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I know that many media folks have stated that the "Drop-in" feature of the Echos is "creepy" and can see their point. Here's a different perspective. Mom is now almost 95 and she has short term memory dementia, she's in great spirits but I really can't teach her anything technical, like dialing a phone or even pressing a memory dial button. She lives near my sister and is 2 hours away so visiting is always a bit of a project.
I thought I'd try setting a Show next to her rocking chair. I can now "Drop-in" on her every day and share some face time with her, visit with her grand daughter, see the dog whom she LOVES, and just make her smile. The beauty is that there is no interaction needed on her end, the Caregivers and my Mom love this setup. The fact that I can use my phone from anywhere and actually see and talk to Mom, and show her things is hugely entertaining and comforting for Mom, and everyone in the family.
So I say with extreme gratitude, Thank You Amazon for creating an amazingly personally helpful tool for the elderly.
Personally I am enjoying all of the other great features of an Alexa with a screen, using her with my Arlo Cameras, etc. It truly is quite an amazing platform! In my office I added a small Pioneer bookshelf stereo, I can be listening to Spotify, Pandora etc and say "Alexa, connect Bluetooth", the Pioneer stereo is Bluetooth enabled, it can be OFF and with that single voice command, the Show will wake up the Pioneer, and begin playing the sound over its speakers with no other intervention from me! This is magical stuff!
The only bug I have at the moment, "Alexa, turn off the screen", the screen turns off, then immediately turns back on. Tell her again and the screen stays off, pretty consistent bug. Edit- Seems fixed now!
1/06/2018 Still enjoying my Echo Shows very much, I don't expect this to replace a tablet, it does many things very well, besides being indispensable with visiting Mom. Currently there is one in the Kitchen and it is used by the family to play lots of music, having the screen is really nice to be able to see what's playing etc. We are trying Amazon Music and so far it's pretty sweet as well, "Alexa show me all albums from Keith Urban", up comes pictures of all of his 12 or so album covers, touch one and play the album. Alexa, "Connect Bluetooth" and the Show connects to a Bluetooth receiver I have on our whole house stereo. Alexa "Turn on the Stereo", Alexa controls the Logitech Harmony remote to power up the stereo and now we are hearing music everywhere, nice.
We've also added some Ring cameras and doorbell, "Alexa, show me the front door", now I'm looking out front.
Oh, and our doggie monitor/treat shooter, Furbo, "Alexa, ask Furbo to toss a treat" is our dog "Cookie" 's favorite skill!
Bottom line, this is a very powerful system, don't get me wrong we love our Apple products (Phones, iPads, and Macs) but I prefer this Amazon ecosystem for my home music, automation, and general questions etc. as it's a fairly open system that plays well with 3rd parties when compared to the likes of Apple.
I would never have imagined all that is possible with these units!
Powered by Dolby, Echo Show is fine-tuned to deliver crisp vocals with dynamic bass response and expansive sound. Watch as the display comes alive to show song lyrics, custom stations, curated playlists, and album art with Amazon Music. Set a music alarm to wake up to your favorite song or playlist. Listen to tens of millions of songs with Amazon Music Unlimited. With multi-room music support you can play music across multiple Echo devices simultaneously (Bluetooth not supported for multi-room music). Learn more
Echo Show also connects to Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn—giving you voice control for all of your music. Echo Show is Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream other popular music services from your phone or tablet.
Technical Details
Echo Show
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Size |
7.4” x 7.4” x 3.5” (187 mm x 187 mm x 90 mm) |
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Weight |
41.0 oz. (1170 grams) Actual size and weight may vary by manufacturing process |
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Display |
7” touchscreen |
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Camera |
5MP |
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Wi-Fi connectivity |
Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 and 5 GHz) networks. Does not support connecting to ad-hoc (or peer-to-peer) Wi-Fi networks. |
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Bluetooth connectivity |
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) support for audio streaming from your mobile device to Echo Show or from Echo Show to your Bluetooth speaker. Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) for voice control of connected mobile devices. Hands-free voice control is not supported for Mac OS X devices. Bluetooth speakers requiring PIN codes are not supported. |
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Audio |
Dual 2” stereo speakers. |
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Alexa App |
The Alexa App is compatible with Fire OS, Android, and iOS devices. A list of supported operating systems can be found here. |
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Processor |
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 processor for advanced technology and processing capabilities. |
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Accessibility Features |
On Echo devices with screens, you can enable Alexa captioning and closed captioning, magnify the screen, toggle color inversion, and choose between color correction options. You can also enable the VoiceView screen reader to use gestures to navigate the screen and hear spoken feedback about the items you select. Learn more about Echo screen accessibility and Alexa accessibility. |
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Warranty and Service |
1-year limited warranty and service included. Optional 1-year, 2-year, and 3-year extended warranty available for U.S. customers sold separately. Use of Echo is subject to the terms found here. |
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Included in the Box |
Echo Show, power adapter/cable (6 ft.), Things to Try card, and quick start guide. |
Customers say
Customers find the Echo Show to be a fantastic device with excellent sound quality and capabilities, particularly praising its picture and video clarity. They appreciate its ease of use, with one customer noting how simple video calls are to perform. While some customers consider it worth the price, others feel it's not worth the cost. The device's reliability receives mixed feedback, with several customers reporting that their units failed after one year of use.
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3337 customers mention quality, 2993 positive, 344 negative
Great product! I like to the clear display and simplicity of setting it up! I can see the weather and daily temp by simply looking at it! LOVE IT!Read more
Great device until 2 1/2 after receiving the screen started randomly getting a glitch. Came with a 1 year warranty but unsure of how to make a claim....Read more
Good product, screen isn’t absolutely necessary but nice to have at certain times. Can definitely work without it. Helpful with shopping lists.Read more
Awesome product but I wish the angle was just a tad more upright. You can put something behind it or maybe design a kit or holder for adjustment.Read more
2547 customers mention sound quality, 2014 positive, 533 negative
I am pleased my echo show, it has great sound and more functionality than my regular echos. Streams music video, prime, etc... . I warmly recommend itRead more
Good sound but wish it did more it has this screen that you should be able to watch YouTube videos on but does not have the capability but I’m sure...Read more
...me to see front door, included allows me to see front room , the sound is great., the drop in call provide me the ability to make hands free calls....Read more
...In December (after using it for 10 months) it developed a loud and annoying popping sound every time it started talking, playing a new song, video,...Read more
2369 customers mention functionality, 1753 positive, 616 negative
Works great. Echo Show is on the other side of the room but it still hears me and responds. It was easy to program and works with other applications.Read more
...If it's not for you then you will like this device. It works well and the music service is nice also. I also like how lyrics show while playing songs.Read more
No worth the money. I bought 2 and most of the time it does not work nor understand what I ask. There is to reason to have a screenRead more
This review is for the Echo Show - 1st Generation White. It works as expected, and looks very nice. Its functionability is beyond what I expected.Read more
1140 customers mention ease of use, 995 positive, 145 negative
Love it....easy to set up...easy to use...fun to use....great sound quality...great picture quality....will recommend to anyone how likes to have fun.Read more
I should have purchased this echo show a year ago. Very easy to use. Love to play with the voice aspects of the echo show capabilities.Read more
What I like about this product is sleep modern design in ease of use. What I do not like about this product is the camera is not very strong.Read more
...From the moment we received the well packaged box, to the quick, easy, initial setup; to the every functionality and usefulness of the Show, it has...Read more
995 customers mention screen quality, 794 positive, 201 negative
...Sound quality is great. Great picture. Does not always work with Arlo cameras, sometimes showing no picture and just audio, also unstable connection....Read more
...It has a nice screen, you can watch TV from it which is cool so it acts like a mini TV for me and my primary use for the screen has always been a...Read more
Love this product...all the functionality of my Echo with a great screen. Have it in my home office and use it....plus the speaker is great for music.Read more
...1 device had issues from the start. Bad screen -after several calls, amazon agrees to take it back. They don’t see the problem and send it back....Read more
976 customers mention echo show, 904 positive, 72 negative
Love the Echo Show. I use it to listen to music, get recipes, morning brief, everything I need. I am such an Echo fan with the sound and ease to use....Read more
I love my Echo Show. I love how lyrics to the song comes on the screen. I video chat with my parents & I connected it to my video doorbell. I love it!Read more
love the show it’s great being able to drop in and see my family! Loved it so much I purchased one for each of my kids. Now to learn all the skillsRead more
...The Echo Show is great. This is an amazing way to get any music genre you might want. Just ask Alexa. We ask for movies, and she gives us a list....Read more
1028 customers mention value for money, 593 positive, 435 negative
Its really amazing device at the relly great price.The sound and Picture quality of Echo show is just awesome.Overall this looks great at your home.Read more
Alexa will not respond to my requests, settings will not function, waste of money, no user book, have to get app to set it up, app does not answer...Read more
...the device is actually in nice working condition, it might be worth the money, but it has spent more time with various problems such as a flickering...Read more
...I am more frustrated than satisfied using this device. It is not worth the money unless they release new system update to correct all the flaws it...Read more
972 customers mention reliability, 162 positive, 810 negative
Update: The thing stopped working just outside its warranty. More often than not, Alexa cannot answer the questions I pose to her/it....Read more
Unreliable, Glitchy suitable for return but missed my window of opportunity as I was told it has a learning process ... Still waiting for Alexa to...Read more
...uses in the kitchen but the screen is essentially useless, THIS DEVICE NO LONGER SUPPORTS YOUTUBE, if you are planning on viewing online videos or...Read more
The potential is definitely there, but currently getting held back by buggy and feature lacking software....Read more
Thank You Amazon! and my 95yr Mom Thanks you! (If she could).
I know that many media folks have stated that the "Drop-in" feature of the Echos is "creepy" and can see their point. Here's a different perspective. Mom is now almost 95 and she has short term memory dementia, she's in great spirits but I really can't teach her anything technical, like dialing a phone or even pressing a memory dial button. She lives near my sister and is 2 hours away so visiting is always a bit of a project. I thought I'd try setting a Show next to her rocking chair. I can now "Drop-in" on her every day and share some face time with her, visit with her grand daughter, see the dog whom she LOVES, and just make her smile. The beauty is that there is no interaction needed on her end, the Caregivers and my Mom love this setup. The fact that I can use my phone from anywhere and actually see and talk to Mom, and show her things is hugely entertaining and comforting for Mom, and everyone in the family. So I say with extreme gratitude, Thank You Amazon for creating an amazingly personally helpful tool for the elderly. Personally I am enjoying all of the other great features of an Alexa with a screen, using her with my Arlo Cameras, etc. It truly is quite an amazing platform! In my office I added a small Pioneer bookshelf stereo, I can be listening to Spotify, Pandora etc and say "Alexa, connect Bluetooth", the Pioneer stereo is Bluetooth enabled, it can be OFF and with that single voice command, the Show will wake up the Pioneer, and begin playing the sound over its speakers with no other intervention from me! This is magical stuff! The only bug I have at the moment, "Alexa, turn off the screen", the screen turns off, then immediately turns back on. Tell her again and the screen stays off, pretty consistent bug. Edit- Seems fixed now! 1/06/2018 Still enjoying my Echo Shows very much, I don't expect this to replace a tablet, it does many things very well, besides being indispensable with visiting Mom. Currently there is one in the Kitchen and it is used by the family to play lots of music, having the screen is really nice to be able to see what's playing etc. We are trying Amazon Music and so far it's pretty sweet as well, "Alexa show me all albums from Keith Urban", up comes pictures of all of his 12 or so album covers, touch one and play the album. Alexa, "Connect Bluetooth" and the Show connects to a Bluetooth receiver I have on our whole house stereo. Alexa "Turn on the Stereo", Alexa controls the Logitech Harmony remote to power up the stereo and now we are hearing music everywhere, nice. We've also added some Ring cameras and doorbell, "Alexa, show me the front door", now I'm looking out front. Oh, and our doggie monitor/treat shooter, Furbo, "Alexa, ask Furbo to toss a treat" is our dog "Cookie" 's favorite skill! Bottom line, this is a very powerful system, don't get me wrong we love our Apple products (Phones, iPads, and Macs) but I prefer this Amazon ecosystem for my home music, automation, and general questions etc. as it's a fairly open system that plays well with 3rd parties when compared to the likes of Apple. I would never have imagined all that is possible with these units!
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- Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017Color: WhiteConfiguration: Echo ShowVerified Purchase
I know that many media folks have stated that the "Drop-in" feature of the Echos is "creepy" and can see their point. Here's a different perspective. Mom is now almost 95 and she has short term memory dementia, she's in great spirits but I really can't teach her anything technical, like dialing a phone or even pressing a memory dial button. She lives near my sister and is 2 hours away so visiting is always a bit of a project.
Thank You Amazon! and my 95yr Mom Thanks you! (If she could).
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
I thought I'd try setting a Show next to her rocking chair. I can now "Drop-in" on her every day and share some face time with her, visit with her grand daughter, see the dog whom she LOVES, and just make her smile. The beauty is that there is no interaction needed on her end, the Caregivers and my Mom love this setup. The fact that I can use my phone from anywhere and actually see and talk to Mom, and show her things is hugely entertaining and comforting for Mom, and everyone in the family.
So I say with extreme gratitude, Thank You Amazon for creating an amazingly personally helpful tool for the elderly.
Personally I am enjoying all of the other great features of an Alexa with a screen, using her with my Arlo Cameras, etc. It truly is quite an amazing platform! In my office I added a small Pioneer bookshelf stereo, I can be listening to Spotify, Pandora etc and say "Alexa, connect Bluetooth", the Pioneer stereo is Bluetooth enabled, it can be OFF and with that single voice command, the Show will wake up the Pioneer, and begin playing the sound over its speakers with no other intervention from me! This is magical stuff!
The only bug I have at the moment, "Alexa, turn off the screen", the screen turns off, then immediately turns back on. Tell her again and the screen stays off, pretty consistent bug. Edit- Seems fixed now!
1/06/2018 Still enjoying my Echo Shows very much, I don't expect this to replace a tablet, it does many things very well, besides being indispensable with visiting Mom. Currently there is one in the Kitchen and it is used by the family to play lots of music, having the screen is really nice to be able to see what's playing etc. We are trying Amazon Music and so far it's pretty sweet as well, "Alexa show me all albums from Keith Urban", up comes pictures of all of his 12 or so album covers, touch one and play the album. Alexa, "Connect Bluetooth" and the Show connects to a Bluetooth receiver I have on our whole house stereo. Alexa "Turn on the Stereo", Alexa controls the Logitech Harmony remote to power up the stereo and now we are hearing music everywhere, nice.
We've also added some Ring cameras and doorbell, "Alexa, show me the front door", now I'm looking out front.
Oh, and our doggie monitor/treat shooter, Furbo, "Alexa, ask Furbo to toss a treat" is our dog "Cookie" 's favorite skill!
Bottom line, this is a very powerful system, don't get me wrong we love our Apple products (Phones, iPads, and Macs) but I prefer this Amazon ecosystem for my home music, automation, and general questions etc. as it's a fairly open system that plays well with 3rd parties when compared to the likes of Apple.
I would never have imagined all that is possible with these units!
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- Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2017Color: WhiteConfiguration: Echo ShowVerified Purchase
