Amazon Echo: power consumption in standby and operation

At first glance, the Amazon Echo has low power consumption. But since it also needs electricity in standby, that adds up to a year. We show how high the electricity costs are in the end.

Power consumption Amazon Echo: How much electricity does it cost?

• Even if you do not say "Alexa" or use the Amazon Echo in any other way, it consumes about two watts in standby mode.
• If you say "Alexa" and feed the assistant with a voice command, it is already four watts.
• If you play music with the Amazon Echo or use skills, the power consumption increases to up to five watts.
• The electricity costs in standby amount to approximately 4.98 euros per year.
• With two hours of music a day (otherwise standby), you can expect around 5.70 euros a year.

Amazon Echo Plus: power consumption in standby and operation

• The slightly larger Amazon Echo Plus also uses a little more power: approx. It needs 2.5 watts in standby.
• Even if you use Alexa, the power consumption increases more than with the smaller Echo. Here it is about 4.5 watts.
• The big Echo Plus needs even more power when you listen to music. Then he sucks about seven watts from the socket.
• The electricity costs in standby are around 6.57 euros per year.
• With around 7.55 euros in electricity costs per year, you can count on two hours of music a day (otherwise standby).

You can find many tips and tricks for Echo devices on our Amazon Echo topic page. There we show you, for example, how you can let Alexa wake you up with music.