The Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) with clock has Fair overall sound quality. Bass has so-so impact is somewhat subdued and lacks deep bass. Midrange is a bit thin, and is hazy, grainy and can sound rough with some content. Treble is smeared and sizzly, somewhat prominent, and the upper treble is muted. Does a so-so job of recovering room ambience and is congested. The speaker is monophonic. There was no significant difference between WiFi and Bluetooth sound quality. Provides adequate listening volume for a small sized room but best suited for near field listening and gets compressed sounding at louder volumes. When two of these units are used they can be stereo paired.

Versatility is Excellent. It's a monophonic speaker, with multi-room support and can stereo pair with another Echo Dot (3rd Gen) with clock. Wireless: WiFi supports dual-band and this unit has Bluetooth and can output to another speaker but lacks speakerphone functionality. Communications: Has support for calling, texting and messaging - called "Drop In". Digital Assistant Muting: Has a dedicated switch to disable the digital assistant by muting its microphones. Audio Connections: Lacks analog audio input but has an analog audio output. Audio Tailoring: Has Bass, Mid and Treble user tone controls. OS Support: Fire OS, Android and iOS. Other connections and features: Lacks a USB device port. Streaming by voice command: Supports voice command of many common streaming services such as Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Tune-In, and iHeart Radio. Voice ID: Supports voice identity - a feature which allows the account holder with their "voice print" to access personal information.

Overall ease of use of the Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Gen) with clock is very good. Wireless setup: Setup requires an app downloaded to a mobile device, easy and intuitive - need instructions (may be included in app), may or may not involve inputting WiFi network password and account setups. Console controls: Volume controls are prominent +/- control buttons with non-persistent graphical position markings of volume level is easily repeatable via verbal commands and easy to actuate. Audio mute: For unit if Wi-Fi home or Wi-Fi Portable model with multiroom capability that has controls on the speaker but lacks mute. Microphone mute: Dedicated control but the marking is not the most obvious, clear indication when it is engaged. Source selections: Requires app to be installed, app installation is straight forward. Once app is installed switching between wireless sources is fairly intuitive within the app. Can't select Bluetooth but Bluetooth can be connected by verbal command to previously paired device - ready to play. App remote: Volume control symbol, then volume slider, lacks index markings so not easily repeatable, but easy to actuate. Shown for currently playing streamed WiFi music. Mute: (Remote) Well marked, well placed, clear indication when it is engaged and mutes the line input. Voice transport controls: Natural language control of transport (Play/Pause/Skip/Mute), volume controls and source selection was easy and intuitive.