Amazon has expanded its Echo smart speaker lineup in India with the launch of the Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio. The new models add upgraded audio hardware, smart home hub functionality, and support for additional connectivity standards and home theater features.
Echo Dot Max
The Echo Dot Max is Amazon’s latest Echo Dot speaker and features a redesigned two-way speaker system with a high-excursion woofer for deeper bass and a custom tweeter for clearer high-frequency audio.
Amazon says the speaker delivers nearly 3x the bass of the Echo Dot (5th Gen). The redesigned internal architecture also provides double the air space compared to the previous generation, helping improve bass performance and efficiency.
The speaker is designed to automatically adapt audio output based on room acoustics. It is also the first Echo Dot model to include a built-in smart home hub.
Quick Specs
- Room-filling rich sound
- 1x 0.8-inch tweeter
- 1x 2.5-inch woofer
- Lossless High Definition audio
- Automatic Room Adaptation
- 4-microphone array
- Audio bandwidth: 53 Hz – 16 kHz (volume 6)
- AZ3 chipset
- Built-in smart home hub
- Omnisense support
- Alexa built-in
- Dimensions: 108.7mm × 108.6mm × 99.2mm
- 1×1 Wi-Fi 6E 11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3
Echo Studio
The Echo Studio supports room-adapting spatial audio and Dolby Atmos. It combines a high-excursion woofer with three optimally placed full-range drivers to create wide audio output with added clarity and depth. Amazon has also introduced a compact spherical design with a 3D knit fabric finish designed to maintain acoustic transparency.
Quick specs
- Amazon Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos
- 1x 3.75-inch high-excursion woofer
- 3x full-range drivers
- Distortion reduction support
- Lossless High Definition audio
- Automatic Room Adaptation
- 4-microphone array
- Audio bandwidth: 30 Hz – 18 kHz (volume 6)
- AZ3 Pro chipset
- Built-in smart home hub
- Omnisense support
- Alexa built-in
- Dimensions: 155mm × 142.2mm × 147.3mm
- 1×1 Wi-Fi 6E 11a/b/g/n/ac/ax
- Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3
Shared features
Both the Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio come with Alexa built in and support voice commands for tasks such as playing music, podcasts, and audiobooks, controlling compatible smart home devices, setting timers and alarms, checking the weather, and creating shopping lists. The speakers also support streaming services including Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, JioSaavn, and Audible.
- Omnisense ambient AI technology for automated smart home experiences
- Presence, motion, and temperature detection for automated routines
- Audio sensing, ultrasound, Wi-Fi radar, and accelerometer-based smart sensing
- Smart home control support for lights, ACs, fans, plugs, and other Alexa-compatible devices
- Built-in support for Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread, Matter, and Bluetooth
- AZ3 chip on Echo Dot Max and AZ3 Pro chip on Echo Studio
- Nearly 50 percent improvement in Alexa wake-word detection
- Improved conversation detection capabilities
Amazon says users can also pair up to five Echo devices with compatible Fire TV sticks for Alexa Home Theater experiences. Both speakers include privacy controls such as a microphone off button and voice recording management through the Alexa app. The devices are also designed to support Alexa+, Amazon’s generative AI-powered assistant, once available in India.
Pricing and availability
Both smart speakers are available through Amazon.in and Flipkart at the following prices:
- Echo Dot Max: Rs. 10,999 (Graphite, Amethyst, and Glacier White)
- Echo Studio: Rs. 23,999 (Graphite and Glacier White)
Prime members can also receive 5% cashback using the Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card, along with free and fast delivery across India.
Speaking on the launch, Malvika Jethwani, Echo and Smart Home Country Lead, Amazon India, said:
With Echo Dot Max and Echo Studio, we’re delivering premium audio experiences that raise the standard for smart speakers. Echo Dot Max delivers improved bass through a redesigned audio architecture, while Echo Studio offers spatial audio with Dolby Atmos, with Alexa built into both. But we also know that smart speakers today go far beyond audio—our customers use them as their smart home control centre, daily assistant, and family companion.
Both these devices feature Omnisense, our custom sensor platform that senses presence in the room, detects motion, and reads temperature, so the smart home responds proactively. We look forward to customers in India experiencing these new devices that combine premium audio, intelligent automation, and Alexa in a single device.