Well show you why the Amazon Echo should be your top choice.

Amazon Frequently Offers Discounts on the Echo

Apple is infamous for rarely offering discounts on its devices.

The company believes that premium pricing reflects a premium product.

An Apple HomePod mini side-by-side with an Amazon Echo

On two occasions, Black Friday and Prime Day specifically, Amazon slashed prices to $59.99.

They also regularly gave discounts of $20-$30.

Instead, Apple prefers you use Apple Music.

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The Echo offers both of these features.

If your Android gear supports AirPlay, you could use it as a smart speaker.

But any feature that requires an iOS-based gear will be out of bounds.

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With the Echo, you only need an internet connection and an Amazon account to use Alexa.

Apple has its central Home app, available foriOS, for controlling every equipment in its ecosystem.

Bbut overall, its features pale in comparison with the Alexa app.

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The Home app offers none of this functionality.

you might also feed the Echo audio to a larger, wired speaker.

However, the HomePod Mini only supports AirPlay and has no functional Bluetooth connectivity.

Amazon Echo Dot sitting on a table

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Once your order is dispatched, you might even track your orders and receive delivery notifications through Alexa.

Unfortunately, the HomePod is unable to do any form of voice shopping.

It seems strange then that theres no platform for developers to release functionality-expanding third-party apps on the HomePod mini.

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Theres even the ability to pause interaction altogether and to block explicit lyrics when listening to music.

Theres no easy way to set up a kids profile or control access, unlike with Alexa.

The HomePod mini offers nothing close to these capabilities.

However, you’re able to with an Amazon Echo.

Some reviews say that the HomePod mini has better sound than the Echo.

You wont be disappointed.