Amazon echo 4th gen vs Echo dot max

By Hugo, 23 September, 2026

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Smart Home Tech and Gadgets

Hi! I have an Echo 4th generation, and a few months ago I bought an Echo Dot Max on sale from Amazon.

I’m thinking about selling one of the two, but I could really use your advice. Which one would you recommend I sell?

I’d really like to keep the one with the better sound quality, but after doing several listening tests, I honestly can’t decide between them. They both sound great to me, and I keep going back and forth.

So, I’d love to hear your opinions and advice. Which one would you keep, and which one would you sell?

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Comments

By Brian on Thursday, September 24, 2026 - 17:46

Does either device provide a feature or functionality over the other?
If yes, keep that one.
If no, then sell the device that will earn the most profit.

By Jonathan Candler on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - 17:11

Still got all these and still work mighty fine. Not sure regarding the four but I'd imagine not that much difference but I could be totally wrong.

By Brian on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 - 19:24

I have a 1st gen Echo device. The thing is about as big as an original Monster energy drink can. Maybe a little bigger. It still works, though its so old it doesn't even have Bluetooth capability.
My other, "Alexa", device is an iPhone SE 2020, hooked up to a Bose speaker system with the Alexa app perpetually running. It has become my unofficial Alexa+ device. πŸ˜‰πŸ‘

By Holger Fiallo on Thursday, October 1, 2026 - 12:22

Did not check so did you gave your thoughts?

By Brian on Thursday, October 1, 2026 - 19:03

I thought my first comment to this thread was sufficient enough, I never received an answer from the OP, so... it's whatever's clever. 🀷