Amazon Echo Pop vs Sonos Sub Mini

The Amazon Echo Pop wins overall because it is a complete voice speaker: cheaper, better-reviewed, with Alexa, a Matter bridge and subscription safety alerts. The Sonos Sub Mini is a subwoofer with a longer 1-year warranty but no voice assistant, mic or standalone playback, so it only helps inside a Sonos setup.

They do different jobs. The Amazon Echo Pop is a full Alexa smart speaker that plays music, answers questions and controls a smart home. The Sonos Sub Mini is a wireless subwoofer with no microphone or voice assistant, built purely to add bass to an existing Sonos soundbar or speaker.

No. The Sonos Sub Mini has no voice assistant, no microphone and no Bluetooth, and it must be paired with another Sonos speaker or soundbar to do anything. The Amazon Echo Pop works entirely on its own over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth with Alexa built in.

Anyone who wants an affordable, self-contained Alexa speaker with a Matter bridge and subscription-based safety alerts for a bedroom, desk or extra room. It needs no other hardware to be useful.

Existing Sonos owners who want to add deep, room-filling bass to a soundbar or speaker such as a Beam, Arc or Five, and who value the longer 1-year warranty. It is not a speaker to buy on its own.