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Earlier this year, Amazon expanded their stable of Echo products to include the Echo Dot, the tiny sibling of the bigger Echo speaker. And now, before the year is even over, the company has shipped a newer, cheaper version of the Echo Dot. Let’s take a look at the similarities, differences, and when and where you would want to use each product.

今年早些时候，亚马逊将其稳定的Echo产品扩展到了更大的Echo扬声器的小兄弟Echo Dot。 而现在，在这一年还没过去的时候，该公司已经发布了更新，更便宜的Echo Dot版本。 让我们看一下它们的异同，何时何地使用每种产品。

什么是亚马逊回声点？ (What Is the Amazon Echo Dot?)

There’s a bit of confusion over what exactly the Echo Dot is. Is it an extension of the Echo? Is it a totally independent product? What do you need to get full use out of it? Even after reading the product documentation, we had a bunch of questions just like everyone else.

关于回声点到底是什么有些困惑。 它是Echo的扩展吗？ 它是完全独立的产品吗？ 您需要什么才能充分利用它？ 即使在阅读了产品文档之后，我们和其他所有人一样也遇到了很多问题。

The main difference between the echo and Echo Dot is the speaker: The Echo Dot is essentially the top portion of the regular Amazon Echo, without the beefy speaker underneath it. Instead, The Echo Dot is designed to be hooked up to a set of external speakers.

回声和Echo Dot之间的主要区别在于扬声器：Echo Dot本质上是常规Amazon Echo的顶部，而其下方没有强劲的扬声器。 取而代之的是，Echo Dot设计为可以连接到一组外部扬声器。

Just because the beefy speaker is gone doesn’t mean it’s watered down, though. The trade-off, we’ll think you’ll quickly see, is more than worth it as it drops the price of the Echo platform from $180 for the full-size Echo to just $50 for the Echo Dot. The price is almost 75% less, but the functionality is nearly 100% the same.

不过，仅仅因为强壮的演讲者走了并不意味着它就被淡化了。 我们认为您很快就会发现，这种权衡是非常值得的，因为它将Echo平台的价格从全尺寸Echo的180美元降低到Echo Dot的仅50美元。 价格几乎降低了75％，但功能几乎相同。

Furthermore, all of the features and commands that work with the Amazon Echo work with the Echo Dot: you can ask it questions like, “What’s the news today?” (and even fine tune the weather, traffic, and sports updates to your liking), you can ask it to play you music (even through Spotify), and even bombard it with questions about measurement conversions and history trivia.

此外，Amazon Echo可以使用的所有功能和命令都可以与Echo Dot一起使用：您可以向其提出诸如“今天有什么新闻？”之类的问题。 (甚至可以根据自己的喜好微调天气，路况和体育活动的更新)，您可以要求它播放音乐(甚至通过Spotify播放音乐)，甚至可以对有关测量转换和历史琐事的问题进行轰炸。

如何设置回音点？ (How Do I Set Up the Echo Dot?)

The setup process is identical to the original Echo. In fact, you can follow along step-for-step with our guide to Echo setup and configuration here–just substitute every instance of “Amazon Echo” with “Amazon Echo Dot”.

设置过程与原始Echo相同。 实际上，您可以在此处逐步遵循我们的Echo设置和配置指南-只需将“ Amazon Echo”的每个实例替换为“ Amazon Echo Dot”。

The indicator ring still flashes orange when you plug it in for the first time, you still need to connect to the Dot to program it with your Wi-Fi credentials, and Alexa is still ridiculously cheerful during the whole process.

第一次插入时，指示环仍会闪烁橙色，您仍然需要连接到Dot才能使用Wi-Fi凭据对其进行编程，并且Alexa在整个过程中仍然非常可笑。

我需要Amazon Echo才能使用圆点吗？ (Do I Need An Amazon Echo To Use The Dot?)

The Echo Dot is a totally independent product in the Echo product line. You do not need any other Echo or Amazon product (like the Amazon Fire TV) to use the Echo Dot.

Echo Dot是Echo产品系列中完全独立的产品。 您不需要任何其他Echo或Amazon产品(例如Amazon Fire TV)即可使用Echo Dot。

If you do have existing Alexa-enabled devices like the original Echo, an Echo Tap (Amazon’s battery-powered Bluetooth Echo), or 2nd generation Amazon Fire TV, the Echo Dot simply acts as another Alexa unit within your home so you get better coverage (both for commands and for features like music playback).

如果您确实有支持Alexa的设备，例如原始的Echo，Echo Tap(亚马逊的电池供电蓝牙Echo)或第二代Amazon Fire TV，则Echo Dot只是您家中的另一个Alexa单元，因此您可以获得更好的覆盖范围(用于命令和音乐播放等功能)。

我需要蓝牙扬声器吗？ (Do I Need Bluetooth Speakers?)

Behind inquiries about whether or not your need a full-size Echo to go with the Dot, the biggest question is: what about the speaker? The removal of the big speaker is the immediately obvious change, but it’s less obvious that you can use the Dot without an external speaker.

在询问您是否需要全尺寸Echo搭配Dot的背后，最大的问题是：扬声器怎么样？ 大扬声器的拆除是立即显而易见的变化，但不太明显的是您可以在没有外部扬声器的情况下使用Dot。

The Echo Dot’s speaker isn’t fantastic, but it’s comparable to the quality of a laptop speaker–which is to say it’s a bit tinny and you really won’t want to use it as your primary music speaker. That said, the speaker is perfectly serviceable for things like getting feedback from Alexa, hearing the news, waking you up in the morning with an alarm, and so on.

Echo Dot的扬声器效果不佳，但是可以媲美笔记本电脑扬声器的质量，也就是说，它有点小巧，您真的不希望将其用作主要的音乐扬声器。 就是说，该扬声器非常适用于诸如从Alexa获得反馈，听到新闻，在早上用闹铃叫醒您等之类的事情。

Fortunately, there are two ways to enhance the sound of the Echo Dot, neither of which is available to owners of the full-size Echo: Bluetooth pairing and direct cable link to your stereo.

幸运的是，有两种方法可以增强Echo Dot的声音，全尺寸Echo所有者都无法使用这两种方法：蓝牙配对和直接连接立体声的电缆。

Unlike the Echo, you can pair the Echo Dot to Bluetooth speakers. The full-size Echo allows you to pair Bluetooth-enabled devices to it but not it to other speakers, as Amazon presumes the Echo is more than enough speaker for the task. (And, in fairness to Amazon, they’re right. The Echo is a great little speaker with a lot of rich sound.)

与Echo不同，您可以将Echo Dot与蓝牙扬声器配对。 全尺寸的Echo允许您将支持Bluetooth的设备与其配对，但不能与其他扬声器配对，因为Amazon认为Echo足以胜任该任务的扬声器。 (而且，公平地说，他们是对的。Echo是一款很棒的小型扬声器，声音丰富。)

On the other hand, you can easily pair any Bluetooth speaker to the Echo Dot. Pairing it with a quality speaker like the Nyne Bass means instant wireless and rich sound, but why limit yourself? The Echo Dot doesn’t distinguish between Bluetooth audio outputs, so you can link a nice pair of Bluetooth headphones to it just as easily as speakers.

另一方面，您可以轻松地将任何蓝牙扬声器与Echo Dot配对。 将其与Nyne Bass这样的优质扬声器配对意味着即时的无线和丰富的声音，但是为什么要限制自己呢？ Echo Dot不会区分蓝牙音频输出，因此您可以像扬声器一样轻松地将一对漂亮的蓝牙耳机连接到它。

Even better than Bluetooth pairing, in our opinion, is the inclusion of a standard 3.5mm stereo jack on the back of the Echo Dot (a feature we really wish they would have included on the Echo).

在我们看来，比蓝牙配对更好的是在Echo Dot背面提供了一个标准的3.5mm立体声插Kong(我们真的希望它们会包含在Echo中)。

You might not have a premium Bluetooth speaker laying around, but there’s a good chance you’ve got a stereo system of some sort. Now, using the included stereo cable, you can plug your Echo Dot right into any speaker or home stereo system.

您可能没有配备优质的蓝牙扬声器，但是您很有可能拥有某种立体声系统。 现在，使用随附的立体声电缆，您可以将Echo Dot直接插入任何扬声器或家庭立体声系统。

There is one downside to this, however: If your stereo is set to a different input–like your TV instead of your Echo Dot–you won’t hear any audio from the Echo Dot. Not even Alexa saying “Okay” or reading you the weather–it’ll all go to your stereo, which doesn’t really make sense given how the Dot is supposed to be used. We wish Alexa’s voice would go through the Dot’s built-in speakers when hooked up to a stereo, but it doesn’t, so you’ll have to figure out the best way to hook it up in your home.

但是，这样做有一个缺点：如果您将立体声设置为其他输入(如电视而不是Echo Dot)，您将听不到Echo Dot的任何音频。 甚至Alexa都不会说“好”或阅读您的天气-一切都会转到您的立体声设备上，考虑到应该如何使用Dot，这实际上没有任何意义。 我们希望Alexa的声音在连接到立体声时能够通过Dot的内置扬声器传递，但事实并非如此，因此您必须找出最好的方法将其连接到家里。

Echo Dot可以与Echo Remote一起使用吗？ (Does the Echo Dot Work with the Echo Remote?)

Like the Echo, the Echo Dot is extensible with the Echo Remote–and it’s just as useful on the Dot as it is on the Echo. If your Echo Dot is plugged into your stereo in the living room, you can trigger commands via the remote in the kitchen or upstairs (instead of yelling into the other room).

像Echo一样，Echo Dot可以通过Echo Remote进行扩展-它在Dot上的作用与在Echo上一样有用。 如果您的Echo Dot已插入客厅的立体声音响中，则可以通过厨房或楼上的遥控器触发命令(而不是大喊大叫到另一个房间)。

Really though, the true benefit of the remote is the “Simon says” function. The remote has more than paid for itself in the sheer entertainment value of trolling the kids in our house by talking to them through the Alexa in the kitchen.

确实，遥控器的真正好处是“ Simon说”功能。 通过通过厨房中的Alexa与孩子交谈，将遥控器拖到我们家中的那种纯粹的娱乐价值，该遥控器已经为自己付出了不菲的回报。

您可以使用Echo Dot控制智能家居产品吗？ (Can You Control Smarthome Products With The Echo Dot?)

Absolutely. Any smartphome product you can control via the Echo can be controlled just as seamlessly by the Echo Dot. Your Philips Hue smart bulbs? Not a problem. Smart thermostats? Those are easy too.

绝对。 您可以通过Echo控制的任何smartphome产品都可以由Echo Dot无缝控制。 您的Philips Hue智能灯泡？ 没问题。 智能恒温器？ 这些也很容易。

You can review the growing list of smarthome products supported by the Alexa ecosystem on this Amazon support page to see if your products are currently compatible.

您可以在此Amazon支持页面上查看Alexa生态系统支持的不断增长的智能家居产品列表，以查看您的产品当前是否兼容。

如果我有回声，是否应该得到回声点？ (If I Have The Echo, Should I Get The Echo Dot?)

We’re pretty impressed with the Echo Dot. So impressed, actually, that we’re pretty confident in suggesting that not only is the Echo Dot the best Echo product choice for everyone (even over the Echo itself) thanks to its works-with-any-speakers functionality, but that it’s a great addition for people who already own the Echo.

回音点给我们留下了深刻的印象。 令我们印象深刻的是，我们非常有信心地建议，由于Echo Dot可以与任何扬声器配合使用，因此它不仅是所有人(甚至是Echo本身)的最佳Echo产品选择，而且它是对于已经拥有Echo的人来说，这是一个很大的补充。

If you live in a studio apartment where every square inch of your living space is accessible to the Echo, then no, you probably don’t need an Echo Dot on top of your current Echo. If you’re living in roomier accommodations, however, it makes perfect sense to pick up an Echo Dot to extend the reach of Alexa in your home.

如果您住在一室公寓中，那么回声就可以进入您生活空间的每平方英寸，那么不行，您可能不需要在当前回声之上设置回声点。 但是，如果您住在更宽敞的住所中，那么选择Echo Dot来扩展Alexa在您家中的覆盖范围是很有意义的。

We’ll use our own home as an example. When we first got the Echo, we put it in the kitchen. It’s centrally located, it’s where most people are during the day, but in a way it felt kind of silly because both the living room and the den, right off the kitchen, have great speakers in them. Now, however, we can hook the Echo Dot up to the speakers downstairs and move the Echo upstairs where we actually need a high quality speaker. Your setup might be inverted from ours, but you get the idea: the Echo Dot is a fantastic way to extend the Alexa system in a way that is both way cheaper than buying an additional Echo and more versatile as you can pipe the audio output of the Echo Dot into any speaker system (wireless or otherwise) you want.

我们将以自己的房屋为例。 当我们第一次收到回声时，我们将其放入厨房。 它位于市中心，是大多数人白天去的地方，但是从某种意义上来说，这有点傻，因为起居室和厨房旁边的书房都装有出色的扬声器。 但是，现在，我们可以将Echo Dot挂在楼下的扬声器上，然后将Echo移到我们实际上需要高质量扬声器的位置。 您的设置可能与我们的设置相反，但是您明白了：Echo Dot是扩展Alexa系统的一种绝妙方式，其价格比购买额外的Echo更便宜，而且功能更强大，因为您可以通过管道传输音频输出。将Echo Dot插入所需的任何扬声器系统(无线或其他)。

The Echo was already a fantastic and popular product. We predict the addition of the Echo Dot will further endear the Echo line and Alexa to customers, and with little doubt as to why: it’s inexpensive, just as functional, and offers even better audio playback options than the original Echo.

回声已经是一个了不起的和流行的产品。 我们预计，添加Echo Dot将会进一步为客户吸引Echo系列和Alexa，并且毫无疑问会为什么：它价格便宜，功能相同，并且比原始Echo提供更好的音频播放选项。

翻译自: https://www.howtogeek.com/248590/whats-the-difference-between-the-amazon-echo-and-echo-dot/

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