Electric Toothbrush, Alexa Built-In, Amazon Dash Replenishment Enabled, White, Smart Brushing System

I love everything about this product. Braun makes excellent and durable products that last. My last toothbrush was also an Oral-B, purchased in 1998. So it’s fair to say this toothbrush will last as long as my first toothbrush. You can’t go wrong buying Oral-B. This toothbrush does everything that you need a toothbrush to do.I love that it will let you know if you’re brushing too hard, that it will talk to you if you hook it up to Alexis, and it has a timer on it automatically, that will let you know how long you’ve been brushing your teeth and when to stop. For the price it’s an excellent value. I don’t plan on buying another one because at age 70, I’ll probably not be around for another 20 years.

It seems this product may be discontinued now but I'll write a review for it anyway. I was lucky enough to catch this when it was still being sold by Amazon at a substantial discount (well under $100). As someone who has had a number of Oral-B toothbrushes over the years, I definitely have had the best experience with this one and it has helped me build better habits. First, the Alexa functions of this device are, as other reviewers have pointed out, a bit neutered. It doesn't do everything most Alexa devices do. To be honest, I don't think that's a big deal. I basically would like it to play some tunes during my morning routine and this little base does that quite well. The biggest advantage of this unit though over any other Oral-B toothbrush I've used is that the Bluetooth for this toothbrush is tethered to the base and NOT to your phone. I try not to take my phone everywhere and this setup has worked perfectly for me. You don't need your phone near it, nor do you need to worry about it being paried with your phone or not, it just tethers to the base. So, whenever you complete a session (whether you put it back on the base or not) the toothbrush sends it to the base which is connected via wi-fi and the session gets uploaded. Easy. In the three weeks I've had this toothbrush I haven't had any issues with it sending sessions so it seems they may have ironed out the firmware bugs that other reviewers mentioned. As far as the toothbrush kit itself you are trading off a few things for this cool base, you are only getting one brush head (no big deal for me as I prefer the Pro Gum brush head anyway that doesn't come with any of their toothbrushes) and there isn't a travel case of any kind. Neither is a big deal to me as there are tons of standalone travel cases available. As far as the handle itself, I'm pretty sure this is the same handle as the Genius Pro 7500 as it has the same look and number of modes. I prefer this compact base versus the one with the tray for all the brush heads the 7500 has (although I think you may be able to use that charging base without it being attached to the tray). One of the other reasons I picked this particular model was the Lithium-Ion batteries however, my first charge was quite a bit less than I expected. I think I got about a week out of it before it needed charging. I'll see if that changes over time. The Lithium-Ions should definitely provide better life than the Ni-MH batteries of most other Oral-B models. I'm pretty certain it would survive all but the longest trips without needing a charge. So, overall, if this unit is still available at a great price I would snag one. If it is, in fact, discontinued though you would want to look to the 7500 as its closest replacement.

I'm very happy that the Alexa that is built in is no longer functional but when you look at the price of this versus the Genius X Limited Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush, White, which is the same toothbrush, this is a steel!

I spent $219 plus taxes on this device in 2020 — it was integrating two devices into one, so there would be one less brick in the wall socket. It was clever and worked perfectly. Then things started getting annoying in 2023 (for example: a little LED, at the 6 o’clock position, changed color when there was a notification on my Amazon account, and wouldn’t go away without a factory reset; linked Alexa skills wouldn’t work on the device anymore; et al.). Until the two entities (Amazon and Braun) essentially divorced in 2024 (other reviews have pictures of the exact date when the gatekeeper app, Oral-B Connect, stopped working for good). Well, I was able to use the Bluetooth speaker until last week, when my smartphone needed to be replaced. Now it’s just a fancy trickle charger that doesn’t do anything else. Worse, the annoying LED light is still on when I use the toothbrush. Will I buy another Oral-B toothbrush? Yes, just not the electric kind. Will I buy another Amazon device? Absolutely not. This was the worst bait-and-switch introduction to their products ever. This was marketed as an Amazon exclusive — now it feels like this was a way to boost their voice assistant sales numbers as the competition for those devices caught up? The least they could have done would have been to allow the Alexa app to recognize what is essentially an Echo device, without the gatekeeper app. Spreading the cost over the ‘lifetime’ I got from it, this cost me $50+ a year. (In contrast, all electronic devices I own have provided excellent functionality for an average of a decade or more and are still going strong — none is an Amazon device.) I could have got dozens of manual toothbrushes for the price. Or a set of voice assistants, one for each room. Like another reviewer said, buy a regular toothbrush. And if you want a voice assistant or a Bluetooth speaker, make peace with single-tasking devices and get just that.

Works well

When I first bought this brush there were no issues, then a year later for whatever reason it lost Alexa connection for several months until a new and updated app was released. Worked fine again until this past June when it lost connection again and hasn't reconnected since because P&G did away with the Alexa integration. The toothbrush itself and app are great with many features I use but I bought this brush because I like having a waterproof brush with Alexa integration {music, smart speaker etc.} Now it's only a Bluetooth brush. When the battery stops recharging, I will definitely get a much cheaper electric toothbrush and not buy into this phony cutting edge technology that in the end only disappoints. Unfortunately for the consumer we seem to lose {our money} with these new "Smart" devices.

El cepillo funciona muy bien, sin embargo, la aplicación o función de Alexa no se puede configurar ya.

El cepillo es genial, tiene funciones avanzadas, le aguanta la batería, es muy estético y sobre todo funcional, se nota la diferencia cuando utilizas un cepillo eléctrico y cuando usas uno convencional. Sin embargo, para realmente aprovechar este modelo, se requieren dos aplicaciones: App Oral-B: es la aplicación general de Oral-B, con esta aplicación se lleva un control del cepillado, te ayuda a cómo realizarlo, y evalúa tu calidad de cepillado, tiene consejos, etc. App Connect: con esta aplicación se enlaza la base del cepillo a la app de Alexa para que lo reconozca como un dispositivo de Alexa más, pero que sigue las funciones ad hoc al cepillado, lamentablemente esta app no está disponible en México en este momento. :(