Marshall Uxbridge Home Voice Speaker with Amazon Alexa Built-In, Black

Perfect for my daughter. She can ask it to set alarms, play songs and for the weather. It's like Alexa but sounds amazing! Super cute. Great value and easy to set up. Can easily move from room to room and there are no issues with reconnecting. Wish it didn't have to be plugged in.

The media could not be loaded. This is my second Marshall speaker. The first one I bought is a Stanmore II which I leave outside in a covered area YEAR ROUND WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. I was so amazed at the sound quality of the Stanmore II, I purchased this little guy for my kitchen after my Google speaker was having issues with connectivity and honestly poor sound quality. In short, I simply cannot comprehend how this little speaker sounds so amazing. I’m just as blown away with this one as my bigger Stanmore II.One thing that is important to me in replacing my Google speaker is the wifi connectivity and ability to access skills in Alexa which I use to control various devices in my house such as the Nest thermostats, 23 or so WIZ wifi lights, Jandy iAquaLink for the pool lights, pump, and pool/ spa heater and bubble blower. This little speaker works perfectly with all those skills and is so robust and quick that it impressed me as more responsive than the Google wifi speaker. So don’t worry, if you are looking for something that has great, deep, sound, works seamlessly with Alexa home integration, then this is a great choice!Another reason I bought this one is it seems to be the only Alexa enabled Marshall device offered. My Marshall Stanmore II I purchased in 2022 has wifi and Alexa connectivity but the newer models do not have this capability as far as the larger speakers being offered by Marshall.

I had a very specific set of requirements that were surprisingly challenging to find a solution for: I wanted a wifi (not bluetooth) speaker, it had to show up on Spotify connect, but I also really wanted it to show up as an airplay device, too. There is a very well known brand that ticks all those boxes, but it recently had a software meltdown and recent reviews are littered with terms like "expensive paperweight" so I was staying away from that.So far, the only negative thing I have to say about this speaker is that it isn't marketed in a way that made it clear that it fit my needs Perfectly. A few of the other reviews said there were issues with Alexa, Spotify or Airplay integration/functionality, but all 3 worked for me perfectly straight out of the box after like 10 minutes of setup. The sound is as good as you'd expect from a Marshall speaker and it looks great, too. I honestly couldn't be more pleased with this purchase so far!

To summarize my review this is not an Alexa Speaker. It is a Bluetooth speaker with good sound quality that also uses the Alexa SDK so Amazon music works too (because it’s required) The extent of its Alexa functionality is utilizing Amazon’s internal intents (weather, time, etc) and executing routines. Nothing more.For a detailed explanation:I have pros and cons.Cons:#1: This device doesn’t work as an Alexa speaker.I spoke with Amazon support and Marshall support. I setup everything correctly. This device does not support Alexa Skills - Audible, Apple Music, Spotify, Jeopardy - Any available skill in the Alexa app is not available via the Uxbridge. There is no documentation of what skills or alexa functionality is actually supported by the Uxbridge. *Amazon music is available because it’s a requirement of having an “Alexa-enabled device.” It can only access Amazon’s most basic features- what’s the weather?, what time is it?, etc…#2: The Uxbridge misleads you to think it supports Alexa Skills by advertising it’s support of Airplay and Spotify Connect. These services are connected via BLUETOOTH using a separate device, not your voice via Alexa.Examples:—“Alexa, play my Apple Music playlist Today’s Hit’s” Alexa: “Apple music is not supported on this device”.— “Alexa, play my book”Alexa: “Getting Ashley’s book from Audible… Sorry, I’m having trouble playing the book right now”— “Alexa, play Spotify”Alexa: (Thinking mode enabled) No response#3: Marshall Customer Support knows nothing about Alexa, Conversational AI, or their own product’s abilities or limitations. I found myself educating the Marshall customer service representative on how the Alexa SDK works. They obviously don’t actually know how the Uxbridge appears in the Alexa app and they’re just reading from a script.#4: Amazon Support knows nothing about the Uxbridge. Don’t even bother. They will just tell you to check your set up, see if it’s muted, try unpairing and repairing, do you have the Marshall app?, do you have the Alexa app?, etc — it’s condescending and not helpful#5: It is way too expensive to only be a Bluetooth speaker.#6: It was a huge disappointment to learn Marshall limited the Alexa features. If you read up on the SDK, they were just greedy and lazy. Additional features carry guidelines and requirements from Amazon so Marshall did the absolute minimum they had to so they could put the Alexa branding on their products.Pros:#1: The Bluetooth connectivity worked without issue for me. To be fair, I didn’t go far from the device with my iPhone 13 pro max. I literally sat right next to it. *Other reviews say they have had issues but I personally did not.#2: The sound quality is good.#3 It looks really cool.