The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season

Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by woolvalley on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:14AM (#16013746)

I think a big reason why people chose the dot is the price. With a home mini you need to also buy a chromecast to use your speakers, while an echo dot has that aux out already.

Music is the universal killer app of these devices. My relative after talking to me basically chose the dot because of the above reason.

For myself, thats what I ended up using the dot for in my house. Music, weather, traffic & turning off some lights.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by ehsankia on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @03:33PM (#16017794)

"I think a big reason why people chose the dot is the price."

First off, while this may be true, we don't know yet. What this article says is that "Dot was the best selling product on Amazon". Google products aren't on amazon so it's not really a comparison. We'd have to get the numbers from Walmart and Target.

As for AUX out, while I agree it's a shame, I don't think it impacts as many people as you imply. Chromecast by itself is also amazing value and it brings even more value to the Home mini as you can easily send netflix, youtube and music to your TV (which is connected to your sound system).

While you can get away with the music, for the other actions, you would need a fire stick too.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by slantyyz on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @10:55AM (#16015438)

>> while an echo dot has that aux out already.

It can also stream to a bluetooth speaker.

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