eufy Genie Wi-Fi Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa, Voice Control and Hands-Free Use, Stream Online Music (Amazon Music, Pandora, Sirius XM), Smart Home Control, AirPlay Compatible, AUX Output, Black

I already had an Echo Dot, and some TP-Link Smartplugs I use to control lights throughout the house. The Echo Dot is in the kitchen, and I found it irritating to have to walk back out to that part of the house and says, "Alexa, turn on bedroom light," just to turn the bedroom light on or off (or, failing that, open the app on my phone to do it). So, it became apparent I needed another Alexa device within earshot of the smartplugs that were outside the range of the microphone on my kitchen Dot. I saw this on sale for $25, and figured I'd give it a try. Here are the pros and cons:Pros:- despite that it "only" has two microphones, as opposed to the seven the Dot supposedly has, I found it "heard" me just as well as the Dot, and was possibly even more sensitive than the Dot (e.g., I didn't need to talk to it in a loud voice for it to hear me)- the unit is sleeker and a better design than the Dot. The top of the unit is flat without any holes, so it is easier to clean and less likely to get dust inside the unit than the Dot is. Additionally, it's more aesthetically pleasing, unlike the Dot, which looks like a hockey puck and almost requires that you buy a decorative case to dress it up. . .- the sound is better than the Dot. I actually thought the sound was great, for a speaker that size, and you can crank it up pretty loudCons:- even though it would "hear" me say a command, because it acknowledged "Alright," sometimes it would not execute the command. For example, I'd ask it to turn a light on or off, and it would acknowledge it did, when really it hadn't. The Dot also has this problem.- music would inexplicably turn off about ten or fifteen minutes into listening (via the Amazon Music that is the default for Alexa). Other times, I'd have the music on and say, "Alexa, stop," and it would stop and listen to my command, then go right back to playing music until I said it again louder and more forcefully.- you have to install the Eufy Home app and create an account in order to set it up, then (and only then) you can add it to Alexa. Who needs more apps and accounts, in a world where our phones are already cluttered with apps we only use occasionally but still "need" to have?- it does not have bluetooth, so if you want to connect it to another speaker, you have to use a 3.5 mm cable to do so.- it does not have the phone call, intercom, and "drop in" features the Echo devices, including the Dot, have. This was not a big deal to me as I don't use those things, but could be a deal breaker for others.- it does not properly interact with other Alexa devices such as the Dot. For example, if both the Eufy and the Dot hear me, both respond. My understanding is that two Dots would know which one was closer to me and only that one would respond. I'd ask it to play music, and then the Eufy or Dot would recognize that the other device was already playing music and would ask me if I wanted to switch devices and, even though I said "yes," it would not switch over, and both would continue playing musicAll in all, I think the Eufy is a great entry device IF you catch a sale where it is only $20 or $25, and IF you don't need bluetooth, the calling features, integration between multiple devices, and IF you don't mind telling it to restart your music after it has inexplicably stopped playing it, etc. However, if you can wait for a sale on the Dot (like right now, how it is a Cyber Monday Week deal for only $30 instead of the regular $50), you are better off buying that.Updating my review from three stars to five stars to reflect the absolutely wonderful customer service I've received from the Eufy support team. They saw my review and reached out to advise me that a firmware update was coming, and would address most, if not all, of the issues I raised, and gave me advice on how to update the firmware to address the known sensitivity issue. I have bought Anker products before, and was going to continue buying them regardless of my experience with the Genie, but the level of customer service I received just affirms that even more.

I was an early adopter and proponent of the amazon echo. I'm going on three years living with her and have sold many friends on the device (I should get royalties at this point). There are days I don't call to her at all and other days when she is constantly being called on for some thing or other. Whenever company is over they put her through her paces. Some people like her, some people purchase her after being here and most recently one snarky person said "I would toss her out the window, what a piece of garbage" after Alexa failed to answer a question he asked. But regardless of everyone elses' feelings about Alexa, I consider her a very positive addition to the house.Likewise, I am a huge fan of Anker products and always have been. They make rock solid products and have unparalleled customer service. I've been wanting to add another alexa device to the house but putting in another echo seemed too decadent (even with the recent price drop to ninety nine dollars). I toyed with the echo dot as well but as I was sitting on that fence, this Eufy Genie Speaker was introduced so I jumped on it. The price was right, Anker makes great products so it was a no brainer.I stumbled a bit with setup but I think that was mostly my fault because I wasn't paying attention to being told to turn off my mobile data. Once I did that it connected effortlessly to the router and Alexa was at the ready.For its size the speaker quality is good. It isn't concert quality room filling sound but hopefully that isn't what you were expecting from a speaker this size. The sound is pretty clean. The midtones are very good as are the highs. Bass is okay and about what I would expect from this sort of speaker. I cranked the volume and heard no real distortion.I would imagine the average person is purchasing this more as an Alexa device rather than purely as a music speaker and for that it does almost as good a job as any alexa device I've tried. It responds snappily to the wake word and has done everything I've asked of it. I have it downstairs next to our sonos 1 system and am eagerly awaiting the day that sonos has a true connection to the alexa line. It's coming any day now and this little genie will be the perfect conduit. If I had a sonos 5 system I could simply plug the eufy into it but alas, I only have the 1.Like the echo, There are also controls on stop of the speaker which work well.I recently connected this to a higher end speaker we had laying around. It works well this wayIf there is any complaint it is that this speaker doesn't sync with other echos in the house. So for instance I asked my living room echo to set a timer. I didn't realize that the eufy that was downstairs hears me as well and I kept hearing this sound coming from downstairs a while after the timer had gone off upstairs.... the eufy was still sounding the timer alarm.I can't speak to longevity because the Eufy Genie is new, but I do know this... Anker stands behind their products. If this doesn't last a year under normal use, they will do the right thing. Just don't go throwing this in your bath to see how Alexa sounds underwater.BOTTOM LINE.... A very good addition to the Alexa line of products. Very decent sound quality, good Alexa responses and a good price. You can't go wrong.

I am very satisfied with this gadget, asthetics, look and feel, an esp. the quality of sound and the microphone sensitivity.This Alexa enabled smart speaker has exactly the same functionality of echo dot for Rs. 2000. The only extra step you have to do is to install the Eufy Genie Home app on your smartphone (Install the Alexa app from Playstore as the first step). Create a Eufy Genie account, login, follow the steps to detect the device, and then click on the listed device to connect the device to your AWS account. One precaution you have to take is that when connecting to your AWS account, make sure NOT to select AP (Asia Pacific) location (I chose some US location), so as to correctly connect to your Amazon accountConnecting to the speaker with the Eufy Genie Home app was a breeze, and so was connecting to my AWS account. Once AWS account is connected, this device also appears in the Alexa app, and you can much more.

Alexa doesn't listen most of time you have to stand next to it have to say on top very close to it speaker sound is good.Can't connect to other devices like Bluetooth speakers like home theater big speaker.Bad in connectivityBad in listenBad in power adapter (not Indian)Bad in language (no hindi support)Wasting of money.

This is definitely not a well known product or anything still I bought it because it kept showing up on my amazon home page right from the day I searched for the echo family smart speakers. So I decided to give it a try and I bought it. From my one month experience with this tiny speaker I kinda like it at the same I want to break into pieces sometimes due to some of it's annoying downsides.Amazon reviews work in the classic pros & cons segregation way and I'm gonna stick to it. Here's my list of pros and cons.PROS :* The speaker with the glossy bottom and the matte finish top looks clean and slick. In fact, if you're not a big fan of the echo dot's flat cylindrical design, then this one is a worthy alternative to look for.* It has a 2 watt mono speaker at the bottom and it sounds just fine. It is not fair to expect crystal clear audio quality and glass shattering bass from a budget smart speaker like this but the speaker can fill a whole house with it's sound and there are no noticeable distortions or anything* With just upward facing microphones what this little thing can do is an absolute wonder. I even tried triggering it with my voice approximately 8 meters away from the speaker and it did recognize my command nice and clear.* The addition of a 3.5mm jack at the back is a good addon as it makes the speaker double as a normal speaker by hooking it to an external source.CONS :* The top has a rubberized finish and underneath it lies the control buttons which are extremely hard to press and there are no software based way to control the speaker.* While starting up the speaker it takes like more than 50 seconds to load up which makes you wait even to listen to your favorite beat.\* Being a smart speaker with good audio output, I use it most of the time for music streaming and that comes with a serious downside. After playing or while playing music if I try access the speaker, it fails to respond and throws a big red light on my face indicating that it is having trouble understanding me. I even tried updating the firmware but I had no luck even then.* The dual mic is all good and clear provided that there is no background noise. With increased background noise, the mic fails to recognize my command even when I am near to it.* The eufy home app doesn't have much options to access or control the speakers which makes the app useless beyond the point of setting up the speaker. Even though the amazon alexa app could do a few things happen, it'd have been better to have some software based accessibility options from the manufacturer them self.* Last but not the least, the downside which makes me avoid this speaker is alexa (irony...right??). Alexa is good, but it is not as good as it is to power a full fledged smart home appliance which is my opinion. It stutters to respond back with the appropriate response for some complex queries and it failed me a few times.That's all with my reasons to get this speaker and avoid this speaker. Initially I gave it just 3 stars as it was priced same as the old echo dot but now considering the Rs.1500 price tag, this one's with no doubt a great deal. It lacks a few features which are present in the echo dot but for 1500 this one's a worthy smart speaker.If you're interested to watch the full video review covering more tests like audio sample test and mic range test, then head over to my YT channel -- it assistors

You need shout to wake the device. Not a good product. If the company can increase the sensitivity of the mic then it will be a 5 star product

This Does respond to Alexa, but while playing any music it will seize to respond. I have been getting the standard response "I sorry, am having trouble understanding right now. Please try again later." This is annoying, cannot change the playlist or stop the music.Smart Home devices work normally.Calling feature is not enabled for this device.The low cost of the device justifies buying it, but not responding at it's will is an annoyance. Would never recommend this as a first device, else folks will get discouraged by Alexa devices.