I bought 6 of the 2nd generation Echo Dots as Christmas presents a year ago when they were on sale. They were universally well received. This year, I bought everyone an Echo compatible Wemo smartplug to go with last year's dot.
As I write this , I am listening to an audible book being played on my dot. I use it daily for news, weather/temperature and timers. I have used it to make purchases and my favorite function, turning on the lights. This has also been a big hit with the folks on the gift list.
I was tempted to try out a Google home mini. After reading the comments here and elsewhere I think I will wait. I am very happy with all the Echo products.
Can anyone with the latest update that included Live Focus tweaks confirm if it made much improvement? I'm still waiting on the update and currently find Live Focus pretty unreliable. It often doesn't even apply it (due to shooting conditions) or when it does the subjects edges are really blurred. Portrait Mode on the iPhones and Wide Aperture mode on my Huawei P10 had way better success rate for me.
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