Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) vs Bose SoundLink Color II (2016)

The Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) has done great in various roundups conducted by reliable and unbiased sources that do their own testing, like Techradar, The Spruce, MakeUseOf, and Gear Patrol - it earned the "The best Alexa speaker for the bedroom" title from Techradar, "Best Compact" from The Spruce, and "Ranked 2 out of 12" from MakeUseOf.

Returning to the Bose SoundLink Color II, it managed to impress reviewers from some of the internet's most highly trusted sources, Laptop Mag and Consumer Reports. It performed great in their hands-on roundups - it was named "The best voice-command bluetooth speaker" by Laptop Mag and "Ranked 1 out of 5" by Consumer Reports. That's quite an achievement, especially coming from such high-quality sources.

Our direct Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) vs. Bose SoundLink Color II comparison of their review scores has shown that, out of sources that tested both Smart Alarm Clocks, Tom's Guide preferred the Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen), whereas PCmag and Techradar seemed to like both equally.

We also looked at which sources liked these products best and found that the Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) got its highest, 9, review score from Tom's Guide, while the Bose SoundLink Color II most impressed reviewers at TechGearLab, which gave it a score of 9.

Finally, we also compared their review scores to the rest of their competition - the Amazon Echo Dot with Clock (4th Gen) earned an average review score of 8.5 out of 10 points and the Bose SoundLink Color II received an average of 7.9, compared to the 7.3 average of Smart Alarm Clocks in general.