Amazon Tap

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 9 expert reviews

Excellent:

1
Good:

1
Average:

5
Bad:

2

8.8

User Score

Based on 9,973 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Same Alexa voice assistance features as the Echo
Better sound quality

Cons:

Average audio quality compared with dedicated Bluetooth speakers
Inconvenient push-to-talk

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Last revision on August 3, 2017

Reviewers Liked

Same Alexa voice assistance features as the Echo
Better sound quality

Reviewers Didn't Like

Average audio quality compared with dedicated Bluetooth speakers
Inconvenient push-to-talk

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Expert reviews and ratings

By Wired on November 07, 2016 70

Sunday morning, lying in bed after a wine-soaked Saturday in Monterey, I rolled over and did what I do most mornings (no, not that ): I asked Alexa the weather. Normally, my Amazon Echo chirps to life at the sound of its name and provides a quick...

By Tom's Guide on September 16, 2016 80

When the Echo Dot comes out Oct. 20, Amazon will have three devices that can respond to your voice commands: the original Echo , the Echo Dot and the Tap. So which Amazon device is right for you?On price alone, the $49 Echo Dot is the most...

By TechHive on August 23, 2016 50

Skip the Tap. Spend the extra money and buy the Echo, instead.

By TechRadar on July 02, 2016 70

Amazon Tap improves upon the Echo's legacy by adding dual stereo speakers and a battery pack … only to take two steps back by cutting out one of its predecessor's most important...

By PC Mag on April 07, 2016 70

The Amazon Tap is a fine portable wireless speaker, but it's difficult to recommend when there are better products with Alexa, like Amazon's Echo or Echo...

By The Verge on April 06, 2016 74

More times than not, the Verge score is based on the average of the subscores below. However, since this is a non-weighted average, we reserve the right to tweak the overall score if we feel it doesn't reflect our overall assessment and price of the...

By CNET Australia on April 02, 2016 70

The Amazon Tap is a competent mix of portable Bluetooth speaker and digital assistant. It's worth a look if you want Alexa on-the-go, but the Tap isn't the best Bluetooth speaker or the best Alexa-enabled device you can...

By Good Gear Guide on August 22, 2016

Amazon pitches the Tap as an “Alexa-enabled portable Bluetooth speaker;” in other words, a mobile Echo. It's not. Without hands-free access to Alexa, and with even more lackluster audio capabilities, the Tap is more of a digital curiosity than a virtual...

By Tom's Guide on May 04, 2016 60

The $129 Amazon Tap puts Alexa in a portable and attractive body that's $50 less than the wall-outlet-bound Amazon Echo. All those smarts come in pretty handy, but you have to tap the device every single time you want to use Alexa, which diminishes this...

By newatlas.com on April 29, 2016

After more than a year of flying under the radar by tech standards, Amazon's Alexa voice-controlled assistant platform is looking to become more mainstream, and one of its first moves to that end is to become more portable – with the new Amazon Tap ....

By Gizmodo on April 23, 2016

With the Alexa-enabled Echo Dot and Tap devices, Amazon explores how exactly its voice assistant might more conveniently fit into our lives. The $90 Dot is a hockey puck-sized version of the Echo (sans giant speaker), which needs outlet power and is...

By GottaBeMobile on April 11, 2016

The Amazon Tap works as well as the Amazon Echo. It also includes all the cool Alexa Voice Service Skills that the larger more expensive version has. At $129.99 it's still a little pricey.I still wish the Alexa app turned my phone into an Echo device....

By SlashGear on April 06, 2016

Amazon landed with a splash in the smart home space, the Echo smart speaker opening our eyes to the potential of voice control, and Alexa hasn't stopped accelerating since. Now Echo has a baby sibling, Amazon Tap, a Bluetooth speaker that allows you to...

By mashable.com on April 05, 2016

Amazon TapThe GoodCompact size • Comes with Alexa • Convenient wireless charging cradleThe BadAlexa isn't hands-free • Lower than average battery life • Average sound • Sling Covers cost extraThe Bottom LineAlexa's not the same when you need to...

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Amazon Tap

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