• Reviews around background noise (2.67 of 5)

    Eufy Genie Wi-Fi Smart Speaker with Amazon Alexa, Voice Control and Hands-Free Use, Stream Online Music (Amazon Music, Pandora, Sirius XM), Smart Home Control, AirPlay Compatible, AUX Output, Black

    • Picks up most commands, but has a little issue when music is playing or there is other background noise
    • I have checked the Genie vs Google Mini from all over my apartment and with background noise
    • My only complaint is that the device has a little more difficulty picking up voice commands and distinguishing what you say from background noises
    • Can't handle background noise at all
    • The first issue I have is that the microphone doesn't pick up my voice as well when there is background noise or the Genie is playing audio
    • Who at Anker/Eufy thought it was a good idea not to implement the same ability to change the wake word that real Echos have?Finally, these devices are extremely sensitive to background noise
    • On the other hand, almost everything else with the Eufy works as well as with the Dot, since the handful of missing features are ones I don't use even in the Dots.
    • Almost as good as the real thing but not quite...
    • Alexa does NOT work the same as on an Echo Dot
    • The product itself is excellent, the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars have to do with Amazon Alexa itself, as its very easy to mis-trigger, it has been falsely triggered multiple times by movie, tv shows or youtube videos, none of them specifically mention the
    • After contacting the company they sent me a new device and they have upgraded the old ones and everything works as it should
    • The only minor quibble I have is that the microphone didn't seem as good as in the echo dot
    • 1 one so far works as it should
    • it only runs on 4Ghz which means when my phone is on my 5G network i have to switch my network and it doesn’t respond as fast as
    • but I would recommend this product as of today.