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title: "Is it worth buying Amazon Echo 2nd generation?"  
description: "Is it worth buying Amazon Echo 2nd generation?"  
author: "Ronan Jone"  
published: 2018-02-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/35679/is-it-worth-buying-amazon-echo-2nd-generation  
category: "gadgets"  
tags: ["gadgets"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Is it worth buying Amazon Echo 2nd generation?

Is it [worth buying](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34774/is-it-worth-buying-vivo-x) Amazon [Echo](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23392/be-a-21st-century-shopper-and-use-your-amazon-echo-for-holiday-shopping) 2nd [generation](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/300788/why-is-heart-attack-increasing-in-the-younger-generation)?\

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Since the launch of** [**Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant**](https://www.mindstick.com/Articles/12761/amazon-alexa) **it has been amazing technology** which have revived the way we use to think about a particular **[voice recognition virtual assistant](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32222/list-and-explain-the-virtual-assistant-present-in-the-latest-technologies)** as it is **capable of invading smart home appliances like turning on lights adding things to shopping lists, ordering things from Amazon, and playing music for millions of people.**

![Is it worth buying Amazon Echo 2nd generation?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/96fc609b-792c-4a8b-b64e-9cdbd4b3d8e1/images/82fff61b-d4c4-49b6-9810-951fd5a3332d.png)**\**

So just like the previous Amazon echo this amazon **echo 2nd generation offers you voice interaction, playback songs, creating a to-do list, setting up alarms, setting up reminders, playing audiobooks and providing weather, traffic, and other real-time information.**

However, there are some upgrades to in **the Amazon echo 2nd generation as the hardware has got some upgrades and the Amazon has also introduced the all-new noise cancellation feature** which has enhanced the speech recognition and it also has t**he 2.5-inch downward-firing woofer, and Dolby processing to boot**. The external body is also redesigned in **fabric kind of material which is giving it an edgy look.**

## So, yeah it’s totally worth it to buy the Amazon Echo 2nd generation


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