Amazon Echo Show - First Generation - Black
$49.99
$229.99
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Condition: New
Color: Black
Top positive review
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Thank You Amazon! and my 95yr Mom Thanks you! (If she could).
By Ed Rempalski on Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2017
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!
Top critical review
1,121 people found this helpful
Don't buy it yet! The Echo Show needs refinement. Don't buy until 2018 or 2019!!!
By Clifford on Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2017
If you were thinking about getting an Echo Show, DON'T. It's not ready for prime time yet. I'm no stranger to technology or Amazon devices so I was very eager to buy the Echo Show. I have a Fire TV, multiple Fire TV sticks, multiple dots, multiple Echos, and home automation running for lighting, yada yada yada. THE ONLY REASON WHY YOU SHOULD GET AN ECHO SHOW IS FOR VIDEO CALLING. (and video calling still needs refinement) I wanted to set up one Echo Show for my distant relative in a care home so we can video chat. There are two approaches to do this. IF YOUR RELATIVE HAS A SMART PHONE BUT NO AMAZON ACCOUNT Setup an Amazon account for your distant relative and log into the Amazon Echo Show using their credentials. Before you do any calling from their Amazon Echo Show and this new Amazon account, you'll have to authenticate a cell phone number first. Well, that's not happening because I don't have access to their cell phone and they sure as heck aren't going to be able to set it up on their own. IF YOUR RELATIVE DOESN'T HAVE A SMART PHONE OR AMAZON ACCOUNT Setup both Echo Shows on your account and ship one to a relative. This will work but the auto-answer feature doesn't work. I work at a software company and we create iOS apps... the Amazon Echo app is RIDICULOUSLY limiting when it comes to managing devices. (see screenshot images) OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO DO BUT COULDN'T I CAN'T LOG OUT! I have to reset the entire device and watch the intro video show that DOES NOT HAVE A SKIP FEATURE and that video show is just a commercial - it tells you WAYS to use Echo Show but NOT HOW to use the Echo Show. STUPID. I CAN'T AUTO-ANSWER! I can't setup the auto-answer feature. The Amazon Echo app is not logical at all. I should be able to set "Auto-Answer" in the settings section for each Amazon Echo Show but the options are super limited. I CAN'T PLAY AMAZON VIDEOS ON IT! I can't even play movies from Amazon video. I tell the Amazon Echo Show to play a video, it says it will play a video and nothing changes on the screen. It's connected to my Amazon account but nothing is showing on the screen. Is it playing on my Amazon Fire TV at home? If it is, why the hell do I need a $229 Amazon Echo Show to do that job when my $49 Echo Dots and $180 Amazon Echos will do the job. Some other issues that show the Amazon Echo needs refinement... + I received a "Template Error" issue. The device didn't know what to do. I didn't know what to do. WTF? + HTML shows in the news section. WTF? This is User Interface 101, don't show code on the front-end... <b>html showing on news</b> Overall, I bought two of these Amazon Echo Shows and I was REALLY disappointed. Save your money, don't buy them. If you need to check on a relative, just get an iPad. For $390 (the cost of two Shows after tax and Amazon's $100 off coupon) I can get a iPad with a 9.7 inch screen delivered to my house so I can set up the wifi, and then shipped to my distant relative. I don't need to buy TWO devices to try to get them to talk to each other and have that fail miserably because they can't even auto-answer the calls from one to another.
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