Amazon Echo Show 10 HD Display 3rd Gen Charcoal

I absolutely love this Amazon product. It’s super cool and fun to mess around with. It has a bunch of neat little features! For starters, it’s quite a bit bigger than I expected, which is a good thing! It’s perfect size to actually enjoy what you’re doing on it. The screen is large enough to comfortably watch movies, play videos, video chat, etc.. the actually Alexa/speaker is also quite large and sounds great as far as audio goes. It doesn’t sound muffled and actually has pretty good bass to it. I love watching my regular shows on it. I like that screen goes all the way 360 degrees and can follow you if you want. I personally doesn’t use the follow feature because it is slightly off due to the camera being on the right side and not centered. So with that being ... MoreI absolutely love this Amazon product. It’s super cool and fun to mess around with. It has a bunch of neat little features! For starters, it’s quite a bit bigger than I expected, which is a good thing! It’s perfect size to actually enjoy what you’re doing on it. The screen is large enough to comfortably watch movies, play videos, video chat, etc.. the actually Alexa/speaker is also quite large and sounds great as far as audio goes. It doesn’t sound muffled and actually has pretty good bass to it. I love watching my regular shows on it. I like that screen goes all the way 360 degrees and can follow you if you want. I personally doesn’t use the follow feature because it is slightly off due to the camera being on the right side and not centered. So with that being said, it doesn’t look straight at you when it follows, which is a bit annoying. I tend to turn the camera off - close it with the little close feature. That feature is pretty neat for those not comfortable with it being open/on. Something else that is a bit annoying would be the fact that Alexa can’t answer a lot of things you ask her. She tends to say something about not knowing the answer to it. It would be cool if she could have casual conversation with you. She sort of can as far as good morning, thank you, goodnight and stuff like that goes. There are also other cool features such as the weather, alarms, reminders, display settings, and so on. I like that it can be used with smart plugs and turn on/off lights, cameras, fans, and really anything electrical. You can also use it as a security thing when away so you can see your home (whatever room it’s in). There are definitely a few flaws and things that can be improved, but overall I really enjoy using it. I looks very nice and super fun to use. My mom calls it “boujee” - HA!

I have and love and use an Echo Show 5, so when I had the opportunity to pick up the Amazon Echo Show 10 | HD smart display with motion and Alexa I did not hesitate. The good news is everything I love about the Echo 5 is here, but in a larger, more functional, and better sounding design. Having a smart home already built upon Alexa, the Echo 10 was seamlessly integrated into the family of devices. Music, dinner alerts, and device controls can be made from any of the units, making control simple, convenient, and energy efficient. After our first Echo, we bought our parents the 8 for Christmas (they loving it as we do), so communication is fun and simple, especially during times of quarantines and social distancing. The grandparent and grandkids owe much of their ... MoreI have and love and use an Echo Show 5, so when I had the opportunity to pick up the Amazon Echo Show 10 | HD smart display with motion and Alexa I did not hesitate. The good news is everything I love about the Echo 5 is here, but in a larger, more functional, and better sounding design. Having a smart home already built upon Alexa, the Echo 10 was seamlessly integrated into the family of devices. Music, dinner alerts, and device controls can be made from any of the units, making control simple, convenient, and energy efficient. After our first Echo, we bought our parents the 8 for Christmas (they loving it as we do), so communication is fun and simple, especially during times of quarantines and social distancing. The grandparent and grandkids owe much of their relationships the past year to devices I’m such as the Echo. Again, it’s easy to set up, especially if you already have the Alexa app, as we do. Light and cameras go into different zones or rooms, grouped so they are easily and quickly controlled. Too, it integrates perfectly with my non Amazon smart devices (such as my doorbell camera), so I don’t have to juggle multiple apps. My doorbell cam displays perfectly on my Echo 10, for example. I decided to place the Echo Show 10 in the kitchen, thinking mostly that the video and hands free operation would be most useful where the food is being prepped, and it’s perfect for us there. No more do we have to touch our phone to see a recipes, touch food, forget a step, was our hands and reawaken our phone (over and over). Now the recipe is constantly available visually on the Echo Show, and Alexa and help answer any question like “Alexa how much salt did you say I need,” with the convenience I have when my mother in-law is actually with me in the kitchen. To the Smart Display with motion will actually follow you around as you move about (a function that you can turn off with the flip of a switch, if you’re concerned about privacy.) This feature is particularly useful during online virtual meetings as you aren’t tethered in one spot, but can instead multitask while meeting with work or friends. The speaker is obviously much larger than what was in the Echo Show 5, and while I was happy with the previous versions sound quality, the Echo Show 10 is vastly better, offering deeper, filler sound, and louder too. It’s fun to follow along with the lyrics of sounds on the screen, and adjusting the volume is as easy as telling Alexa, “sound up,” or “volume 4,” or whatever. She’s a very clever girl, this Alexa. Other things I love and use constantly are weather reports, alarms, and photos reels. And really I’m just scratching the surface, as the Amazon Echo Show 10 seems to be endlessly functionable. I obviously recommend, and am excited to see what Amazon comes up with next to improve and simplify my life!

The echo show 8 got my 5-star rating and I have one in each bedroom at home. The echo show 10 goes in the kitchen. But although it has a bigger screen and bigger speaker, it doesn’t live up to its design and potential. The motion is choppy and the screen following is poor. You can ask “Alexa, motion off”; and it would reply “motion is now off” but the screen would still move. Repeat this about 4-5 times and motion MAY really be off. Screen following is the same way. Wake word sensitivity is poor. Sometimes you have to shout at it to wake it. This is opposite of the 8, which you can whisper to it and it would whisper back Often I would say “Alexa” in the kitchen and the ones in the bedrooms would answer instead. prompting me to have to change the wake word for the ... MoreThe echo show 8 got my 5-star rating and I have one in each bedroom at home. The echo show 10 goes in the kitchen. But although it has a bigger screen and bigger speaker, it doesn’t live up to its design and potential. The motion is choppy and the screen following is poor. You can ask “Alexa, motion off”; and it would reply “motion is now off” but the screen would still move. Repeat this about 4-5 times and motion MAY really be off. Screen following is the same way. Wake word sensitivity is poor. Sometimes you have to shout at it to wake it. This is opposite of the 8, which you can whisper to it and it would whisper back Often I would say “Alexa” in the kitchen and the ones in the bedrooms would answer instead. prompting me to have to change the wake word for the ones in the bedrooms. This creates another small problem, I have to remember to say “Echo” in the bedrooms instead of “Aleaxa”. Drifting off to sleep and saying “Alexa, lights off” only to remember: you are in the bedroom. Comical but annoying at the same time. Speaker is great. Better than the 8 for obvious reason. That and the bigger screen are still not enough to justify its price in term of value when compared to the 8, which is at a fraction of the price. The first one I brought home has the seal broken so I thought may be it was defective, so exchanged it for another one. Same problems. So looking like a design or software problem. Still debating if the better sound and bigger screen are worth the annoyances. May be the next generation would be better.