![]() Winner: Nest Mini second-gen Voice assistants and smart features John Velasco / Digital Trends While some wall mounts exist for the Echo Dot, they cost extra and are a much bulkier solution, so it’s not really as practical. Second, the Nest Mini is designed with mounting slots in the back so it can be easily mounted to a wall, giving you another dimension of placement options. These cost more, but it adds portability. It’s generally easier to find these for the Amazon Echo Dot than it is for the Nest Mini, but even Nest’s model has a couple of battery options. However, there are some important details here.įirst, there are battery pack mounts that turn each speaker into a portable version for as long as the battery lasts. You can’t just pick them up and carry them around like some portable smart speakers. There’s good and bad news here: Both the Nest Mini and Echo Dot are designed to be connected to an outlet for power. With speakers this small, many buyers wonder just how portable they are or what kind of placement options they may offer that differ from larger smart speakers. Winner: Echo Dot fifth-gen Portability and placement It’s quite impressive just how well this speaker can fill a small room or office with sound. The fifth-gen Echo Dot includes improved bass with a 1.73-inch front-firing speaker. However, the Mini has never really been able to compete with the Echo Dot on a sound level, and that’s still the case with the last few generations of the Dot, which has really surpassed itself in audio level. Here, the Nest Mini brings a 40mm driver made for 360-degree sound and adds tuning software to improve sound quality based on its background (as well as better bass than the first model). Winner: Echo Dot fifth-gen Speakers and soundįor tiny smart speakers like this, sound is especially important if you plan on using it to listen to music while you work, getting news reports in the morning when you wake up, and so on. There are also kid’s versions with animal covers, which is fun. But the real advantage here is that the extra size of the Dot allows it to offer additional features, notably a version with an LED clock on the side, allowing it to serve as an alarm clock - something the Nest Mini can’t do. ![]() ![]() There are some basic button controls on top of the speaker, including a mic-off button and an indicator around the base. At about four inches high and four inches wide, it’s not quite as good at concealing itself as the Nest Mini, but you’ll still be able to put it just about anywhere. The latest Echo Dot, meanwhile, keeps its spherical design closely related to the larger Echo fourth-gen model. Echo Dot: which is better?Īmazon Echo Dot 3rd-gen vs.
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