What is the Amazon Tap device? Why should you consider purchasing one? What makes the Amazon Tap different from other Amazon Alexa-enable products?
If you have read the other manuals written on this subject, you know that the Amazon Echo and Amazon Echo Dot are both devices that stay in one place while you are using them. You can take them to a new place and use them there; however, they need to be connected to Wi-fi in order to access Alexa and other features. You will need to find a nearby plug; the Echo and Echo Dot are not devices that can be used on-the-go.
The Tap is powered by its battery, meaning that if it is charged, you don’t need to have it plugged in. Because the Tap does not need to be plugged in and you can connect it to mobile hotspots, you can virtually transport this device to any place you can get cellphone signal. You can turn on your cellphone’s mobile hotspot feature and connect your Tap to the hotspot. This means that you can stream music on an excellent speaker when you are outside- at the park, at the beach, at a picnic. Your imagination is your limit. Additionally, because the Tap is built with Dolby, the music does not get fuzzy when you turn it up. Many speakers can become fuzzy and unclear the louder you turn up the volume. The Tap keeps streaming your music clearly no matter how high you turn it.
If you specifically want to have Alexa in your devices, but you also want to have a great speaker, then you are left with the Amazon Echo and the Tap. The Tap is the cheaper of those options, giving you both a great speaker and the Alexa feature. The Echo Dot gives you the Alexa feature, but it does not have a music built for streaming music.
I have no clue how many of the Amazon products work, including the Tap, the Dot, and other devices. I have been trying to educate myself on the Echo, since we have one ordered. But I have no clue how different it is from the others. I thought perhaps this book might help me learn more, since I read other reviews on it and saw it compares the various devices. I decided it would be helpful to read it, though it is only 54 pages in length.
Slavio explains the Tap and compares features and characteristic to the other devices such as which are portable, which are not, if they have surround sound as an option, and so on. It has a lot of good information teaching you how to configure the Tap and use it to its fullest potential. He walks you through the basics of troubleshooting your Tap. He provides all of the basic information you need to learn what the Tap is capable of and how it works. There are tips and tricks to help you set things up to get the most out of it.
As with his other books, Slavio did a great job of sharing the basics and helping readers to understand how to use the Tap. He teaches you all of the things you need to know that others say are not included in the user manual that comes with the device. It is basic and an overview of all it can do. I do wish he had included some pictures or diagrams to add some visual appeal, though.
If you are in the market for the Amazon TAP I highly recommend you get this book with it to help save much needed time and headaches! It was well written and I am glad I took the time to read through it. Definitely a good read and one that gave me all of the information I was looking for.