Reddit mentions of Amazon Tap - Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker

The Tap is, unfortunately, discontinued according to the Amazon product page. It looks like they found a box of them in a warehouse somewhere as there are a few new ones still listed now, but when I was looking for a device a couple of weeks ago, only refurbished models were available. I've been really happy with my refurb Tap, but unfortunately since the product is discontinued/abandoned, it's doubtful there will be any further software updates.

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Also if you live in the States there is something called Amazon Tap too, cant get it in the UK yet so dont know a huge amount about it but it seems to be a speaker for Alexa.

Amazon Tap - Alexa-Enabled Portable Bluetooth Speaker
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> Plus, that means it isn't a portable bluetooth speaker anymore, it's a portable wifi/bluetooth speaker. I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure we're talking about a massive difference in battery life.

It's not like /u/you_are_breathing is asking for ground-breaking tech. The article mentions a competitor to the Echo Dot and /u/you_are_breathing said it'd be nice to have a competitor to the Amazon Tap. Personally I don't see a use for the Tap but that's just me.

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From the Music Freedom Questions section the answer is no. I haven't checked in a long time to see if that's actually the case though.

The Echo is also a regular old bluetooth speaker, so she could still use a phone that way. Just might not be able to hotspot it for music freedom for a direct connection from the echo to other music apps.

>Music Freedom provides unlimited music streaming on your device while on our network. Streaming music via a Smartphone Mobile Hotspot (tethering) will count against your 4G LTE data and is not covered by this offer.

This looks cheaper if she's just gonna bluetooth

https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Tap-Alexa-Enabled-Portable-Bluetooth/dp/B01BH83OOM