The smart speaker can do more than just playing music these days. Many speaker models become smarter. A good smart speaker can bring you searches and connections activated with voice and connections to all your devices. Some smart speakers do a better job than others when it comes to understanding your voice commands – whether you are talking from a noisy kitchen or whispers from your bed.
We have tested the most popular smart speakers like Echo, Nest, HomePod and Sonos Era Working on Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa or through Apple's ecosystem. Here are our favorites.
Who is the best smart speaker?
Amazon Echo's speakers are among the most affordable and easy to set up smart speakers there. That's why the Fourth General Amazon Echo is our choice for a top smart speaker in general. It will probably best meet the needs of most households. Although it is a few years old, the device has improved sound quality compared to the previous generation is compatible with an assortment of smart devices and refers to a relatively affordable price of $ 100 (although it can often be for sale for $ 80 or less).
Fourth -generation echo may not be the best choice for your special home. Almost Every smart speaker Allows you to control the lights, play music, ask questions, ask reminders and much more with simple speech commands. The decision can simply be lowered to which mark you have already invested. If you have an affinity for a particular company products, whether you are dedicated to Amazon, Apple or Google, the choice of speaker is easy.
For neutral people on the platform (or those looking to shift things), our top-notch elections from fourth general Amazon Echo are the second General Google Nest Mini, Amazon Echo Dot (5th General), Apple Homepod Mini and the new era of Draw 100. Discover why below.
The best smart speakers of 2025
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We give the smart Home Edge in the best category of Amazon's smart speakers, thanks to Alexa and $ 100, fourth generation Amazon Echo.
The latest echo (not to interfere with The fifth general echo point or Echo pop) combines Alexa's usual smartphones with a speaker that sounds great and has built -in radio zigbe. It is a nice inclusion that will allow you to connect Zigbee lights, locks, sensors and other devices with your installation without the need for a special center center.
Echo is even useful while you are far away, as Alexa can send signals if the microphones of your smart speaker reveal the sound of glass breaking or smoke alarm.
What helps the first place in the first place is its sound quality: this speaker offers a loud, room to fill in a room with a lot of clarity and bass control. While there are even more sound speakers, such as “Sonos Era 100” and the Echo studio, it can neither beat the price of echo.
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If you are on the market for a budget smart speaker, they do not come more covered by the features of Amazon Echo Dot (5th General). It offers a wealth of opportunities, including a temperature sensor, Eero Mesh Extender and the opportunity to touch it as an alarm clock.
The echo -stand (5th general) also sounds better than other speakers at a price, including Echo Pop and Google Nest Mini, with very loud clarity and decent weight of the bass. Its microphones are sensitive enough to hear you from the whole room, even with another speaker.
While Google's MINI nest is a little more sophisticated than its answers, Amazon Echo Dot is better in every other view and is the best smart speaker for less than $ 50.
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Google did an admirable job to deal with Amazon in the smart speaker race. At this point, the choice between smart speaker devices at the lowest price of both companies is reduced to separation of hair.
Google's assistant now has almost as many opportunities as Alexa, making MINI $ 50 Google Nest is a solid alternative to Amazon Echo Dot if Google Assistant is your choice. Plus, After our tests, Google's assistant is slightly smarter than Alexa.
It appears more flexible on voice commands if you can't remember the exact name of your smart home devices, and the grouped Google commands, called routines, work with more types of smart devices than similar Amazon routines.
Google's assistant can recognize more votes, so give you and your spouse different answers if everyone will ask about your calendars, (although Alexa can do this now, too).
Overall, Google still has the intelligence edge, and Google Nest Mini is a great, low way to use those smartphones.
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Apple's little smart speaker, Siri-Alliabled Moand Stround Gap between its competitors at $ 100 like Google Google Nest audio and Amazon Echoand cheaper speakers coming in small packs like nest mini and Echo point.
Features like Intercom, Audio Handof and Stereo Pairing make this little smart speaker pretty practical. It looks good and sounds great.
When it comes to the smart home, Siri and HomePod Mini are limited to devices that work with Apple's smart platform, Homekit.
Fewer HomeKit compatible devices are available than devices running with Alexa or Google Assistant.
If you want Apple (and if Siri is your smart assistant of choice), or if Homekit is your preferred smart platform for home, you will love Apple's smart speaker.
For those who already use iPhone, Apple TV or Original Homepod, adding this smart speaker to the collection makes sense.
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Will be a difficult thing in replacing Dream oneBut the company managed not only to make the age of 100 sound better, but also to give it a little more functionality.
Besides Apple Airplay 2 And the Sonoso multi -storey system, Era 100 now has Bluetooth, and this carries this in accordance with the roam and move portable speakers.
The only disadvantage of ERA 100 is that the speaker no longer offers a choice between Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. While adding a nest mini may seem to beat the purpose of the speaker like this one, it should solve this problem for people in the Google's ecosystem. The problem is, reportedly, by changing Google's rules, so there may be hope that the assistant can be added in the future.
In any case, Era 100 sounds great, and Alexa fans should especially love it.
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Smart speakers above are our current favorites, but you still have many other options if you are looking for something specific in audio performance. Read our review of Alexa versus Google Assistant vs. Siri If you want to learn the pros and cons of everyone and decide on a smart home device based on its platform.
In the past year or the like, we have seen some new smart speakers (namely Apple Homepod, Amazon Echo Popthe era of a dream 100 and ERA 300)But most of the models there are available much longer. ERA 100 is a selection of these new speakers, and although the $ 40 pop is interesting in its own way, Item (Fifth General) Offers more features for just $ 10 more.
If you like the idea of ready to listen to technology but want something more visual, check out our list of Best smart shows. Smart displays essentially combine a smart speaker with the touch screen so you can watch videos on YouTube, make video calls, Scroll through pictures and control your Smart home Touch gadgets. Amazon and Google have several options worth considering in the category.
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Find out which platform or features you want, and you should be able to quickly reduce your options and find the best smart speaker for you and your family.
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