Updated 1 Nov 2026
Is the Amazon Echo Studio (2025) worth it?
Yes — the best Alexa speaker for music and TV.
It fills a room with wide, open sound and plays Dolby Atmos music, it stays clean when you turn it up, and it can act as the speaker for a compatible Fire TV. It's also a smart home hub with temperature, light and presence sensing, and can extend an eero network. It's about 40% smaller than the old Echo Studio and has less deep bass than that model, voices sound a little less natural than on the Sonos Era 100, and there are no wired inputs at all.
Good to know
- No optical or aux input; it's Wi-Fi and Bluetooth only.
- Less deep bass than the bigger 2019 Echo Studio, though better balanced.
- The light ring sits on the front and is harder to see from across the room.
- Few owner reviews yet at the shops we read.
- Room-filling sound with Dolby Atmos
- Works as a Fire TV speaker
- Smart home hub and sensors
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Get it if…
- You use Alexa and want proper room-filling music.
- You have a Fire TV and want better sound from it.
- You want one device to run your smart home too.
Skip it if…
- You care most about natural voices and detail: the Sonos Era 100.
- You want to plug in a turntable or TV by wire.
More on the Echo Studio
How we reached this verdict
Tom's Guide gave it its Editor's Choice as the best speaker for an Amazon home cinema and smart home: strong bass for its size, Atmos and useful sensors, with vocals a step behind the Sonos Era 100. Expert Reviews calls it still a great speaker and the best Amazon speaker for filling a room, but with less bass than the old model and no physical connections. Engadget and Which? have reviewed it too. Only a handful of verified owners have reviewed it at the shops we read, so it has no owner score yet.
We compared independent expert reviews with the manufacturer's specifications, then checked it's sold at a major retailer where you live. We don't test products ourselves.
Sources: Tom's Guide, Expert Reviews, Engadget, Tom's Guide, What Hi-Fi?, manufacturer specifications.
Updated 1 Nov 2026How we decide