August WiFi Smart Bluetooth Speaker WS435 Venus - Amazon Alexa Voice Service Enabled, 15W Output Power with Enhanced Bass - Black

Don't buy for the full gamut of features as found on the Echo or an official Amazon Alexa device - saying "Alexa, listen to LBC" produces a deafening ... silence.

This product is amazing and I give it a top rating! I purchased it after reading reviews about speakers with the Alexa function. Not only does this product look very sleek, but the sound quality is perfect and the product itself is affordable and very easy to use. The function of Alexa makes daily tasks of life much easier, such as shopping. I can just speak to the speaker and it creates a shopping list for me! It’s perfect and I would definately recommend this to anyone who loves great sounding music and is looking for an affordable portable device. I am looking forward to using this product in the summer in the park.

So far not so good, I have an excellent and strong Wi-Fi network but your speaker keeps dropping the signal and I have to keep reloading it from my IPad App and that is not a good situation. When it is working it is very good with a strong sound, as for Bluetooth I have not been able to connect to my Alexa Echo Show yet, only with the Wi-Fi but as I said when Iswitch it off I have to go through the whole loading procedure again.Also the batterie does not last as long as the instructions says it should.Can I use the speaker while the battery is charging and connected to the mains via the charging cable ?

Amazing battery life and near instant connection whether its bluetooth or over WiFi. Alexa function extremely useful and accurate. Not had any disconnecting issues as stated in another review. Using it as a cheaper, better quality version of the Sonos.

What I like about this speaker is it's looks and Alexia capabilities, unfortunately, this is where the attraction ends. As a speaker, it's mediocre at best, for the price you're better off paying for an Echo! The sound quality is better and you'll get full Alexia compatibility. The only advantage of this is portability, It's built in battery life seems to be acceptable but it does switch itself off after 30 mins of inactivity, sadly this was still the case when plugged into the mains. It's annoying to have to keep turning it on, which means it has to look for and reconnect to the WiFi every time you want to ask Alexa a question! The connection process takes about 40 seconds, in which time I could have walked downstairs and asked the Dot! Above all, this is labelled as a speaker and it's just not up to the job, there is just no real bass tones. I like turning on my other wireless speaker and seeing peoples reaction to just how good it sounds, you will have no such reaction from this one for more than double the price! It's such a shame as it promised so much but just didn't deliver.

Neat little speaker, it does everything I need it to do. I like it's small footprint, great for small cluttered spaces.

an AMAZING alternative to Amazon's Alexa. Battery life is brilliant and the voice recognition in the device is superb. Quality product.

Great item works as it should