I don't like the echo
598206
Let me start off by saying I had gotten this with a discount for my review. I was excited by the attractiveness of it. It has a sleek design and it seems to be quite comfortable. However, there's a terrible echo and I don't like that at all. Not a feature I'm willing to live with. I have contacted the seller and they said they would exchange for me. Although they have been helpful and answered my questions but their response time is a little longer than I like.  I will update this when I get the new one.
635628
A disaster!  The Tap and the Alexa app are just getting worse and worse. I thought it's already bad enough that the sound quality totally doesn't worth the price. But I realize I was wrong. As the Alexa app keeping updating, the music begins to sound very choppy, sometimes even stop for more than two second and continue. That wasn't even streaming music but music I already downloaded. Here comes two most unexpected and unbelievably disappointing things. First, I couldn't connect Alexa to bluetooth now. Second, Alexa is replying me nonsense. When I ask Alexa to play a song, it told me a completely different thing. What a piece of trash! And I try to reach out to the constum service, well, there's no such a thing.
I wish I just purchase a normal, nice speaker then.
775805
Having a portable Echo speaker sounded like a great idea, but the Tap looses the feature that makes my original Echo amazing - Voice Activation.  I definitely missed this fact in my excitement to order the Tap when it was announced.

I understand that this was probably designed to use "tap" to activate as a way to save battery life, but it would have been great if the engineers had allowed voice activation when the unit was plugged in or on the dock.  I was hoping to use the Tap in the kitchen while docked and then simply grab it and take it to the back deck when I wanted to go outside.  By not having hands-free voice activation, the Tap doesn't become a replacement for my Echo I have in the kitchen.

Sound is good and having a speaker that is independent of a phone is great.  I just wish it had the voice-activation of it's big brother.
3210389
Maybe Im spoiled but these are not nearly as nice as my usual JayBirds. I hate the wing design because it takes a long time to position on the ears and, even more importantly, the sound buds simply float over your ear holes but aren't close enough to block out ambient sounds. Im in the gym now and I hate that Im hearing conversations and noise more than my music even in max volume.  They only sound good when you push them against your ears, and this is not a practical work-around. I also hate several other problems: you need to press way too long to advance to next song, there is no sound notification for when they are powered on or connected, and it is very hard to turn on because pressing the middle button once fast does nothing yet pressing too long goes into pairing mode. Overall the design is a disaster in my opinion. Tomorrow Ill go back to my JayBird X3.
4041950
I really enjoy the Echo. I have not used it to it's full capability, might not ever. I do like all the features. I use it more and more as time goes on.
2402315
trying to control this device with the Echo is impossible. getting it to pair up with my network is a painfully exhausting tortuous task. it only wants to be run by a smartphone which I don't intend to own. the dlink system is NOT worth all the aggravation it is putting me through ! ! !  I want to operate the dlink switch from my Kindle Fire HD or by way of Alexa. If you know how to help me out, PLEASE do it.
246352
Let me start by saying I have a regular Echo that works great. However, the Dot is not nearly as good. My huge complaint is that the Dot will not stay connected to the group that I set up on the Alexa app that plays music in multiple rooms. This is the ONLY reason I purchased the Dot. It drops from the group and has to be reset at least once a month. As a secondary comment, the speaker quality is sub-par to the original Echo.
781529
I wanted to like this, I really did. I love the Alexa and thought that this would be a great addition. I even gave it a couple days. The functions are great, but if you are an audiophile, this probably will not satisfy you either. So if you want convenience, this is great, if you want a quality sound, then look elsewhere. I hope they revamp this product!!! Concept is great!!!
1350615
I bought a Tap because I was so happy with the Echo as well as the Echo Dot.  Both of these work flawlessly in my home. The Tap...well this is a horse of a different color.  Let me explain to you what I mean.  I set up the Tap and it seemed to work fine; however, next time I tried to use it, it had disconnected from the Internet, and I had to reconnect it.  This seemed odd as this never happened with either the Echo or Echo Dot. This same behavior, however, continued.  Every time I tried to use the Tap, I had to reconnect it to my Wi-Fi.  This was extremely annoying as you can imagine if every time you tried to use any of your "smart" electronic devices, you had to reconnect it to your Wi-Fi.  So I called Amazon (boy, what a headache just to find out how even to reach their Tap support) and explained this odd behavior to one of Amazon's tech support people.  She told me the problem was that the Tap, unlike the Echo, was only designed for a single band Wi-Fi so unless I split my Wi-Fi router's 2.4 and 5 GHz bands and gave them each a different password and then connect the Tap only to the 2.4 GHz band, the Tap will always disconnect from the 2.4 GHz band!  I thought that this tech support person was pulling my leg, as I must have 25 or 30 "smart" devices in my home--from a Roku, to Kindles, to IPads, IPhones, Fires, TVs, blu-ray players, etc. connected to my Apple Airport Extreme and not one of them exhibits this wonky behavior. So I asked to speak to a supervisor--and the Tap tech support supervisor confirmed her statement!  I could not run the Tap on a double band router without having to  reconnect it to my Wi-Fi with each use as it would be "confused" by receiving the double band router signal!  Honestly, I am NOT an electronics expert by any measure, but it makes no sense as to why something designed only for a 2;4 GHz signal would disconnect from it and then try unsuccessfully to connect to a 5 GHz signal to which it is not even designed to connect, so it anyone out there can explain this, please do so. But that is the story Amazon is sticking to: either I buy a single band router, or split my double band router into two signals--each with separate password, or return the Tap--which is what I am doing.  I must add that the supervisor could not have been nicer in offering full a full refund for the Tap--including $20 for the third party cover I purchased through Amazon for the Tap. So, I would give Amazon 5 stars for that if I could. But this is a product review, and if what Amazon's Tap support is telling me is true, I would give the Tap ZERO stars if I could.  What....Amazon does not realize that people have dual band routers and that I, like am sure many dual band router owners, don't split their router signals and give separate password to each band?  I still do not understand why I cannot run the Tap with my Apple Airport Extreme router, but this--folks--is the story of my experience with Amazon's Tap. I originally just felt I received a defective Tap, despite what I am being told by Amazon's Tap support. The Echo and Echo Dot---love them,,,,however, the Tap...well for me it was just one big headache and if what Amazon's support says is true, they should go back to the drawing board with this turkey!!!  Amazon should rename the Tap the Dud!
3813647
I have an echo dot so I thought the sound quality on the tap would be much better but I don't think it is.  I also don't like that you can't change the wake word on this device. Everything else works just fine.
4014265
Works very well. But whenever I used it, my wife complained about my taking the Echo away. So I won't be using it now, as I bought the Echo Dot to use at work, and leaving the Echo at home.
1639260
OK but had to send back a OtterBox because of the terrible echo when using  speakerphone
4246669
I can echo comments left by many other users. The volume level goes in an out when I'm talking, I use this device on a daily basis and hear the same complains from clients/co-workers.

UPDATE: Voice cuts in/out so much that I can no longer use it. Device is pretty much worthless at this point.
3445430
Fit well, audio was decent, but the echo was just terrible. Made the headset basically unusable as every sound that went through my headset would go back through my mic. the mute option, instead of simply muting my mic, would instead redirect all audio from my headphones through my mic. I have a new mic now, the logitech G430 DTS and it works MUCH better.
3028349
I have an Echo and LOVE it! I bought the Tap because I wanted a wireless option for our balcony. Pros: wireless, smaller in size, good battery life. Cons: the bass isn't great, the voice recognition isn't nearly as good as my Echo, and it gives a LOUD warning when the battery is dying (super awesome when it happens at 4am).
3310449
Om Gosh! No good service, it picks up every sound and echos, irritates the listener. i use it for regular phone calls, I do not think its for phone purpose? Listening to music and other media is better.
3815387
Sound is good for the price, I don't like the voice ( you are pairing)
 or Enjoyed it, I don't like the sound when, I turn up or down  the volume.