Echo Dot (4th Gen) with clock

Alexa is happyto help Make your life easier at home. Set timers, ask questions, add items to lists, and create calendar events and reminders. Check the traffic and weather, or play the news. Access tens of thousands of Alexa skills, like Headspace or Sleep Sounds. And do it all with just your voice. Learn more about Alexa Productivity here. Voice control your home Manage compatible smart home devices using your voice. Switch on the lamp before getting out of bed, dim the lights from the couch to watch a movie, or turn up the thermostat as you head out. Learn more about Alexa Smart Home here. Alexa Guard can help you keep your home safe Set up Guard for free in the Alexa app to get mobile alerts if your Echo device detects the sound of a smoke alarm or glass breaking while you’re away. And subscribe to Guard Plus for even more help protecting your home, like an Emergency Helpline you can call with just your voice and more. Learn more about Guard and Guard Plus. Stay connected and in sync Instantly drop in on other rooms in your home or make an announcement to every room that has a compatible Echo device. Let everyone know dinner is ready, or remind the kids that it’s bedtime. You can also stay in touch with friends and family with hands-free calling. Learn more about staying connected with Alexa Alexa for kidsand family Alexa can help kids learn and grow—while having fun along the way. And with free parental controls from Amazon Kids, Alexa will automatically give kid-friendly responses, filter explicit songs and block shopping. Children’s privacy is important to us. Discover how kids can use Alexa, watch helpful how-to videos, get answers to FAQs, and more. Haven’t tried Amazon Kids+? Click here to start your 1-month free trial. Amazon Kids+ is an all-in-one subscription that unlocks thousands of hours of kid-friendly videos, interactive games, educational skills, and Audible books starting at $4.99/month. Designed to protect your privacy Alexa and Echo devices are built with multiple layers of privacy protection. Echo smart speakers have a microphone off button that electronically disconnects the microphones. You also have control over your voice recordings and can view, hear, or delete them at any time. Alexa uses ultrasound motion detection with select features, such as Occupancy Routines. Ultrasound does not emit on your device unless a feature is enabled that uses motion detection to properly function. You can turn motion detection off at any time. Learn more about motion detection. 1.  Plug in Echo Dot. 2.  Connect to the internet with the Alexa app. 3.  Ask Alexa for music, weather, news, and more. Every day is an earth day You don't have to be an environmental scientist to make sustainable choices. We considered sustainability in the design of this device. Here's how: Materials 50% post-consumer recycled plastics100% post-consumer recycled fabric100% recycled die-cast aluminumDevice, cable and adapter included Clean Energy Amazon is building new wind and solar farms to produce clean energy equivalent to the electricity used by this device. Low Power Mode To reduce its energy consumption, this device will enter Low Power Mode when it is idle. Low Power Mode is not available for certain user configurations. To learn more, see Low Power Mode Restrictions. Energy Dashboard Understand the energy usage of select Echo and Alexa-connected devices with the energy dashboard in the Alexa app. Learn more here. Device Packaging 98% of this device’s packaging is made of wood fiber-based materials from responsibly managed forests or recycled sources.