The New Amazon Echo is currently one of the best selling hands-free speakers on the market right now. It also boats some hefty positive reviews, averaging about 4.4 out of 5 stars out of over 37,000 reviews over at its Amazon.com product page.

Now, lets dig more into exactly what the Amazon Echo is and what it does. It’s a hands-free speaker that you can actually control with your voice. It connects to the Alexa Voice Service to play music, provide information, news, sports scores, weather, and more, instantly. All you have to do is just ask the damn thing and it’ll freaking do it. Amazing!

The Echo features seven microphones and beam forming technology, which allows it to hear you from across the room, even while music is playing. It has an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with 360° of immersive, omni-directional sound. When you want to use Echo, just say the wake word “Alexa” and Echo will respond right away.

If you have more than one Echo, you can set a different wake word for each. you can pick “Amazon”, “Alexa” or “Echo” as the wake word. It Plays all your music from Prime Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, and more. It answers questions, reads audiobooks and the news, reports traffic and weather, gives info on local businesses, provides sports scores and schedules, and more.

Here’s another kicker. It also has the ability to control lights, switches, and thermostats with compatible WeMo, Philips Hue, Samsung SmartThings, Wink, Insteon, Nest, and ecobee smart home devices. Lastly, it always gets smarter, adding new features and skills. It’s already added over 900 since its launch, including Domino’s and Uber!

Here are a few technical specifications for the Echo unit:

Size: 9.25″ x 3.27″ x 3.27″ (235 mm x 83.5 mm x 83.5 mm)

Weight: 37.5 oz. (1064 grams)

Wi-Fi Connectivity: Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO) for faster streaming and fewer dropped connections than standard Wi-Fi. Supports 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks.

Bluetooth Connectivity: Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Amazon Echo and Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices.

Audio: 2.5 inch woofer and 2.0 inch tweeter

System Requirements: Amazon Echo comes ready to connect to your home Wi-Fi. The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices and also accessible via your web browser.

Warranty and Service: It comes with a 1-year limited warranty and service included. Optional 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year extended warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately.

Here’s what you’ll get in the box: The Amazon Echo, a power adapter/cable (6 ft.), and a quick start guide.

Again, this super speaker appears to have a lot of credibility behind it with over 37,000 mostly positive customer reviews and over 1000 answered questions at Amazon.

If you want to know more about this awesome speaker, you can view all those reviews, answered questions and the pricing at Amazon by Clicking Here.