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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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NES and SNES classics
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
Wit
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
Published: 2017-07-07, Author: Will , review by: pcmag.com
Touch screen useful for discovery, selecting suggested items, and controlling playback, Full range of Alexa features with visuals
Limited touch control options, Drop In voice and video messaging only works with other Alexa users, Dated design, Unimpressive audio quality for the price
The Amazon Echo Show pairs a camera and 7-inch touch screen with the company's Alexa voice assistant, but the combination doesn't feel particularly vital or necessary...
The Amazon Echo Show is a logical extension of the company's Alexa-enabled devices, and keeps the Echo a step ahead of Google Home and other smart home speakers in providing a visual interface to complement the voice assistant. While what you can do with...
Published: 2017-06-27, Author: Brian , review by: techcrunch.com
Abstract: The Echo Show isn't a great piece of hardware. It's beefy and clunky, and kind of looks like something that fell off the back of a RadioShack truck in the late-80s. The display isn't great (there's a reason the company's not talking specs) and sure, the s...
Published: 2017-06-26, Author: Ry , review by: cnet.com
The New Nintendo 2DS XL is basically a 3DS XL, minus the 3D, with a slightly improved design. It gives you access to a huge library of great games, including past DS, NES and SNES classics
The tiny stylus is very awkward to use. There's little new here for anyone who already has a 3DS in their bag
Amazon's touchscreen Alexa device shows potential for people interested in video chatting with friends and family members, but it needs a little more development before we'd recommend it...
Published: 2017-06-26, Author: Alex , review by: gizmodo.com
Abstract: The first night the Amazon Echo Show was in my bedroom I had to carefully lay it face down on my nightstand. The display, which was cycling through my upcoming meetings, most recent news, and the weather, was simply too bright. It was like having a little...
Gives Alexa a Face, Not a bad entertainment platform, Highly extensible, Excellent hearing
Call audio quality sub-par, Needs to make even greater use of the display, Screen is too reflective
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Published: 2017-06-26, Author: Chris , review by: slashgear.com
Alexa is as useful as ever, Hardware is solid and soberly handsome, Touchscreen-enabled apps show some promise
Short list of touchscreen-enabled 3rd-party Skills, Teething pains for some Skills on how display is used, Most expensive Echo version yet, Alexa still lacks multi-user support
The more I interacted with Alexa via Echo Show, the more the subtle differences versus it and the Echo or Echo Dot became clear. When I use one of the latter, Alexa is decentralized: a disembodied voice, much like a Star Trek ship's computer. In contrast...
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
Odd, angular design, Low-resolution screen
The Echo Show does everything the original Echo does, but many of those features are much better when you add in a screen. Given that the Show is only $50 more than the standard Echo, it'll be a worthwhile investment for anyone looking to add a digital as...
Published: 2017-06-26, Author: Chris , review by: bgr.com
Abstract: Amazon's Echo Show won't be available until Wednesday, but some early reviews are already up and it appears that the critical reception to Amazon's Alexa-powered touchscreen device is mostly positive.While there are a few gripes to be had, early reviewers...
