Amazon Echo vs. Amazon Tap vs. Echo Dot

Amazon has a lineup of three cylindrical, WiFi-connected devices:  Amazon Echo, Amazon Tap and Echo Dot. When these three devices are next to each other, they could be categorized as small (Echo Dot), medium (Amazon Tap) and large (Amazon Echo), based on their heights. However, the differences among these three devices aren’t limited to height; each device is designed for specific environment – Echo for your home/kitchen, Tap for “on-the-go” uses, and, Dot as an enhancement to your current audio setup.
Amazon released Amazon Echo in 2014 as a cylinder-shaped hands-free speaker that you can control with your voice. It has been a huge success. The new devices, Echo Dot and Amazon Tap, offer slightly different features in Amazon’s effort to reach even more customers.
Amazon’s Echo Dot is essentially the same as Amazon Echo, except that Dot lacks Echo’s full size speaker. Dot can connect to external speakers over Bluetooth or with the included audio cable. Dot also has a small built-in speaker.
Amazon Tap is Amazon’s effort to make Echo portable. Tap is wireless, more portable and more affordable version of Echo.
As you can see Amazon released Dot and Tap to reach audience that was not catered by Echo before. We dive into further details and differences among each of these devices in the reviews here.