart home appliances or need to upgrade an old smart speaker, the Echo Studio is a brilliant option. Not only is Alexa easily one of the best voice assistants around, but its sleek design and brilliant speaker set-up makes it a solid investment.
