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The editors liked
Gives Alexa a Face
Not a bad entertainment platform
Highly extensible
Excellent hearing
Alexa as you've come to know and love
Not prohibitively expensive
Good sound and video quality
A reasonably attractive design
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Touch screen useful for discovery
Selecting suggested items
And controlling playback
Full range of Alexa features with visuals
Adding a screen elevates the Echo to a whole new level
Has potential to be the ultimate (and only) Smart Home AI
Everything we like about Alexa
Plus visual feedback
A 7-inch touchscreen display
Video calls and an in-home video intercom (two Echo Shows required)
Excellent design that looks great in any room
2.5-inch circular screen is bright
Crisp
And doubles as a clock
Camera can be completely disabled
Great sound in a compact package
Powerful voice-recognition capabilties
Fantastic Alexa integration
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Alexa is as useful as ever
Hardware is solid and soberly handsome
Touchscreen-enabled apps show some promise
Bright
Crisp screen
Good audio quality
Displays smart home cameras
Isn't trying to be a tablet
Better sound than other smart speakers
Video conferencing between Shows is easy
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Alexa takes great advantage of the new touchscreen
Music sounds great over the new speaker
Echo Show does everything the original Echo does
It'll get better over time as developers build skills for the touchscreen
The editors didn't like
Call audio quality sub-par
Needs to make even greater use of the display
Screen is too reflective
Thirdparty skills taking advantage of the touchscreen
Amazon's Alexa app is still a little clunky
Video "dropins" are fraught with danger
Alexa calls and messaging are still a walled garden
Third-party skills taking advantage of the touchscreen
Video "drop-ins" are fraught with danger
The tiny stylus is very awkward to use. There's little new here for anyone who already has a 3DS in their bag
Limited touch control options
Drop In voice and video messaging only works with other Alexa users
Dated design
Unimpressive audio quality for the price
Voice recognition is as bad as ever
Alexa app is cluttered and unintuitive
Smart Home features rely on 3rd parties
Can't stream media from network storage
No video our aux audio output
Smallish 7-inch display that's limited to 1024x600 resolution
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed
Videos are truncated in full-screen mode
You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server
You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
Short list of touchscreen-enabled 3rd-party Skills
Teething pains for some Skills on how display is used
Excellent design that looks great in any room, 2.5-inch circular screen is bright, crisp, and doubles as a clock, Camera can be completely disabled, Great sound in a compact package, Powerful voice-recognition capabilties, Fantastic Alexa integration, wit
Hefty cord somewhat limits where it can be placed, Videos are truncated in full-screen mode, You can't use voice commands to stream music from your own local server, You can use voice commands with only a handful of the 80+ streaming services Sonos suppor
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Published: 2017-12-19, Author: Charlie , review by: cultofmac.com
Abstract: Welcome to Cult of Mac ‘s Gadget of the Year extravaganza. Unlike some other blogs, where harassed writers get a last-minute order from the boss to come up with an end-of-year list, and then spend a half-hour writing up the first five Google results for t...
I have to admit that I have gotten used to smart assistants and I enjoy the comfort of just speaking and I recommend the Echo Show to those more into the smart home. If you have multiple cameras, it makes sense. Also, if you do more than just listen t...
Everything we like about Alexa, plus visual feedback, A 7-inch touchscreen display, Video calls and an in-home video intercom (two Echo Shows required)
Can't stream media from network storage, No video our aux audio output, Smallish 7-inch display that's limited to 1024x600 resolution
The Echo Show isn't great at everything, but it will make a fantastic addition to any home.To comment on this article and other TechHive content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed...
Alexa as you've come to know and love, Not prohibitively expensive, Good sound and video quality, A reasonably attractive design
Third-party skills taking advantage of the touchscreen, Amazon's Alexa app is still a little clunky, Video "drop-ins" are fraught with danger, Alexa calls and messaging are still a walled garden
Almost 3,000 words ago I said that the Amazon Echo Show is the best Alexa you can get today. That hasn't changed. First, it looks cooler than the original obelisk Echo. It also does all the things that the OG Echo does. The addition of the touchscreen is...
Adding a screen elevates the Echo to a whole new level, has potential to be the ultimate (and only) Smart Home AI,
Voice recognition is as bad as ever, Alexa app is cluttered and unintuitive, Smart Home features rely on 3rd parties
While we're clearly a bit disappointed at this first-generation Echo Show, there's simply no doubt that Amazon's domination of the Smart Home voice assistant arena will continue, and the Echo Show is a glimpse of what the future of the Smart Home will loo...
Published: 2017-07-22, Author: Christian , review by: makeuseof.com
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Published: 2017-07-15, Author: Max , review by: appleinsider.com
In the course of two weeks, the unimpressive but "good enough" hardware faded into the background as the experience took over. Amazon's cloud based "Alexa" is impressive in voice recognition, speed, and feature set, which will grow much broader now that...
Published: 2017-07-12, Author: Phil , review by: imore.com
Abstract: While we await the HomePod later this year, Amazon one-ups everyone with a not-quite-baked but full-of-potential speaker/display combo.Apple is diving a little deeper into the connected home space later this year with HomePod. (To live alongside that oth...
Alexa as you've come to know and love, Not prohibitively expensive, Good sound and video quality, A reasonably attractive design
Thirdparty skills taking advantage of the touchscreen, Amazon's Alexa app is still a little clunky, Video "dropins" are fraught with danger, Alexa calls and messaging are still a walled garden
Almost 3,000 words ago I said that the Amazon Echo Show is the best Alexa you can get today. That hasn't changed. First, it looks cooler than the original obelisk Echo. It also does all the things that the OG Echo does. The addition of the touchscreen is...
