Struggling with My New Device: A Real-World Review

I'm struggling today, fellas. I'm tired, and I'm trying to figure out this new device that I just got my hands on. It's a bit of a challenge, but I'm determined to make the most of it. Let me start by doing a little drop test to see how well it holds up.

I dropped it behind here, and surprisingly, it looks like new. The bottom of the device is a bit sticky, which suggests that it will stay in place, even if you're not careful with it. I compared it to an Amazon Echo, and it looks identical - just without the top. It's got the same volume knob, mic mute button, and auxiliary input port. I was able to plug it into my phone using the USB-C port, and it paired up quickly with my device.

I set up this thing in about 5 minutes, which is pretty impressive. The user interface is intuitive, and I was able to navigate through all the menus without any issues. Now that we're back in action, let's take a closer look at how it works. I've been playing around with it for a few minutes, and it's performing exactly like an Amazon Echo - minus the loudness issue when it's not connected to a Bluetooth speaker.

I asked Alexa what time it was, and she replied that the current time is 4:43. When I turned up the volume to max, the response changed to "volume 10". I then asked Alexa who won the Knicks game on Wednesday, and she told me that they lost to the Mavericks 91-89. If I want to play my Netflix and chill playlist, all I need to do is say so - simple!

The device also has a feature that allows me to control it using my phone's app or by speaking commands directly at it. When I asked Alexa to spell out "Michigan", she replied with the correct spelling: M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N. The voice assistant seems incredibly accurate, and I'm impressed by its capabilities.

The portability of this device is a major selling point - it's lightweight and easy to carry around. If you want to use it in different rooms or areas, all you need to do is plug it into a power source using the included charger. The device comes with a small portable charger that can be attached to your phone case, making it the perfect travel companion.

I've got some final thoughts on this device - and I think it's a real winner. If you're looking for a more compact alternative to the Amazon Echo, this might be just what you need. Just keep in mind that it may not be as loud when connected to a Bluetooth speaker.

In conclusion, I'm thoroughly enjoying my new device, and I think it has a lot of potential. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or just looking for a reliable voice assistant, this is definitely worth checking out. Be sure to hit me up in the comments with your thoughts on this device - and don't forget to follow me on all my social media channels!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyo what's up everybody it's your boy floss back again with another video and today we're going to take a look at the Amazon Echo do now this is a smaller version of the Amazon Echo which will allow you to add Alexa to any room now usually I would show you the website and tell you I throw the link up in the description but there's no need for that because this is an exclusive product and you can only order this through Alexa and I'll show you how to do that in a minute all right now real quick the price on this $89.99 so you're looking at 90 bucks pause this and read it for yourself if you want but let's go through some of the features real quick uses the Alexa voice service to play music provide information read the news set alarms control Smart Home devices and more using just your voice connect to speakers over Bluetooth or with the included audio cable to play music from Prime music Spotify Pandora iHeart radio and tune in includes a built-in speaker so it can work on it uh work on its own as a Smart Alarm Clock in the bedroom as an assistant in the kitchen or anywhere you might want a voice control computer here's your voice from across the room with far field voice recognition even while the music is playing control Smart Home devices like lights switches thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from wio Philips Hue Samsung smart things nest eccoe and others now it's always getting smarter and adding new features and skills and here's the important part available exclusively from Alexa Echo dot is available in limited quantities and exclusively for Prime members through Alexa voice shopping to order your Echo dot use your Amazon Echo or your Amazon Fire TV and just ask Alexa order and Echo do all right so real simple now you got to have Amazon Prime and you already got to have either the Fire or the Amazon Fire TV or the Echo and you just do this Alexa order the echo dot Echo dot it's temporarily out of stock and will be delivered by July 27th it's $97.99 total should I order it no okay I won't order it all right now I pre-ordered this on March 3rd so I got mine today you heard for yourself these going to take a while to come in so let's check it out anyway though all right so real simple presentation on this let's um no beast mode necessary fellas it's 4:00 in the morning just got back from the gym let's see I know let's see what you get inside this box now okay they make they make you work on this one all right here we go all right so here's your Echo Dot usual books and file that to the side your little card right here gives you an idea of some of the questions you can ask we'll play with it in a minute let's see now you get two cables all right so here's your 3.5 mm auxiliary cable right now remember you can use this on its own or you connect uh you can connect it to a Bluetooth speaker we'll try both here's your charging brick and here's our USB to micro USB C all right so this is how you're going to charge the dot up just like that let's um get this plastic off of this real quick all right I'm struggling today fellas I'm struggling I'm I'm tired let did a little drop test behind here but still looking good all right now on the bottom of this it's kind of sticky so it's going to stay in place if you look closely it looks exactly like the top of an Amazon Echo it looks like if somebody just cut the top right off let's see does this volume yep got the volume knob on this here's your mic mute the mic button okay same as same exact as the top as the uh Echo looks exactly the same all right let me just keep this one on mute real quick let's see now here's your auxiliary in and your micro USB let me see I got to plug this in I got to plug right here too to let's plug this in I never get this on the first try yall notice that all right here we go all right so let's try it without the speaker first let's set set this up matter of fact usually these things take about 5 minutes to set up so I'll pause the video let me set this up I got it connected with the app and um we'll do a live demonstration Talk Amongst yourselves all right y'all so we back in now I got this thing paired up I've been playing around with it for a few minutes and it works exactly like the Amazon Echo only difference is it's not as loud when you don't have it connected to a Bluetooth speaker Alexa what time is it it's 4:43 Alexa volume 10 now this is max volume Alexa who won the Knicks game on Wednesday the Knicks lost to the Mavericks 91 to 89 they'll play tonight at 7:30 p.m. at home against the Nets Alexa play my Netflix and chill playlist the playlist Netflix and chill Alexa what song is this this is acquainted from beauty behind the Madness by the weekend Alexa stop now if you get yourself a Bluetooth speaker use the 3.5 mm cable just plug it right in and now it's should be nice and Loud Alexa what time is it the time is 4:44 Alexa what's my commute the fastest route takes about 29 minutes via i678 and I 495 Alexa spell Michigan Michigan is spelled m i c h i g a n now when you use the app it's going to show you everything that you actually say it's going to pop up right on your phone so you can control it with your voice or you can control it using your phone's app on a scale of 1 to 10 this is a win so no reason for me to do a sound test because it all depends on what speakers you plug in now if I plug this in to my monster blaster or something then it's going to be crazy loud if I use it just like this I can say Alexa set an alarm for 20 minutes Alexa set an alarm for 20 minutes 20 minutes starting now all right now see the now the thing about this I would definitely have to use this connected to a Bluetooth speaker because it's a little bit on the low side but if you're in the kitchen or something you're in the bathroom get yourself a little portable Bluetooth speaker and you're not going to have a problem I but way more portable then I lug in this big Amazon Echo from room to room now you can just pull this one out and bring this from room to room and if you want you can just unplug this you get yourself a little portable charger and you use the portable charger to power this up and you're good to go so you get a portable charger have your little phone right on it just like that and you got your little mobile voice station on a scale of 1 to 10 this is a win right here so anyway hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about this one shout out to everybody that rock with me on Facebook 4 Square Twitter Google+ shout out to all the Google gangsters I see y' holding down that Facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on Boxer and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on Instagram y'all know that's where I'm at full time 100% full throttle and a special shout out to everybody rocking with the Amazon Warrior on Sundays yall already know stream gangsters on Deck get your drinks ready no meat boys allowed oh yeah Special shout out to everybody following me on Snapchat Flore Carter that's where we at oh yeah one more thing I almost forgot fellas ladies say it with me all y'all haters all y'all trolls close your eyes and picture me rolling it's your boy floss I'm out deuces all right so in your man cave setup you're going to need all three of these all right this is a certified win right here one more thing kurk energizedyo what's up everybody it's your boy floss back again with another video and today we're going to take a look at the Amazon Echo do now this is a smaller version of the Amazon Echo which will allow you to add Alexa to any room now usually I would show you the website and tell you I throw the link up in the description but there's no need for that because this is an exclusive product and you can only order this through Alexa and I'll show you how to do that in a minute all right now real quick the price on this $89.99 so you're looking at 90 bucks pause this and read it for yourself if you want but let's go through some of the features real quick uses the Alexa voice service to play music provide information read the news set alarms control Smart Home devices and more using just your voice connect to speakers over Bluetooth or with the included audio cable to play music from Prime music Spotify Pandora iHeart radio and tune in includes a built-in speaker so it can work on it uh work on its own as a Smart Alarm Clock in the bedroom as an assistant in the kitchen or anywhere you might want a voice control computer here's your voice from across the room with far field voice recognition even while the music is playing control Smart Home devices like lights switches thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from wio Philips Hue Samsung smart things nest eccoe and others now it's always getting smarter and adding new features and skills and here's the important part available exclusively from Alexa Echo dot is available in limited quantities and exclusively for Prime members through Alexa voice shopping to order your Echo dot use your Amazon Echo or your Amazon Fire TV and just ask Alexa order and Echo do all right so real simple now you got to have Amazon Prime and you already got to have either the Fire or the Amazon Fire TV or the Echo and you just do this Alexa order the echo dot Echo dot it's temporarily out of stock and will be delivered by July 27th it's $97.99 total should I order it no okay I won't order it all right now I pre-ordered this on March 3rd so I got mine today you heard for yourself these going to take a while to come in so let's check it out anyway though all right so real simple presentation on this let's um no beast mode necessary fellas it's 4:00 in the morning just got back from the gym let's see I know let's see what you get inside this box now okay they make they make you work on this one all right here we go all right so here's your Echo Dot usual books and file that to the side your little card right here gives you an idea of some of the questions you can ask we'll play with it in a minute let's see now you get two cables all right so here's your 3.5 mm auxiliary cable right now remember you can use this on its own or you connect uh you can connect it to a Bluetooth speaker we'll try both here's your charging brick and here's our USB to micro USB C all right so this is how you're going to charge the dot up just like that let's um get this plastic off of this real quick all right I'm struggling today fellas I'm struggling I'm I'm tired let did a little drop test behind here but still looking good all right now on the bottom of this it's kind of sticky so it's going to stay in place if you look closely it looks exactly like the top of an Amazon Echo it looks like if somebody just cut the top right off let's see does this volume yep got the volume knob on this here's your mic mute the mic button okay same as same exact as the top as the uh Echo looks exactly the same all right let me just keep this one on mute real quick let's see now here's your auxiliary in and your micro USB let me see I got to plug this in I got to plug right here too to let's plug this in I never get this on the first try yall notice that all right here we go all right so let's try it without the speaker first let's set set this up matter of fact usually these things take about 5 minutes to set up so I'll pause the video let me set this up I got it connected with the app and um we'll do a live demonstration Talk Amongst yourselves all right y'all so we back in now I got this thing paired up I've been playing around with it for a few minutes and it works exactly like the Amazon Echo only difference is it's not as loud when you don't have it connected to a Bluetooth speaker Alexa what time is it it's 4:43 Alexa volume 10 now this is max volume Alexa who won the Knicks game on Wednesday the Knicks lost to the Mavericks 91 to 89 they'll play tonight at 7:30 p.m. at home against the Nets Alexa play my Netflix and chill playlist the playlist Netflix and chill Alexa what song is this this is acquainted from beauty behind the Madness by the weekend Alexa stop now if you get yourself a Bluetooth speaker use the 3.5 mm cable just plug it right in and now it's should be nice and Loud Alexa what time is it the time is 4:44 Alexa what's my commute the fastest route takes about 29 minutes via i678 and I 495 Alexa spell Michigan Michigan is spelled m i c h i g a n now when you use the app it's going to show you everything that you actually say it's going to pop up right on your phone so you can control it with your voice or you can control it using your phone's app on a scale of 1 to 10 this is a win so no reason for me to do a sound test because it all depends on what speakers you plug in now if I plug this in to my monster blaster or something then it's going to be crazy loud if I use it just like this I can say Alexa set an alarm for 20 minutes Alexa set an alarm for 20 minutes 20 minutes starting now all right now see the now the thing about this I would definitely have to use this connected to a Bluetooth speaker because it's a little bit on the low side but if you're in the kitchen or something you're in the bathroom get yourself a little portable Bluetooth speaker and you're not going to have a problem I but way more portable then I lug in this big Amazon Echo from room to room now you can just pull this one out and bring this from room to room and if you want you can just unplug this you get yourself a little portable charger and you use the portable charger to power this up and you're good to go so you get a portable charger have your little phone right on it just like that and you got your little mobile voice station on a scale of 1 to 10 this is a win right here so anyway hit me up in the comments let me know what y'all think about this one shout out to everybody that rock with me on Facebook 4 Square Twitter Google+ shout out to all the Google gangsters I see y' holding down that Facebook page shout out to everybody hitting me up on Boxer and a special shout out to everybody rocking with me on Instagram y'all know that's where I'm at full time 100% full throttle and a special shout out to everybody rocking with the Amazon Warrior on Sundays yall already know stream gangsters on Deck get your drinks ready no meat boys allowed oh yeah Special shout out to everybody following me on Snapchat Flore Carter that's where we at oh yeah one more thing I almost forgot fellas ladies say it with me all y'all haters all y'all trolls close your eyes and picture me rolling it's your boy floss I'm out deuces all right so in your man cave setup you're going to need all three of these all right this is a certified win right here one more thing kurk energized\n"