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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
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Short list of touchscreen-enabled 3rd-party Skills
Teething pains for some Skills on how display is used
Big, bright, responsive touch screen, Competent smart home hub, Much better audio than 1st gen Show
Screen apps lack polish, Audio is bass heavy, Video calling still limited
The final word however is a positive one: “Alexa, well done”. The new Show takes the Echo range's excellent smart home powers and combines them with a fit-for-purpose design to create a great smart screen. It isn't perfect - there's no Netflix support and...
We're impressed with the Amazon Echo Show – the display improves the overall Alexa experience, enabling it to do things that haven't been possible until now, like show you how to cook things step-by-step or provide a livestream of your home security camer...
Published: 2018-09-20, Author: Dan , review by: pocket-lint.com
Super new speakers, Bigger display, Well priced, Skype is welcome
Glossy display could be a problem, Lack of YouTube
The original Echo Show was, we felt, really good value for the money. This new model ups the ante, especially in terms of the beefier sound and larger display. Show needed to improve its audio, not least because we're all looking for better quality sound...
Easy to use, Some Alexa features, like timers and lists, are better with visuals, Plays videos and gives visual search results, Lots of potential uses for an assistant with a screen
Skills still need some work, No privacy shutter
The Amazon Echo is $85. The Echo Show is $230. That's a lot more money to pay, but if you've been thinking of grabbing an Echo for a while, you could invest in something that adds video calling, and visual search results.Updated March 2018 to reflect chan...
Responsive touchscreen, Bright display, Louder and better speakers than Echo, Fully-fledged Alexa experience, Video calls and Drop In mode
Low resolution, Not a truly high-end speaker, No app store or deep interface, Few touch-enabled skills
Amazon has turned its Alexa voice-control assistant into a wider platform. And the Echo Show, which is essentially an Echo with a touchscreen, expands what you can do with Alexa and how useful the service is.However, for £199/$230, we'd like to see more t...
Great design, ideal for recipes and news, lots of third-party Skills to add functionality
No Netflix. No YouTube. Weird, unnecessary video calling addition that means there's yet another camera in your house. It's also really expensive, Rating:
If you can stomach the price (or get it on offer), the Echo Show's screen adds a lot of useful functionality to your virtual assistant. However, that doesn't include Netflix or YouTube, and that'll kill it for many people...
Responsive touchscreen, Bright display, Louder and better speakers than Echo, Fully-fledged Alexa experience, Video calls and Drop In mode
Low resolution, Not a truly high-end speaker, No app store or deep interface, Few touch-enabled skills
Amazon has turned its Alexa voice-control assistant into a wider platform. And the Echo Show, which is essentially an Echo with a touchscreen, expands what you can do with Alexa and how useful the service is.However, for £199/$230, we'd like to see more t...
Abstract: Playing music is, of course, one of Alexa’s primary capabilities, but her potential doesn’t stop there. The Alexa app is your gateway to around 7,500 skills that can enhance the Echo in all sorts of useful, fun and surprising ways. Here’s our pick of the...
Abstract: Unlike Bluetooth or wireless speakers that need to be controlled via a smartphone or tablet, a smart speaker is a far more versatile choice. Whether you're lying on the sofa or cooking in the kitchen, you're in control: you can pause and play your music...
