Gadgetory

this is the Amazon tap it has all of the same powers as its big sister the Amazon echo but it's smaller cheaper and battery power the tap is a hundred and thirty dollars so the echo is 180 just like with the echo you can use the tap as a Bluetooth speaker a Wi-Fi streamer it can be a personal assistant a smart home control hub before you can just use it for fun big difference between the echo and the tap is that this guy's battery-powered so because you don't need to keep it plugged in can you take it with you so we can keep your company when you're working in the garage doing dishes in the kitchen or even playing fetch with pepper in the park the catch is without Wi-Fi it's pretty much just a Bluetooth speaker you won't even have voice controls without a connection but it does work with mobile hotspots if you want to use your phone to keep it in it and the trailer for the battery-powered tap is that it's not always listening like the echo anytime you want to talk to it you have to hit this button even when it's not it's a charging station it still sometimes find myself calling this thing Alexa which is the echos wake word even though this one doesn't have one on its own you hit a button you don't need a wake work so it's less useful as a smart home hub since it's not always listening and you need to keep it with as a compact bluetooth speaker in its own right it's pretty good it's just not great you're gonna hear voices clearly which is nice but the base is a little bit thin and it's gonna distort at high values so the tap can do a whole lot so if you want the power of echo the power of Alexa and you really value portability or you just want a blue to speaker that can do a lot more it's certainly worth a look that said it's also a master of none so if you want a device that really specializes in one of those talents you'll want to look out