Features:

  • Official remote for Echo (1st and 2nd generation), Echo Dot (1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation), Echo Plus (1st and 2nd generation), Echo Show (1st and 2nd generation) and Echo Spot.
  • Connects to Echo products via Bluetooth
  • Includes an integrated microphone for when you are too far away or it's too noisy for Echo to hear you
  • Dedicated buttons for volume up, volume down, play/pause, previous, and next
  • Remote works with one Echo at a time
Awesome - served my purpose.

So far, this is doing what I wanted it to. I purchased it for having Alex hear me from my bedroom and my dining room. At times when I am playing music louder or just wanting her to do a command, I have to repeat myself louder. I usually keep the remote in the bedroom to give her commands but I will move it when I have company and am sitting down to eat or with guests in living room. I can practically whisper the command using the remote whereas without it, I have to shout the command out to the other room. Also, did not find opening the back to insert batteries that difficult. Did take a few tries to pair it. I ended up replacing the batteries that were sent with Duracell

... many reviews unless the product in question is extremely bad or extraordinarily good

I don't write many reviews unless the product in question is extremely bad or extraordinarily good. In this case I am happy to say this was the later. If you enjoy playing with you echo dot, But find yourself screaming to get alexa to stop, you will love this remote. If you hooked your echo dot to a big home stereo and use it like a voice activated jukebox (only way better!!!) you will love this remote. The range is awesome it goes through all the walls in my house. I can turn off the lights in my bedroom by voice even though the echo dot is in the front room. You just have to remember that when you use the remote you do not have to say the "trigger" Alexa just push the button with the microphone icon on it hold it down for a second so that it has time to trigger the dot, and say Play Led Zepplin stairway to heaven or whatever you desire to do. Or whatever wifi things you have configured for your echo. I have tplink lights in several rooms so I can just say "my bedroom off" or "my bedroom on" etc. Plus the remote has a pause fast forward play and rewind on it so if you are playing your song library you can just hit pause or go to the next song with it or hit the mic button and say next. I think the negative reviews I have read in the past were because people did not understand how it works

REMOTE STOPPED WORKING FOR ALEXA?

If you are like me, you probably pre-ordered Alexa Echo and remote so you would be among the first to receive it! And, if you WERE one of us, then you may not have gotten the email saying you had to UPDATE the software if you want your remote to continue working. I didn't get the memo. Tried everything under the sun and finally just ordered another remote. When I paired the new remote I noticed the procedure different. And, upon completion of the pairing (everything worked great) I thought to myself... I wonder if I delete the old remote if this will work for one of my Dots? It did, but upon pairing, Alexa said the software was out-of-date and required updating and the remote would not work until it was finished updating. Of course she was right. SO... UPDATE BEFORE ORDERING A NEW REMOTE lol

Although they never feature it in commercials, I find it indispensable

If you've got an Echo, don't sleep on the remote. Although they never feature it in commercials, I find it indispensable. Echo beats Google Home in several ways, and the remote is at the top of the list. GH doesn't have one. When Amazon boasts that even when you got music cranked to 11 Alexa will hear you, well, that's wishful thinking at best. With the remote, no problem. There are also times when you want to tell Alexa to do something on the down-low. You can literally whisper into the remote and Alexa will respond. Pretty amazing.

Now you can whisper to your echo. And you don't need to keep saying Alexa or Echo all day! It is NOT a Fire stick TV remote!

After reading so many negative reviews I thought I would add my two cents. People are expecting this little remote to control their Fire Sticks. THIS IS NOT AN AMAZON FIRE STICK TV REMOTE! PLEASE DONT EXPECT THIS REMOTE TO CONTROL YOUR AMAZON FIRE STICK! It was made SOLEY for use with Amazon Echo.. the Amazon “personal assistant use AI! I couldn't live without this. I don't want to be screaming at my Echo all the time. This little remote works great and all I have to do is whisper my request and the Echo does my bidding. The up and down volume buttons are the best. Who wants to keep directing Alexa to "turn it up or turn it down "all day. The only problem is the new remotes no longer come with the magnetic remote holder.

Stop hollering at your Amazon Echo device!

The Amazon Echo devices are awesome. They can do a plethora of things. Playing music, reading books, playing games, and more besides. When playing music, there comes a time when you want to skip a song, or stop playback altogether. If you have the Amazon Echo device alone, and your music is playing loud and clear, you virtually need to holler "Alexa, next song" or "Alexa, Stop" to be heard. That is where this little beauty known as the Alexa Voice Remote becomes a necessity. Simply put, the Alexa Voice Remote for Amazon Echo and Echo Dot stops you from hollering at your Amazon Echo device. Simply hold down the microphone button on this remote to control your Amazon Echo device. The play/pause button, combined with the left and right track buttons, are used for playing music on your Echo device. The plus and minus buttons are your volume up and volume down controls. Powered by two triple A batteries, this remote is the Amazon Echo equivalent of a Star Wars lightsaber. This remote goes perfectly with your Amazon Echo device like pepper and salt, peas and carrots, peanut butter and jelly, even love and marriage. In short, you can't, and shouldn't, have one without the other.

Great range, very handy, wish it had a home base mount still

As other reviewers I wish that the remote still came with the handy magnetic base like the first ones did. It does, at least, come with the battery still. Because I know the remote will disappear to a never been seen again realm without a home I have decided to swallow my irritation it doesn't come with a dock and buy one to use with it. From my research it looks like this is the best bet - TotalMount Fire TV Remote Holder. The Fire TV remote appears to be the exact dimensions of the Echo remote, so I'm hopeful this will be a great solution even though it irks me to spend another $10 on a solution for something that used to be included! **Update: I ordered the TotalMount Fire TV Remote holder and it works great with Echo Remote.** We have a few Alexa units in the house and aside from the original one that came with a remote I haven't felt the need to buy another remote. Unless you blast your music it is normally fairly simple to engage with Alexa (at least how we have our rooms setup) even without the remote. However, my 3 and 4 year old have recently become quite the Alexa fanboys - checking the time, asking for jokes, listening to their playlists we've set up.... one of them can articulate clearly and Alexa responds, and the other can not. Before frustration got to a crazy level I decided a remote for the unit they normally talk to was the key. They (and I) love that you don't have to say Alexa *just* right to get a response with the remote. You simply hold down the microphone button and start talking (no wake word needed). Happy campers now. The range is great, the Alexa unit connected with this remote is in the middle of the house upstairs and no problems with using the remote anywhere upstairs (about 2000 square), as well as from two floors down in the crawl space - tested simply to see if it would work, and it did! We use Alexa on a daily basis and the remote is a great tool to go with it.

USES BATTERY POWER WHEN NOT IN USE.

Before You Give Up On the Remote, Check the Batteries. Unlike Most Remotes, It Drains Juice When Not In Use. According to My DC Current Meter: ~7ma at All Times and ~39ma When Transmitting. Installed the Amazon AAA's that Came With the Remote on Feb 08,2018. They Died Today, July 15 2018, Almost Completely Drained (<20% left) = 5 Months With Modest Use (4-5 Times per Day). Just Installed Rechargeables & They Work OK. I'll Report Back Later To Report On How Long They Lasted. Update: Rechargeables Lasted 2 Months Until September 20 2018 Aside from This Fact, It's A Great Remote for This Purpose.

It's a handy little device.

It works great. I can be in the bedroom..........30 feet away from Echo and tell it to shut off the alarm without screaming throughout the house or what the weather is outside before I decide whether I want to get up or roll over and tell Alexa to reset my alarm LOL

Perfect accesory for your Alexa-enabled home

My home has Alexa devices all over, yet still with noise like music playing or the occasional times Alexa doesn't respond to voice commands accurately, this remote is very helpful. My favorite use so far has been to quickly disable my alarm in the morning, where before I had to almost shout at Akexa to hear me say "stop". A few drawbacks, though not big issues at all, is firstly the remote is pretty much identical to the Firestick remote. I woukd have liked Amazon to give this remote a slightly more unique design to differentiate the two. Second, you can only pair this remote with one Echo unit at a time for proper function, which isn't helpful if you're traveling from room to room and need the assistance of the remote. Swapping what Echo the remote is paired with is a simple click in your Alexa app, but as my father likes to remind me, "in my day, when we wanted to turn on the light we flipped a switch", which he essentially means we do add alot of extra work to operate a smart home. All in all, I am satisfied with this purchase and is a useful accessory for my smart home needs.

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