# Amazon’s new Echo Dot adds eero Wi-Fi extension and smart home hub functions

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/amazons-new-echo-dot-now-works-as-an-eero-wi-fi-extender-and-smart-home-hub/
- Published: 2026-10-28T12:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-28T12:20:54+00:00
- Original publisher: Engadget
- Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2299279/amazon-new-echo-dot-now-works-as-eero-wi-fi-extender-and-smart-home-hub/
- Topics: Art, Culture

## Key points

- The new Echo Dot doubles as a smart home hub and eero extender.
- Its Wi-Fi extension adds up to 1,000 square feet of coverage.
- Prices start at $100 for the standard model.

## Summary

Amazon has unveiled a new Echo Dot that can act as both a smart home hub and an eero Wi-Fi extender, adding functions to its small smart speaker. The updates could make it easier to connect compatible home devices and improve Wi-Fi coverage, though the extender feature appears to require an existing eero network.

The Dot is the first to use Amazon’s AZ3 processor for on-device voice processing, and adds a fourth microphone to improve voice pickup and speaker identification. It supports Zigbee, Matter and Thread, and can extend an eero network’s coverage by up to 1,000 square feet. Amazon also says the redesigned speaker offers 50 per cent more bass than the previous generation; prices start at $100, or $110 for the Kids model.

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