"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enAmazon's echo dot smart speaker has always put the smarts first and the speaker part a very distant second in fact your cell phone sounds a lot better than this thing so when we learned that Amazon was going to be coming out with a new version we thought to ourselves all they have to do is make it sound better and it'll be a win and well they actually exceeded our expectations in that regard and honestly we could probably just stop the video right there except for there's a few other things that we want to take a look at and we also want to let you hear for yourself the difference in the sound quality between the old version and the new and also compare it to the Google home Mini which is this speaker's only real competition in the space so let's get to it place side by side it's pretty obvious that the new dot is quite a bit larger than the original and when you pick it up there's a lot more heft going on there too that's usually a good sign up top we have the same array of buttons here although the microphone mute icon is a little bit different and then these four pin holes here are actually four independent microphones versus the one in the original and that should make it easier for the dot to hear your voice over it's significantly louder volume on the underside is a much wider base of this grippy silicon material it feels really good and you can tell it's not gonna go skidding around on your countertop and then the other major noticeable thing here is this cloth that goes around the the entire circumference of the speaker and that's because it's got an array of speakers throughout to broadcast sound 360 degrees the only downside here is that like the home pod we worry this might be prone to staining especially if it sits in a kitchen where you got all kinds of stuff flying around and then lastly I want to take a look at the back here the original dot had a micro USB power port and you know you've got a ton of those cables lying around so if you misplaced the power cable no big deal unfortunately Amazon has gone with a new DC power supply and a new white power plug cable that plugs this in so you do not want to lose that power cable okay now for the good stuff we're gonna compare sound quality between the two and I've set the volume level to eight on both units so everything's equal except for the capability of the speaker start with the original can you hear that because it's pretty quiet it also sounds pinched no no semblance of base response whatsoever I mean it's like I said barely a speaker now we're gonna switch to the new version Wow huge jump in volume way more base it just sounds fuller richer and has better clarity those horns sound good let's switch back to the old one again and I'm going to turn it all the way up that's as low as it gets back to the third generation dot a little bit of lag there and it's max volume is significantly louder so as you can hear the new echo dot is it's a real speaker and in fact I kind of wonder you know if you have a kitchen or a bedroom that you need a smart speaker in you're not going to need to step up to the full size echo speaker this guy does the job great unless you're trying to rock a house party all right so we brought the Google home Mini into the mix you can see it's a little bit smaller than the new dot it shoots sound up from the top as opposed to around like the new dot otherwise we've got the volume set to 8 on both we're gonna start with the Google home Mini so it's a little bit tenure less space kind of has a harsh sound to it now let's switch back to the dot right okay so after a little bit of interference from our Google home mini friend here it's clear that the echo dot sounds more balanced it's not as hissy in the treble and it's got a lot more bottom end to it so it has a fuller overall sound in terms of sound quality the echo dot is knocking the little home mini right out of the park so there you have it the new Amazon echo dot sounds significantly better than the prior version and in general it's just a solid little smart speaker in fact unless you need to Rock a much larger room full of sound I think that this is going to be the ticket especially for your bedroom or your kitchen you can take this on the road with you it could be your new alarm clock I really like this new device and I think at 50 bucks it's priced just right definitely beats out the competition and gets our full recommendation hey guys thanks as always for watching we couldn't do this without you if you liked what you saw please hit the like and subscribe button down below also check out two videos that we picked just for you and always visit digital Transcom for the latest in tech reviews and newsAmazon's echo dot smart speaker has always put the smarts first and the speaker part a very distant second in fact your cell phone sounds a lot better than this thing so when we learned that Amazon was going to be coming out with a new version we thought to ourselves all they have to do is make it sound better and it'll be a win and well they actually exceeded our expectations in that regard and honestly we could probably just stop the video right there except for there's a few other things that we want to take a look at and we also want to let you hear for yourself the difference in the sound quality between the old version and the new and also compare it to the Google home Mini which is this speaker's only real competition in the space so let's get to it place side by side it's pretty obvious that the new dot is quite a bit larger than the original and when you pick it up there's a lot more heft going on there too that's usually a good sign up top we have the same array of buttons here although the microphone mute icon is a little bit different and then these four pin holes here are actually four independent microphones versus the one in the original and that should make it easier for the dot to hear your voice over it's significantly louder volume on the underside is a much wider base of this grippy silicon material it feels really good and you can tell it's not gonna go skidding around on your countertop and then the other major noticeable thing here is this cloth that goes around the the entire circumference of the speaker and that's because it's got an array of speakers throughout to broadcast sound 360 degrees the only downside here is that like the home pod we worry this might be prone to staining especially if it sits in a kitchen where you got all kinds of stuff flying around and then lastly I want to take a look at the back here the original dot had a micro USB power port and you know you've got a ton of those cables lying around so if you misplaced the power cable no big deal unfortunately Amazon has gone with a new DC power supply and a new white power plug cable that plugs this in so you do not want to lose that power cable okay now for the good stuff we're gonna compare sound quality between the two and I've set the volume level to eight on both units so everything's equal except for the capability of the speaker start with the original can you hear that because it's pretty quiet it also sounds pinched no no semblance of base response whatsoever I mean it's like I said barely a speaker now we're gonna switch to the new version Wow huge jump in volume way more base it just sounds fuller richer and has better clarity those horns sound good let's switch back to the old one again and I'm going to turn it all the way up that's as low as it gets back to the third generation dot a little bit of lag there and it's max volume is significantly louder so as you can hear the new echo dot is it's a real speaker and in fact I kind of wonder you know if you have a kitchen or a bedroom that you need a smart speaker in you're not going to need to step up to the full size echo speaker this guy does the job great unless you're trying to rock a house party all right so we brought the Google home Mini into the mix you can see it's a little bit smaller than the new dot it shoots sound up from the top as opposed to around like the new dot otherwise we've got the volume set to 8 on both we're gonna start with the Google home Mini so it's a little bit tenure less space kind of has a harsh sound to it now let's switch back to the dot right okay so after a little bit of interference from our Google home mini friend here it's clear that the echo dot sounds more balanced it's not as hissy in the treble and it's got a lot more bottom end to it so it has a fuller overall sound in terms of sound quality the echo dot is knocking the little home mini right out of the park so there you have it the new Amazon echo dot sounds significantly better than the prior version and in general it's just a solid little smart speaker in fact unless you need to Rock a much larger room full of sound I think that this is going to be the ticket especially for your bedroom or your kitchen you can take this on the road with you it could be your new alarm clock I really like this new device and I think at 50 bucks it's priced just right definitely beats out the competition and gets our full recommendation hey guys thanks as always for watching we couldn't do this without you if you liked what you saw please hit the like and subscribe button down below also check out two videos that we picked just for you and always visit digital Transcom for the latest in tech reviews and news\n"