'Lots of customers are going to have a camera outside of their house, or a streamer behind the TV that struggles to stay connected,' Eero co-founder and CEO Nick Weaver told me on a recent call. The Echo Dot has always had surprisingly decent sound quality for such a small speaker, but it's still just that - a small speaker that's better suited for podcasts and casual listening than it is for pumping up the jam at your next living room dance party.

It isn't a game-changing upgrade, though.

Overall, the speaker definitely feels noticeably louder than before at max settings, and the bass was slightly more prominent among the mix. Speaking of music, the Echo Dot with Clock got the same bass upgrade as the standard Echo Dot, so I made sure to give some bass-heavy tunes a good listen.

I wonder if Amazon might need to tweak the sensitivity a bit. The feature worked well enough when I tried it out, but it seemed a bit finicky - light taps often wouldn't work when I tried to pause my music, and even harder whacks would sometimes fail me.

For starters, you can tap the top to pause or resume music playback, or to stop a timer. The device does have a few new tricks up its sleeve, though.

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