The Amazon Tap is $50 cheaper than the full-size Echo, and thanks to a recent update, you can use it in hands-free mode just like its more expensive counterpart. It’s even portable, so you can take it with you. So at this point, there’s very little reason to buy the full-size Echo, when the Tap is cheaper and more useful.
Why the Amazon Tap Is Better Than the Echo
Currently, Amazon’s Echo lineup includes three products:
- Amazon Echo ($180): This was the first Echo product that can hear voice commands from anywhere in the room. It also includes some great speakers for playing music or reading audiobooks, if you don’t already have your own sound system set up.
- Amazon Tap ($130): This device is a rechargeable Bluetooth speaker that you can take with you. It has a round docking station you can set it on at home to charge. Until recently, you had to push a button to use Alexa voice commands, but Amazon pushed an update that enabled hands-free commands, just like the other two Echos.
- Amazon Echo Dot ($50): The Dot offers the same voice-activated commands that the Echo has, but without the fancy built-in speakers. You can listen to music or audiobooks through the very basic speaker, but it won’t sound very good. The Dot is designed to be hooked up to a larger, separate sound system.
When it was first released, it was hard to see how the Tap was useful. It made a decent Bluetooth speaker, but the lack of hands-free commands meant it was much easier to just control it from your phone. Since there are other, cheaper Bluetooth speakers on the market, the…
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