Using Amazon Echo without Prime - is that possible?

If you want to bring Amazon's voice assistant to your home with an Echo, you don't necessarily need a Prime membership. However, many benefits you can only use with Prime. That is precisely why it is important to decide in advance whether the Echo is worthwhile for you even without Prime.

This is what the Amazon Echo can do for you without Prime

If you don't have a Prime membership but would still like to use Amazon's voice assistant, this is usually not a problem. You can use the Amazon Echo without any problems even without Prime. However, some advantages of the assistant are then not accessible.

1. Even if you do not have a Prime membership, it makes sense to create an Amazon account. Because only with it you can download and install new skills for the Echo.
2. Without Prime subscription, you have no access to the Amazon Prime Music offer. However, there are various alternatives that you can fall back on, such as a radio or another music service. To what extent these work with the Amazon Echo depends on the selected service.
3. A major drawback, however, is that you can not make purchases on Amazon with the Amazon Echo if you do not have a Prime membership. So, if you want to use the assistant for impulse purchases, a Prime membership is essential.
4. For everything else, you can use the voice assistant without any problems. Other restrictions are not expected at the moment.