Echo Red: new Amazon Smartspeaker now available

A few weeks ago, online giant Amazon unveiled its new fourth-generation Echo Smarps speaker series and now adds a special edition.

Like its generation mates, the new Echo has a spherical appearance, unlike the previous cylindrical models, it is spherical and therefore a clear new beginning in terms of product design. In contrast to the more discreetly colored standard versions, the new Smartspeaker is a bright red and would fit perfectly next to the Ricky’s Pop sofa and in equally squeaky and colorful furniture concepts.

Amazon promises better surround sound

While the core performance of the speakers of the fourth generation of Amazon’s internal speaker range has not changed indefinitely, much more pleasant surround sound is perceptible than its predecessors – a promise made by the retailer that has already been fulfilled in the test. of editorial comparison confirmed. Whether the spherical look is for everyone is another question: the former slim Echo Dot, which was still in the third generation in the puck format and could not be stowed in a way that took up space and was inconspicuous even after wall mounting. , it is also in The frame of the restart of the design has become a much more prominent sphere.

Amazon Smartspeaker can still be easily used with common audio streaming services – the device can be played with content from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, and Deezer without much effort. Even Audible radio stations, podcasts and audiobooks can ideally be played via Echo, even in stereo pairing with identical devices of the same generation or in multiroom mode with Echo devices of all shapes and generations.

Echo Red starts with a discount package

The bundle offered at the start of sales at a reduced price contains the Echo Red (4th generation) and a Philips Hue bulb – priced at Rund 98 Euros, which corresponds to the normal purchase price of the smartspeaker without a smart bulb. According to Amazon, 10 of the purchase price for the Echo Red Edition will go to the Global Fund to support health programs in sub-Saharan Africa.