Amazon Echo Auto (newest model), Add Alexa to your car
$54.99
Price: $54.99
(as of Aug 12, 2025 23:29:52 UTC – Details)
Hands-free Alexa accessory – Slim design that’s easy to place in your car and 5-mic built-in so Alexa can hear you over music, A/C, or road noise. Includes a fast car charger to charge your phone on the go.
Listen to your favorite music – Ask Alexa to stream playlists from Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, and more, or listen live to radio stations. Use Follow Me Music to resume media playback.
Call and message with your voice – Use your voice to make calls, reply to text messages, drop in on Alexa-enabled devices in your home or broadcast announcements. Pre-select the messages and notifications you want to hear using VIP Filter in the Alexa app.
Get your favorite entertainment hands-free – Binge a hot new podcast, catch up on the news, or listen to best-selling Audible books.
Control your smart home from the road – Ask Alexa to set the thermostat, turn off the lights, check if your front door is locked, and more while you’re away from home.
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.
Customers say
Customers find the Echo Auto easy to set up and appreciate its smaller footprint in the car, making it a hands-free device that simplifies tasks while driving. The sound quality receives mixed feedback – while some say it puts out great music, others report no sound at all. Moreover, the functionality and value for money receive mixed reviews, with some saying it works perfectly in cars while others find it unreliable and consider it a waste of money. Additionally, connection issues are significant, with customers reporting constant disconnections from the network.
Rhonda –
Fantastic
Easy setup, music sound is incredible. Fast response. Works well with my Bluetooth in my Infiniti Q60
Theresab WIT –
Not for everyone, but great for me, & better than 1st gen
*** if you are attempting to connect with a newer phone, see my update below***I recently used a rental for a week that had Android Auto. I loved the voice commands. I felt far less distracted. Alas, I can’t afford a new car, and, well, frankly love mine. I drive a 2015 Honda Pilot. I was curious if there were after market ways to add the voice commands and stumbled across the Echo Auto.We have been big Alexa and Amazon devices for a long, long time (we’re talking owners of the 1st gen Kindle). I remembered my husband had participated in the Echo Auto when it first released. He wasn’t sure where he’d placed it – his truck has Android Auto, so he doesn’t use the Echo Auto. He suggested I try the 2nd gen because it had a lot of upgrades.Now, first of all, I should note I wanted voice commands for my music. I’m pretty protective about my music, and want it to play smoothly. I mostly use Spotify, but also use Amazon Music. I also figured it’d be handy to have texts read to me, and maybe to answer them, as my family with newer cars forget I don’t have Android Auto. My car does have Bluetooth and does handle hands-free calls.I found the Echo Auto easy to install. I’m not sure why the instructions have you mount it first before setup, but I ignored that and set it up first. It walks you through setup as most their devices do, and it was easy. I particularly liked that I had the option to not have it handle phone calls, but could have it handle text messages. It has you select your default apps for music and entertainment, as well as maps. You can also opt out of having the Echo Auto control these.As for day to day use, it controls my music just as well as any of the devices in my house. There is occasionally some confusion as I have Spotify set as my default music app, so if I want a Playlist on Amazon Music, I have to specify Amazon Music. It reads texts messages well. My only complaint is you can’t specify a contact to read the text from, so you have to allow it to read all unread texts in order they were received. It’s been inconsistent on sending texts. Sometimes it works like a charm, sometimes not. It doesn’t bother me as I’d rather be focused on the road and my music. Having it read the text so I can find out if it is urgent is enough. I haven’t used it to navigate, but it opened Maps fine when I tested it.***UPDATE – I upgraded my phone from Samsung Galaxy S21+ to Samsung Galaxy S24+. I had to reset the Echo Auto. After many attempts, and resets and other tweaks, I finally got it to work. It would go through the setup process fine, but when I asked Alexa something, the blue ring would light, but no sound whatsoever. So, to save someone else the headache, here’s how I fixed it. I un-installed the Alexa app from my phone, rebooted my phone (mostly cause that’s what I do) and reinstalled the Alexa app. Setup was seamless after and I haven’t had any issues.
Obtech –
You must have the Amazon App open on your phone to use it. – Fixed! Updated software!
I have been using the Alexa App in my car for a while and really like it. When I found out about the Echo Auto, I thought, “Wonderful! I can use Alexa without opening the Alexa App!”. I was wrong. I have to open the same Alexa app I was using before, to use the Echo Auto. Admittedly, the voice recognition is better with the Echo Auto, but honestly, I feel like I paid $50 for a glorified Bluetooth adapter and microphone. My Alexa experience is no better now than it was with the free Alexa App on my phone. I am incredibly disappointed.Edited a week later.I’m not sure if it was an update to the app or a firmware update, but now when I get in my car, Alexa pairs with my phone and I can operate without touching the phone. The Echo Auto app does open on my phone automatically, but to see it, I have to unlock the phone, which is not necessary unless I need the navigation function. Is the Alexa Auto perfect? No, I would rather have Apple Car, but as my car is an older car that I plan to keep, it works quite well. Compare the price of the Echo Auto with a whole new entertainment system with Apple Car built in and it is a no brainer to me.
GJZ –
Brilliant Device.
I just acquired a 4WD 2010 Ford Escape as my inclement weather vehicle. It is an XLS, the base model, and mine is really base. No Sirius, no Bluetooth, no navigation, not even USB.I have Sirius XM in my other vehicles and listen to it the majority of the time. I also wanted hands free for safety and convenience reasons and navigation would be a handy feature. As I was looking for hands free devices, I came across the Alexa Auto. As I read more about it, this small reasonably priced device was the answer to all of the features I was looking for.Set-up was a breeze and, fortunately, the one “option” my entertainment system had was an auxiliary input. I had it up and running in no time. By utilizing the Sirius app on my Galaxy S25+ I immediately added satellite radio functionality. I’ve also been able to make and receive calls and navigate using the phones map functions. Connectivity has been rock solid using the aux cable and I have the added bonus of the car’s speakers being utilized as the speaker for the device.Two small nits to pick: I wish the included power adapter was smaller…it is huge. I’m also surprised the device doesn’t have an on/off switch.Despite those 2 issues, I love this device. It has taken care of my entertainment needs for this vehicle and modernized/upgraded the car’s technology all with one small, relatively inexpensive gadget.