Cracking Open Amazon’s Echo Auto
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We get right to what’s inside Amazon’s newest version of the Echo Auto in this episode of Cracking Open. This teardown of the 2019 Echo Auto contains much review of the device’s $50 price point, who the potential target audience for the device is, and why Amazon would even want to release Alexa devices for your car, beyond the existing Echo Show device slate.
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If not the Echo Auto…what would you guys want to see us crack open next? We’d love your thoughts on the show and what we can do more of! 🙂
My mom wants one
Hilarious watching you struggle with the opening.. 🤣 sorry!
I got one and done use it. Very underwhelming.
I’ve got one. Works well, don’t use it that often.
I love mine, my car doesn’t have Bluetooth or any type of Smart Auto system, but my house has a bunch of smart devices. I can adjust my thermostat or turn on lights on my way home from work without having to pull out my phone. And it streams audio from my phone without me having to have some type of Bluetooth dongle that I have to turn on every time I get in my car. It just turns on and connects when my car turns on.
7:23/7:24 … love that…😁👍
Please crack open Bose 700 headphones.
Boring
I got one. It will get software updates! Also you get it for $25 right now and the parts cost more the that.
It is nothing more than a glorified Bluetooth device for your phone.
It has absolutely no Alexa ability without a smartphone running the Alexa app.
Get the Alexa input and use the hotspot ability in your smartphone for a cheaper option.
Just want to understand: if my iPhone is using BT to connect with car for audio, what’s the wireless connection technology used for echo auto connect with Alexa app? RF? isn’t it just a expensive wireless microphone?
It’s best used in the car for hands free streaming. You don’t need to look and be distracted to change streaming. So it’s a safety feature. My use is 100% for streaming Sirius from my iPhone, you can voice commend changing stations. Siri can not. The big plus is voice commands for amazon music, Apple Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, Audible,. It makes Apple CarPlay obsolete.
I love it. BTW, it doesn’t use anymore cell data than your normal streaming.
WTF this video is about cracking open this thing, its 11 minutes long and this guy needs more than 8 minutes to finally open it a little bit… What a waste of time: 08:06
Damn stop talking so he can open the echo.
It’s cool cause you can ask it stupid random questions and use it to take down random audio notes, read your audio books, remote control your home stuff, etc
Could you at least have removed the shield to show what chips are used? The DAC would be of interest to many now that Amazon Music is “HD” quality.
Also, this is basically an Echo. So even if you find it of no use in the car, it could be useful plugged into an old portable speaker or stereo somewhere. It is the most discrete Echo in size. I could see mounting it under a cabinet in the kitchen or on an office desk, that sort of thing…
It works fine using an old phone charger. That is how I set mine up, with old charger and a portable speaker, rather than in a hot car.
well it’s very useful I mean you rather try to find you’re phone in you’re car while driving just to find a address or change music I mean this is really smart hands off type of technology . New cars have this technology but how much more useful is it than echo auto 💁♂️ I mean I been through alot of new 2020 vehicles most of them have weak software technology so stop hating lol 😅
Open the Amazon Echo Studio!
7:41 🤦🏻♂️
Cracking open Nintendo Switch
Mine doesn’t have screws (mod # BP39CN)
Have you ever thought to dissect a Comcast cable box and especially their newest remote. When I worked at Comcast, there was a rumor that the remote was always listening like and an Alexa or Google Home. When dissecting, concentrate on the mic button.
Some dismantle guy that doesn’t immediately check under rubber pads 1st you have there.….
Amatures. everyone knows to check the rubber feet for screws.…
Amazing how easily it came apart when you actually took the screws out.
La Cagaste a la Pobre al abrir
hahahah
I see a value on hardware… mobile mics are very limited when try to speak and say a command while we drive… even more if the AC is on, so the array of 8 mics makes a huge difference compared with a cellphone, also this type of hardware is an extension from an APP, like Spotify Car Thing that enhance the use of the app on a Car… nothing more, for the rest is the old same Alexa.