Amazon Echo (4th Gen) vs Amazon Echo Pop

The Amazon Echo (4th Gen) is the stronger voice assistant. It adds Zigbee and Thread hub radios, motion and temperature sensors, a 3.5 mm line in and out, and play and pause controls, and it is the better reviewed. The Amazon Echo Pop is the more affordable, smaller speaker for a room that only needs Alexa and music. Both have a 90-day warranty and no screen.

No. The Amazon Echo (4th Gen) is a Zigbee coordinator and a Thread border router as well as a Matter bridge. The Amazon Echo Pop has the Matter bridge only, with no Zigbee coordinator and no Thread border router, and it has no motion or temperature sensor.

No. Both are Alexa voice assistants. Neither supports Google Home, Apple Home or SmartThings, and Home Assistant support is only partial on each. Both include voice match and a microphone off switch.

Someone who wants one room speaker to play music, take a 3.5 mm source, and hub Zigbee and Thread. It weighs 970 g, has motion and temperature sensors, and is the better reviewed of these two.

Someone adding a small, colorful Alexa speaker to a bedroom or a spare room, who already has a hub elsewhere. It weighs 196 g, is the more affordable of the two, and has no screen and no environmental sensors.