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Amazon Echo Show 15 is a $250 smart display that hangs on your wall

Amazon’s newest Echo Show smart display is the largest yet, with a 15.6 inch full HD display and support for Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. The Amazon Echo Show 15 is also the first Echo device that’s meant to hang on your wall like a picture frame. In fact, you can also use it as a digital […]

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Amazon’s new Echo Show 8 has a faster processor and better camera, Echo Show 5 gets spec bump, price cut, and Kids Editio

Amazon is upgrading its most two most affordable smart displays. The new Amazon Echo Show 8 has the same $130 starting price as its predecessor, but Amazon has upgraded the processor and camera. Meanwhile the new Echo Show 5 is getting a modest spec bump and a $5 price cut. The 2021 model has an upgraded camera […]

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The new $249 Amazon Echo Show 10 has a rotating screen (and support for Netflix)

If the original Amazon Echo Show looked like Amazon slapped a screen into a chunky box, the company’s newest smart display looks more like a smart speaker with a 10 inch tablet slapped on the front. What’s most interesting about the new model though, is that the front is determined by where you are – […]

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Daily Deals (7-30-2018)

Didn’t get a chance to pick up an Amazon Echo Show when it was on sale for $130 on Prime Day? Now you’ve got another chance: Best Buy is selling the Echo Show for the same price. That’s $100 off the list price and $60 less than Amazon is currently charging for refurbished models. Of […]

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Fun fact: Amazon’s Echo devices run Android-based OS

You probably know that Amazon’s Fire tablet run a modified version of Google Android called Fire OS. People have been hacking Amazon tablets for years to make them more… Android-like, by sideloading apps, installing the Play Store, or even replacing Fire OS with custom ROMs. But did you know that Amazon’s Echo line of smart […]

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Amazon Echo Show’s coolest features are also its creepiest

The new Amazon Echo Show is basically an Echo with a display… and a camera. The display lets you do things like watch videos or see news, stock price, traffic, or weather updates, among other things. But it’s the camera which really makes the $230 Echo Show different from most of Amazon’s previous devices. Because now in […]

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Amazon Echo Show with touch display launches for $230 (pre-order now, ships in June)

As expected, Amazon is adding a new Echo device to its line of products featuring the Alexa voice service. The Amazon Echo Show can do everything the company’s other smart speakers can… but it also has a 7 inch touchscreen display and a camera, which allow it to do even more. For example, you can […]