Amazon Echo Buds (newest model), True Wireless Bluetooth 5.2…
$49.99
True wireless earbuds with rich, balanced sound — Hear it loud and clear with 12mm drivers delivering crisp audio, balanced bass, and full sound. Be heard with 2 microphones and a voice detection accelerometer for crystal clear communication. Hear your world — Echo Buds are a semi-in-ear design that help reduce outside noise and keep you connected to your surroundings while listening to music or taking calls. Light weight and sweat resistant, they ship with pre-installed silicone earbuds covers to optimize your fit. Seamless switching — Connect to two devices at the same time and automatically move between devices with multipoint pairing. Move from a video call on your laptop to music on your phone without skipping a beat. Alexa on-the-go — Cue music, play podcasts, listen to Audible, make calls, set reminders, and more, all with the sound of your voice. Compatible with iOS and Android, and supports access to Siri and Google Assistant. Long-lasting battery — Never pause with up to 5 hours of music playback (6 hours without wake word on), up to 20 total hours with the charging case, and up to 2 hours with a 15-minute quick charge. Customizable tap controls — Use the Alexa app to setup tap controls for each individual earbud. Use tap to control music, phone calls, mute your mics and more. Designed to protect your privacy – Amazon is not in the business of selling your personal information to others. Built with multiple layers of privacy controls, including a mic off button. Personalized audio – The Audio Personalization feature uses a range of frequencies to help tailor your audio experience to your unique listening preferences. Hear more detail and fullness from all the things you love to listen to.
Price: $49.99 (as of May 02, 2025 01:49:45 UTC – Details)
Customers say
Customers find the earbuds elevate their daily audio experience and offer good value for money. The functionality receives mixed feedback – while they work well with phones and computers, some report complete failure. Customers disagree on the fit, comfort, and build quality, with some finding them comfortable and well-fitting, while others report discomfort and describe them as cheaply made. The Alexa integration is appreciated by some, though others find the requirement for the Alexa app annoying. Customers consistently report issues with the earbuds falling out of their ears.
4 reviews for Amazon Echo Buds (newest model), True Wireless Bluetooth 5.2…
Picky Buyer –
They constantly fall out & no option for fins or sized covers
I really like the sound quality and the functionality but since they are constantly falling out I rated lower. I’ve almost lost them several times so I use other brands more. I searched for fins or sized covers for a better fit and there are none because they are meant to be a “barely there feel”.Update 4/14/25 Amazon reached out to me and explained the intended purpose of these earbuds and how they are supposed to gently sit in your ear for a barely there feel and not intended for active use. I changed my rating for this reason as I did not read the description well enough and that’s my fault for ordering these. They are not practical for my use as I rarely sit still but I guess they would be perfect for someone sitting at a desk. I wanted to be able to do things with Alexa while I was out doing errands, at work and home because I like the style of them except that they don’t fit in the ear. They have a really good sound quality in my opinion and obviously do what they’re supposed to do so that’s why I have upgraded my rating. I do not like the other model as they don’t feel comfortable but my husband likes them.
Sportutegirl –
Blows out it’s market segment.
Preface:I bought these not for the intention of daily driving, but as a pair of simple TV listening headphones that my father can use with our Fire TV Cube, so as not to distract my mother who is usually reading peacefully in the living room. His current pair of earbuds, are the powerbeats pro, but they have a few disadvantages, like their lightning charging port, the rubber eartip that rarely stays attached to the bud, or their lack of multipoint bluetooth.These seemed to fit the bill in terms of simplicity, and I was glad to get them for him. Intentionally, I decided to wear them for a day or two just to get the hang of them, so I could help out my father later when problems inevitably showed up.Case:This is one area which needs desperate improvement. The case is nearly perfect, save for the indent which is supposed to allow one’s finger to hook on the lip of the lid to open it. It’s not deep enough, and the hinge has a bit of flex in it, meaning that when it’s closed and I’m pressing down hard to get some purchase on the lid, I’ll wind up pushing the lid backwards, making the lip created by the indent disappear. This is severely irritating, and I’ll likely put a trimming of grip-tape on the lid just to make it easier to open.Outside of my qualms with opening it, the case has a matte but pretty finish, a little lightweight, and I can hear the earbuds rattle around inside when I shake it.Sound Quality:Flipping amazing. I compared these to my 2nd Gen Echo Buds (2021), and the bass is deeper, but the mids and trebles are not washed out in comparison. The sound is tightly controlled, rich and lovely to listen to, moreso than my 2021 buds which seem almost tinny in comparison. Even without sealing on my ear, I can hear everything, and whilst it might not sound the way the recording studio made it, it certainly sounds pleasant to my ears.Fit:Irritating to say the least… I do not like the silicone sleeve, so I took it off, but it seems Amazon is going in a particularly stupid direction here. The first-gen buds had a loop for the wingtip, which was difficult to get aligned properly but wasn’t nearly as complex as the veritable harness that you have to slide on the 2nd gen buds. Now we have a sock of silicone, made of sticky, un-sliding silicone. Of course, the instructions say not to use the fingernail tip, but the thought is definitely there as I press and pull with my fingers all day to try and get the unmoving sleeve off. I got rid of them for a better fit, but not after a few requisite tries putting them on and pulling them off, to gauge how they felt on.The sleeve irritation aside, they fit well, much easier on the ears than the 2nd gen ones, even when I did get the sizing right. They don’t go into one’s ear canal, so there’s a lot less pressure on that part of my ear, and it actually makes the listening experience surprisingly more enjoyable.Battery:Pretty good, the battery lasts fairly long… The sticker says 5 hours, but my intermittent usage says a bit longer. Amazon says you can push it farther if you disable Alexa handsfree, which I just might in favor of the long-press gesture since single/double/triple-tap take care of the rest of my desired media control maneuvers.Charging:It’s a USB-C port. It seems to charge in less than an hour from fully dead when plugged in. I really wish they sold an upgraded version with wireless charging like they did for the 2021 buds, since they will otherwise turn into landfill the moment the USB-C port dies, which is thankfully less likely than the micro-USB only 2019 buds.Connectivity/Smarts:They connect just fine, although I get less Alexa info on the buds. My 2nd gen buds not only tell me when they connect or disconnect from a device, but I get an Alexa response telling me *what* device I am connected to (ex: “Connected to phone, connected to computer…”). These just play accompanying sounds that indicate they’ve connected to…. something.Outside of that, the rest of the smarts work perfectly fine, albeit missing the workout tracking feature. I feel that was mostly because of Amazon recently giving the Halo devices the Axe recently, which makes me sad since I really liked my Halo View.Microphones:They’re serviceable, but nothing outstanding… This is mostly because the Bluetooth profile/protocol used for bidirectional audio is of significantly lower bitrate than the one used for one-way audio. I cannot tell the difference between these and my 2nd gen Echo buds.Conclusion:This puts me in an awkward position, because I really like the fit, sound, and battery of these new earbuds, but they’re supposed to go to my father, and I already have a pair of 2nd gen Echo buds, which have the wireless charging and ANC that I also desire.In a perfect world, I would like to have an around-the-house pair of buds, wireless charging since they’re frequently used, very nice sound, a lightweight battery, perhaps deliberately avoided noise isolation (eg: sound passes right through), and very comfortable. I would also have a pair of travel buds, with huge batteries, strong ANC for planes and trains, and an easy price so I don’t have to worry too much about loosing them.So far, I have 2 pairs of buds, neither of which fit neatly into my preferred categories, but that’s ok. I’ve placed an order for a second pair, for myself, since these are still going to be given to my father – I really don’t want to give up on that sound quality, and that lazy fit for lazing about the house.
Carla Knowles –
Great ear buds for the price!
Great ear buds for the price. Good sound quality, ease of use, ie., getting a proper fit using the enclosed silicone ear fitting sleeves. However, I did not give 5 stars because the case did not stay closed well causing me to loose 1 ear bud. This was not covered by the extended 2 year warranty which I paid for. I did, however, give 4 stars because I truly enjoyed them for almost a year before the case became so loose that one fell out. Until then I’d had no issues with the product.
Customer Review –
Don’t say I didn’t warn you
I won’t comment on the sound quality, which is fine. Or the battery life, which is just ok. I’m writing this review strictly based on the usability of these ear buds and the decisions the amazon team has made, which make these a real struggle to use in everyday life.To be clear, these ear buds are absolutely horrible. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone for anything.I’ve had a good number of bluetooth earbuds since they first arrived on the scene. I’ve had genuine Apple, Jabra and a few others. Some costing a few hundred dollars. Surprisingly, two of my most enduring sets are the absolute cheapest lesser known brands like a pair of JL Labs I think I paid $25 for and a pair of “E18” from some China brand. I think I paid $20 for those.So where do these Amazon ear buds fall short? Let’s start with the fit. The fit is so poor, it makes me wonder how this was the final design to be greenlit by the product management. Both of my cheap buds stay in the ears better than these. These Amazon buds are constantly falling out, constantly needing to be repositioned in the ear.The little earbud condoms that are included do actually help to give the earbuds some more “grip”, but they seem to quickly and easily find their way off of the earbuds to be lost forever. Luckily they do ship with a few condoms but that doesn’t compensate for the poor design.Next, let’s talk about the REQUIREMENT to use an app to pair them or to change the settings on earbuds. To the designers of this major fail, let me impress upon you the correct way that earbud pairing should work:1.) Turn on the earbuds (put them into pairing mode if they’re not smart enough to figure they’re not paired)2.) Go into your phone settings3.) Go to bluetooth4.) Find the earbuds5.) Pair themThat’s it. There shouldn’t be any requirements beyond the above. That consulting advice was free but I’ll accept a consulting fee or even better, a full refund.Finally let’s focus on the tap controls and the fact that they absolutely refuse to be disabled. One of side-effects of the poor fit is that the earbuds are constantly needing to be repositioned in the ear. Doing this with tap controls enabled becomes a real balancing act. This means that half the time you try and reposition the earbuds, you’re likely to trigger the tap controls. Which leads me to my next gripe …The Alexa app does give you the capability to disable the tap controls. Unfortunately these settings do absolutely nothing to actually disable the tap controls. It’s nice that someone thought to include the tap controls but they should have gone the extra mile to ensure the disable settings actually work.A side effect of not being able to disable the tap controls is that the tap control REALLY want to control Apple Music. If you’re listening to something other than Apple Music, you won’t be for long if you mistakenly activate the tap controls. Any use of the tap controls causes Apple Music to wake up and take over playback from whatever’s playing. Suuuper annoying.There’s much more to dislike about these earbuds, but I’d like this to read like a review and now a book, so I’ll just leave it at my top 3 reasons to stay away from these earbuds.To recap:* Poor fit* Alexa App Required* Tap controls refuse to disable* Tap (or slight rub) will activate Apple Music, no matter what you were listening toIf you still buy these earbuds after reading this review, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Picky Buyer –
They constantly fall out & no option for fins or sized covers
I really like the sound quality and the functionality but since they are constantly falling out I rated lower. I’ve almost lost them several times so I use other brands more. I searched for fins or sized covers for a better fit and there are none because they are meant to be a “barely there feel”.Update 4/14/25 Amazon reached out to me and explained the intended purpose of these earbuds and how they are supposed to gently sit in your ear for a barely there feel and not intended for active use. I changed my rating for this reason as I did not read the description well enough and that’s my fault for ordering these. They are not practical for my use as I rarely sit still but I guess they would be perfect for someone sitting at a desk. I wanted to be able to do things with Alexa while I was out doing errands, at work and home because I like the style of them except that they don’t fit in the ear. They have a really good sound quality in my opinion and obviously do what they’re supposed to do so that’s why I have upgraded my rating. I do not like the other model as they don’t feel comfortable but my husband likes them.
Sportutegirl –
Blows out it’s market segment.
Preface:I bought these not for the intention of daily driving, but as a pair of simple TV listening headphones that my father can use with our Fire TV Cube, so as not to distract my mother who is usually reading peacefully in the living room. His current pair of earbuds, are the powerbeats pro, but they have a few disadvantages, like their lightning charging port, the rubber eartip that rarely stays attached to the bud, or their lack of multipoint bluetooth.These seemed to fit the bill in terms of simplicity, and I was glad to get them for him. Intentionally, I decided to wear them for a day or two just to get the hang of them, so I could help out my father later when problems inevitably showed up.Case:This is one area which needs desperate improvement. The case is nearly perfect, save for the indent which is supposed to allow one’s finger to hook on the lip of the lid to open it. It’s not deep enough, and the hinge has a bit of flex in it, meaning that when it’s closed and I’m pressing down hard to get some purchase on the lid, I’ll wind up pushing the lid backwards, making the lip created by the indent disappear. This is severely irritating, and I’ll likely put a trimming of grip-tape on the lid just to make it easier to open.Outside of my qualms with opening it, the case has a matte but pretty finish, a little lightweight, and I can hear the earbuds rattle around inside when I shake it.Sound Quality:Flipping amazing. I compared these to my 2nd Gen Echo Buds (2021), and the bass is deeper, but the mids and trebles are not washed out in comparison. The sound is tightly controlled, rich and lovely to listen to, moreso than my 2021 buds which seem almost tinny in comparison. Even without sealing on my ear, I can hear everything, and whilst it might not sound the way the recording studio made it, it certainly sounds pleasant to my ears.Fit:Irritating to say the least… I do not like the silicone sleeve, so I took it off, but it seems Amazon is going in a particularly stupid direction here. The first-gen buds had a loop for the wingtip, which was difficult to get aligned properly but wasn’t nearly as complex as the veritable harness that you have to slide on the 2nd gen buds. Now we have a sock of silicone, made of sticky, un-sliding silicone. Of course, the instructions say not to use the fingernail tip, but the thought is definitely there as I press and pull with my fingers all day to try and get the unmoving sleeve off. I got rid of them for a better fit, but not after a few requisite tries putting them on and pulling them off, to gauge how they felt on.The sleeve irritation aside, they fit well, much easier on the ears than the 2nd gen ones, even when I did get the sizing right. They don’t go into one’s ear canal, so there’s a lot less pressure on that part of my ear, and it actually makes the listening experience surprisingly more enjoyable.Battery:Pretty good, the battery lasts fairly long… The sticker says 5 hours, but my intermittent usage says a bit longer. Amazon says you can push it farther if you disable Alexa handsfree, which I just might in favor of the long-press gesture since single/double/triple-tap take care of the rest of my desired media control maneuvers.Charging:It’s a USB-C port. It seems to charge in less than an hour from fully dead when plugged in. I really wish they sold an upgraded version with wireless charging like they did for the 2021 buds, since they will otherwise turn into landfill the moment the USB-C port dies, which is thankfully less likely than the micro-USB only 2019 buds.Connectivity/Smarts:They connect just fine, although I get less Alexa info on the buds. My 2nd gen buds not only tell me when they connect or disconnect from a device, but I get an Alexa response telling me *what* device I am connected to (ex: “Connected to phone, connected to computer…”). These just play accompanying sounds that indicate they’ve connected to…. something.Outside of that, the rest of the smarts work perfectly fine, albeit missing the workout tracking feature. I feel that was mostly because of Amazon recently giving the Halo devices the Axe recently, which makes me sad since I really liked my Halo View.Microphones:They’re serviceable, but nothing outstanding… This is mostly because the Bluetooth profile/protocol used for bidirectional audio is of significantly lower bitrate than the one used for one-way audio. I cannot tell the difference between these and my 2nd gen Echo buds.Conclusion:This puts me in an awkward position, because I really like the fit, sound, and battery of these new earbuds, but they’re supposed to go to my father, and I already have a pair of 2nd gen Echo buds, which have the wireless charging and ANC that I also desire.In a perfect world, I would like to have an around-the-house pair of buds, wireless charging since they’re frequently used, very nice sound, a lightweight battery, perhaps deliberately avoided noise isolation (eg: sound passes right through), and very comfortable. I would also have a pair of travel buds, with huge batteries, strong ANC for planes and trains, and an easy price so I don’t have to worry too much about loosing them.So far, I have 2 pairs of buds, neither of which fit neatly into my preferred categories, but that’s ok. I’ve placed an order for a second pair, for myself, since these are still going to be given to my father – I really don’t want to give up on that sound quality, and that lazy fit for lazing about the house.
Carla Knowles –
Great ear buds for the price!
Great ear buds for the price. Good sound quality, ease of use, ie., getting a proper fit using the enclosed silicone ear fitting sleeves. However, I did not give 5 stars because the case did not stay closed well causing me to loose 1 ear bud. This was not covered by the extended 2 year warranty which I paid for. I did, however, give 4 stars because I truly enjoyed them for almost a year before the case became so loose that one fell out. Until then I’d had no issues with the product.
Customer Review –
Don’t say I didn’t warn you
I won’t comment on the sound quality, which is fine. Or the battery life, which is just ok. I’m writing this review strictly based on the usability of these ear buds and the decisions the amazon team has made, which make these a real struggle to use in everyday life.To be clear, these ear buds are absolutely horrible. I wouldn’t recommend them to anyone for anything.I’ve had a good number of bluetooth earbuds since they first arrived on the scene. I’ve had genuine Apple, Jabra and a few others. Some costing a few hundred dollars. Surprisingly, two of my most enduring sets are the absolute cheapest lesser known brands like a pair of JL Labs I think I paid $25 for and a pair of “E18” from some China brand. I think I paid $20 for those.So where do these Amazon ear buds fall short? Let’s start with the fit. The fit is so poor, it makes me wonder how this was the final design to be greenlit by the product management. Both of my cheap buds stay in the ears better than these. These Amazon buds are constantly falling out, constantly needing to be repositioned in the ear.The little earbud condoms that are included do actually help to give the earbuds some more “grip”, but they seem to quickly and easily find their way off of the earbuds to be lost forever. Luckily they do ship with a few condoms but that doesn’t compensate for the poor design.Next, let’s talk about the REQUIREMENT to use an app to pair them or to change the settings on earbuds. To the designers of this major fail, let me impress upon you the correct way that earbud pairing should work:1.) Turn on the earbuds (put them into pairing mode if they’re not smart enough to figure they’re not paired)2.) Go into your phone settings3.) Go to bluetooth4.) Find the earbuds5.) Pair themThat’s it. There shouldn’t be any requirements beyond the above. That consulting advice was free but I’ll accept a consulting fee or even better, a full refund.Finally let’s focus on the tap controls and the fact that they absolutely refuse to be disabled. One of side-effects of the poor fit is that the earbuds are constantly needing to be repositioned in the ear. Doing this with tap controls enabled becomes a real balancing act. This means that half the time you try and reposition the earbuds, you’re likely to trigger the tap controls. Which leads me to my next gripe …The Alexa app does give you the capability to disable the tap controls. Unfortunately these settings do absolutely nothing to actually disable the tap controls. It’s nice that someone thought to include the tap controls but they should have gone the extra mile to ensure the disable settings actually work.A side effect of not being able to disable the tap controls is that the tap control REALLY want to control Apple Music. If you’re listening to something other than Apple Music, you won’t be for long if you mistakenly activate the tap controls. Any use of the tap controls causes Apple Music to wake up and take over playback from whatever’s playing. Suuuper annoying.There’s much more to dislike about these earbuds, but I’d like this to read like a review and now a book, so I’ll just leave it at my top 3 reasons to stay away from these earbuds.To recap:* Poor fit* Alexa App Required* Tap controls refuse to disable* Tap (or slight rub) will activate Apple Music, no matter what you were listening toIf you still buy these earbuds after reading this review, don’t say I didn’t warn you.