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- Add Alexa to your car - Connects to the Alexa app on your phone and plays through your cars speakers via auxiliary input or your smartphones Bluetooth connection. Includes Vent Mount.
- Designed for the road - With 8 microphones and far-field technology, Echo Auto can hear you over music, A/C, and road noise.
- Just ask - Use your voice to play music, check the news, make calls, add to your to do-list, set reminders, pay for gas, and more.
- Do More with Auto Mode Turn your phone into a driver-friendly display that complements your Echo Auto. See what's playing and save time with easy-touch shortcuts to your favorite places, people, and content.
- Check for compatibility Echo Auto is not compatible with all cars and phones. See if it will work for you below.
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I don't write many reviews at all, almost never, but I read through some of the other reviews slamming this echo auto 1st gen. Some of them say wait for the 2nd gen feature enhancements, and some say this 1st gen doesn't even work - Hmm. This 1st gen has 8 microphones vs the 2nd gen upcoming later this month (Oct. 2022) - which only has 5 microphones, but will allow you to call for roadside assistance and is somewhat smaller. But, I mean if you are rolled over in a car and it shuts off - then you aren't gonna be able to say 'Alexa call roadside' anyway. Most likely you would still use Siri or Google on your phone to tell them to make an emergency call. if you aren't rolled over and just on the side of the road, why do you need a second gen. echo auto with less microphones to call roadside for you? To be fair, the 2nd gen echo auto will do a quick charge of your phone and has an adhesive mount for placement other than on your car vent. By the way, you need a horizontal car vent slat to use the mount for the 1st gen otherwise find some double sided tape / velcro or buy the second gen. Personally, I don't want adhesive anything on my dash or console of my car though. It's better to place this higher up and in the center anyway to avoid speakers and possible road / engine noise. As to this 1st gen not working, well the rants on the reviews included things like, I don't have bluetooth in my car but why all the cords. Well, if you don't have bluetooth, then you NEED some way for audio to get from the Alexa and down into your car speakers right? So, you use the aux cable, and of course the main cable is always required for power. By the way, audio through an aux cable is going to be clearer and not be subject to frequency interferences from other 2.4ghz signals, but it is somewhat possible to get feedback on a ground loop on the cable. As far as using both cables, I guess maybe if auto makers one day place USB C and not USB A in car ports, then it will be possible to use just 1 cord for data (music to your car) and power at the same time. Other reviews said the Echo Auto won't work only for a few minutes and you have to have the Alexa / Echo app open every time you get in the car. No problem there either, at least on my iPhone. I open the Alexa / Echo app and just don't close it, it stays idle in the background if I don't flick it up and off the screen to force close, which I think Android has the same background app feature as well. So, when I get in my car it takes about 1-2 minutes for everything to sync up once my car is started, but I am ready to go. I read other reviews about bad connection from the phone to the echo auto, but most of them were from 2018 or so and I'm sure the software has been updated, because I have no issue with it ever disconnecting from the phone. Echo Auto uses the processing of your phone to do its work, so if its slow its probably not just the bluetooth connection from you phone, most likely you should take a look at things on your phone like unnecessary background app refreshes or unnecessary location services, etc. on other apps too. I have added a wireless Apple CarPlay dongle to my custom Android car stereo. So, this works great because I use Apple CarPlay for navigation and Siri commands and on screen visual (when I get near my home the garage door automatically shows up on my screen and I can press it and my garage can be fully open by the time I pull into the driveway, unlike waiting 30 seconds for it to open when I use the button on the visor from very close to my home). In other words, using Alexa and Siri is seamless. I can't use Siri to say disarm my Ring alarm, but I can with Alexa ... all in the same vehicle as I'm about 3 blocks from my house. Of course if you don't use CarPlay or Android Auto visual, and don't have it, then keeping the Alexa app open provides you with Alexa Auto visual for navigation, especially if you don't have any way to put in a touch screen in your car. Also, noteworthy, if you have wired Android Auto or wired Apple CarPlay, built into your car, then when you sync with the USB cable from your phone to the car, depending on the software versions, you can have issues. The same is true with older Apple iOS software. It's a good idea to update your software on your phone to make it run smooth with Echo Auto. I am not sure how well Echo Auto navigation works as compared to Apple or Android, but probably not quite as good, at least for now. But since Amazon is producing a gen 2 Echo Auto and has had Amazon Auto mode on their app for a couple years, I think that it will improve. It doesn't matter which platform you use, none of them can ever navigate you perfectly and you can get on a back road or not be instructed to turn somewhere that you could have (shorter path) because the maps don't update in real time whenever a city adds a street or blocks one off, etc. It does come with a dual USB port cigarette adapter, so you can plug in the Echo Auto and another device too, but don't expect charging to be as fast if you do use both. Some cars have other cigarette lighter 12v ports, or other USB ports for charging - which is going to split up the workload and charge faster. If you use your car's USB port you could get warnings about the power usage, because some cars output 1.2A and some are 2.0A. I recommend using the cigarette adapter that came with the Echo Auto. And the last thing I have to say is, I got a superb deal on the gen 1 because the gen 2 is coming out in a couple weeks. So, saving big was great for me. I am happy with my gen 1 but if you get a great deal on the gen 2 or not, the $54.99 2nd gen ... is a little high for my tastes and I would say wait for a sale. So ask Alexa to call one of your contacts or ask her for a number wherever you want to call (i.e. Alexa what's the number to XYZ), then tell her to call the number she gave you, or for your flash briefing on your way to work, or directions, or listen to a podcast on your commute, or to play music, or the weather, or to arm your Ring alarm in Away mode, that you might have forgot on your way out, or to unlock your smart lock right before you get to your driveway, or drop in on an echo at your house to talk to family without even having to call ... the list goes on.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2022 by Y-O_MING
I am so, so happy with this little thing. I have an older car with no bluetooth and no screen and I have struggled for years to modernize the car interior. This device has served several wonderful functions for me that come together to make great value. CALLS IN THE CAR I have bought at least 5 bluetooth microphone and speaker add-ons over the years, costing from $15-$75. Every one of them stunk, they could not handle the road noise for calls and they sounded tinny as speakers. Most of them also had batteries - another device to feed and water! Eventually I gave up on these devices and just used my phone’s speakerphone for calls in the car. I considered having an aftermarket stereo with bluetooth mic installed but these cost about $100 for the parts and maybe $200 for the labor (or you can install yourself, which would take me probably six hours and lots of stress that I would break a plastic part on my car interior). Between the cost and the need to give up a clean stock look console, I just gave up. Until Echo Auto! Echo Auto has some kind of magic microphones. Amazon has a track record of using very high quality parts and designs in their Echo products and, while I have not seen a tear down of this device yet, it’s obvious that the trend has continued. The device has 8 mics, and I have it mounted underneath the console, in the mint tray in front of the stick shift, and it hears me just fine. Mounting down low also helps keeps the cables tucked out of site and maintains a clean interior look. I have not had any issues being heard except over the sound of my own music. Which brings me to: LISTENING TO MY MUSIC I am not an audiophile but I do like to rock out in the car. For some context, I did a simple upgrade of my stock factory speakers, which took about 30 minutes and cost about $50 for high quality used speakers; I also put a subwoofer in the back, which cost $75. So, I am not banging out on 2 12” subs with custom cabinets taking over the trunk, but I am also not just leaving ten year old brittle paper cone speakers in my car either. My car doesn’t have bluetooth, but it was easy to add a 3.5mm aux jack to my factory stereo. First, I directly connected my phone to the aux port. This gave me fine sounds quality but required a lot of “set up” getting into and out of the car. Plugging in various cables to the phone, mounting, clicking around to get something playing, and then finally taking off. But once under way, it was a pain to change songs. Eventually, I just stopped bothering for any trip less than an hour. Over the years, I would get frustrated with this compromise and then go buy a bluetooth aux adapter, which connects your aux input to a bluetooth receiver. I have tried at least four of these in the past four years. I junked each one for the same issues. The bluetooth connection was incredibly unreliable, would take forever to sync up, and would drop intermittently. Also, the sound quality coming through these adapter has been shockingly poor. Very quiet, even when at max volume. Lots of background “hiss” inherent in an analog aux connection, but made unbearable by the fact you have to turn the volume up so loud. And if you switch inputs back to the radio, watch your ears, you will get blasted! The Echo Auto has solved all of these problems for me. The connection has been consistently quick to pair (typically less than 20 seconds from starting the car), and the volume is balanced with other audio sources. Not sure if they are doing some dynamic signal conversion to boost the sound source but it seems that way to me. I just don’t know how they could get so much sound from the device without internal amplification. And the sound! It is really rich and well-rounded. I have been so happy with the fullness of the sound, it was frankly an unexpected surprise especially from a tiny box and considering past experiences with competitors. VOICE CONTROL IN THE CAR This was the least important factor for me to try this device and the area that I am the most pleasantly surprised with so far. Because of all the challenges above, I haven't really used Siri much in the car. When I did, it was through the phone’s speakerphone. Limited to a maybe one request for directions per month, and for comparison I type in directions at least once a day. This capability was basically locked away for me because of the sound issues. With Echo Auto, I am oddly finding that I use Siri a LOT more, playing podcasts and audiobooks, listening to Pandora, and doing stuff in the car that I normally do out fo the car. I am also using Alexa a lot, and expect that I will continue to use it more and more over time. For reference, I have two Echos in my house, which get used at least 20 times a day. In the car, I am using Alexa about once a day now, but can see how that will grow. I have heard a lot of people say that having to tap the screen for navigation is annoying or difficult and honestly I don’t understand the issue. Just ask Siri or Google Assistant to do that, using Amazon’s wonderful microphone hardware. There is room for more than one digital assistant in your life. Also, with this task parsing, you don’t need to give Alexa location permission all the time, which is information I prefer not to share with any app if I can help it. I experienced the same issue with sending text messages. Alexa can only send messages to someone who has signed up for Alexa Messaging. First off, I didn’t know that was a thing! Second, no biggie, I just asked Siri to do that task. I use Alexa for news updates throughout the day, keeping my shopping list, reminders and timers, and increasingly, for home automation. This is where I can see the Echo Auto making a bigger difference over time. The home automation opportunities around triggering actions when the Echo Auto gets close to home or leaves home (basically, driving away or driving back to the house) are pretty interesting and something that I will definitely explore more over the coming months. Just resembling to leave a light on for the dog in the evening has been challenging, and I feel bad every time we come home to a dark house and a dog trapped in her bed because she could see around the house. I know she is just sleeping but want to give her options! TLDR Echo Auto has meaningfully improved my 2000s car experience with high quality microphones, easy and reliable bluetooth connectivity and cool new voice functionality. If you have an older car, you will get a LOT of utility out of it!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2019 by Jamie Beckland