Who wouldn’t want their Echo Dot to look like Baby Yoda?


There are many things I could tell you about Otterbox’s new support for the third-generation Amazon Echo Dot smart speaker. It could tell you about its “durable materials” or how it is designed to “safely” hold your Echo device. The Amazon listing even claims that its “precision fit, non-slip base” is “designed for optimal audio output.”

But you and I both know that none of that really matters, because what’s really important here is that this base adds little Emmy nominated Baby Yoda * ears to the sides of your Echo Dot. If you wanna pretend you’re really talking The Mandalorian every time you ask Alexa to set a timer, this is (probably) the easiest way to do it.

It is “designed for optimal audio output”, apparently.
Image: Otterbox

The stand is made by Otterbox, a company best known for its smartphone cases, but which has also unveiled a number of cool device accessories over the years. There’s the stackable wireless chargers it announced last year, or the phone cases that come with built-in PopSockets-style PopGrips.

OtterBox’s Baby Yoda Amazon Echo booth is available to pre-order on Amazon now, with a launch scheduled for August 20, for $ 24.95. For those who track, that’s just under half the cost of the Amazon Echo Dot. The stand is only designed to work with the third generation smart speaker.

* Yes, I know that the character is technically called “The Boy” but please, I beg you, live a little.