Features:

  • Bigger sound, better screen - Premium speakers with Dolby processing let you stream music and books in crisp, stereo sound. With a vibrant 10" HD screen for watching videos, movies and TV shows - in a new fabric design.
  • Your new digital photo frame – Personalize the screen with your photos or ask Alexa to show your photos.
  • Alexa can show you more - Watch movies and shows from Prime Video, stream live TV with a Hulu subscription, or music videos from Vevo. See song lyrics and album art with Amazon Music or stream from Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Audible and more.
  • Connect with others - Make video calls to anyone with Skype, the Alexa app, an Echo Spot, or Echo Show.
  • Your new kitchen companion - Watch recipe videos, cook along to step-by-step recipes, set timers, and add items to your shopping list.
  • Control your smart home - Set up compatible Zigbee devices without the need for a separate hub and use your voice to turn on lights, adjust thermostats, lock doors. See and talk to the front door with your doorbell camera and 2-way audio.
  • Ready to help - Echo Show is optimized for visibility across the room and can hear you even while music is playing. You can press the ‘microphone/camera off’ button to electronically disconnect the microphones and camera.
  • Alexa has skills - With over 50,000 skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter. Skills are like apps and let you do more with Alexa.
Love the New Look

I am very pleased with the new look and sound. The quality of the upgraded speaker and screen gives you that small TV look and sound in the Kitchen. I'm looking forward to great experiences.

The Echo Show 2nd Generation Is Amazing

The Echo Show 2nd gen is amazing. The screen is not only bigger but your wallpapers look more vivid especially pics with Autumn Leaves Echo Show 2 is louder then Echo Show 1 You can access your smarthome controls in settings eg lights,switches,plugs etc. You can ask Alexa to pull up firefox and silk browsers and you can view YouTube. I was able to view all my YouTube favorites,history,subscriptions etc once I logged in. Music sounds more crisp on the Echo Show 2 especially Dolby Show 2 has a lot of base but you can cut that down in the alexa app or in the settings as well I think. I recommend the Echo Show Gen 2 and the Stand Accessory sold seperatly thru amazon. The stand makes it look even better as you'll see in my picture. An FYI Echo Show Gen 1 also now has the browsers,light controls,youtube etc since an Update. The advantage of the Echo Show 2 over the 1 is mainly the bigger screen size and it's HD Screen. The Echo Show 1 is just a little brighter then the Echo Show 2 but the Show 2 looks better with your wallpaper pictures cause of the HD Screen. Show 1 isn't an HD Display.

So far we love the echo shows

So far we love the echo shows. My mom had a stroke a couple of years ago that left her unable to speak, therefore can not answer or talk on the phone. We got one to put in my mom's nursing home room so we can drop in on her without her having to speak to answer and the kids can tell her about their day or just say hello when we can't get over to visit. The speaker is phenomenal! I get better sound from the echo than I do from my stereo.

I love them!

I had a few issues with some of the ones I bought the first day they were available... but I got new ones and these are perfect. I am so in love with these things it's ridiculous. The only things I wish: -The "Calendar" card on the home screen would show me ALL of my events at a glance without me having to ask for my calendar. -Native support for Dark Sky as my weather source (with severe weather alerts) - the 3rd party app Big sky is an ok stop gap for now, but not good enough. -Added bonus would be Google tasks/reminders integration but that seems unlikely.

Amazing.

The commercial where the daughter burns the dinner before her date arrives and her dad helps her out via video on the Echo Show literally makes me tear up every time. My dad is not able to help me with things like that. He has dementia and has trouble walking. I am his daughter, but live six hours away from his nursing home. We used to talk on the phone all the time, but now he has trouble answering his cell phone and indeed yesterday left it in his pants, washed it and the cell phone died. I could not talk to him as I wanted. He was not able to answer video calls via Alexa without me reminding him on his cell to push the answer button. But now, Thanks to the Drop-In feature I can just video call him anytime without him having to answer and the nurses have left a note telling him what to say so he can drop in on me and his two beautiful granddaughters when he wants. Now, we spend hours together. It is nothing short of a miracle to see his and my face and his granddaughters faces light up as he is able to interact with my family EVERY SINGLE DAY. You have brought our lives JOY and i cannot thank you enough for this innovative technology and the ease with which to operate it. My kids and family adore every single feature and we are getting to know more and more about what it can do. Thank you sincerely from the bottom of our hearts.

Yes, you need this upgrade

I have several of the Alexa devices (kindle, dots, spots, echo, original show) this device is different for 2 reasons, speakers and size of screen. This is a great kitchen companion. The screen is large enough to view from across the room. Before adding an ingredient to a dish, you can confirm the measurement without walking away from the stove, bowl, mixer e.t.c. It has great speakers so you can fill the room with sound as you prepare your gourmet dish. I am hesitant about putting it in the bedroom, video calling :). When I purchased my show, Amazon offered a free smart light bulb. I wish they would bring back that offer. Not that I would buy another show, but it might help others purchase one, if they were considering having a smart home. The new Echo Show is a must have!!!!!! I purchased my Akexa Show from an Amazon kiosk in a mall. That is why this post doesn't detail "verified purchaser".

Surprisingly good!

I have had the first gen Echo since it came out. The sound was decent and I had it hooked up to my Smartthings hub for full home automation. However, I found myself migrating more and more over to the Google ecosystem and the Home hub devices. When the 2nd Gen show came out, I decided to give it a try. I was convinced that I was going to return it the next day. Brought it home, set it up, did some research and found more about Hulu Live and it's integration with Alexa. Connected my Ring doorbell and cameras ... the next day, I did go back to Best Buy - but I bought one more of the 2nd Gen Show's and two more of the Spot devices for my boys rooms. I have disconnected all my Google devices and will be adding the 4k Fire Stick when it's released next week. Absolutely love the 2nd Show and Spot devices. The camera doesn't bother me at all because I have a $0.30 piece of plastic that is a lens cover like on my laptop - and when I am not using the camera, I slide that over the lens and no one can secretly watch us. Love the drop in feature because I now placed one of these in my mom's house is up in age. I will be disconnecting my cable subscription and using Hulu Live because I get all the local stations in addition to the cable channels that I use. That will save me over $70 per month .. and I can watch on all my Fire Stick devices, Show's, etc. Lastly, I did buy the Google Home Hub as well with the 7" monitor ... that was the one I was convinced I would be using. However, the sound is awful compared to the Show, it's tiny and if you want to watch any sort of videos on the screen - it sucks because it's so small ... I returned the Google Home Hub the same day it came in ... Hope this helps.

Very glad I waited for the 2nd generation

When I first saw the Echo Show Gen 1, I was on the fence of getting it. Looked promising but the screen was a bit small for the price tag. Glad I waited for Gen 2! The screen on this thing is beautiful. Full HD and vibrant colors. I'm amazed that I can watch my Prime shows and it looks great. I also love the lyrics on the screen for Amazon Music. Sometimes I just want a solo karaoke session in my kitchen. The sound of the Echo Show was what impressed me the most. I'm upgrading from a 1st Gen Echo Dot and the moment I heard the sound of the Show, I was blown away! There is so much bass and the volume can get insanely loud for such a little device. The kitchen might be my second most favorite spot in the house. Touchscreen is also very responsive and works great. The only thing I wish it had was an app hub so I can choose exactly what I want. Sometimes Alexa doesn't understand what I want to watch. Best Amazon machine ever!! Can't wait to see what other devices they release.

Awesome Smart Display

Once you get past which ecosystem to commit to, make no mistake, this Smart Display is really slick.....setting aside the fact that IMHO Alexa is better in a number of ways over the Google Assistant for these purposes, and considering I own both the Google Home Hub and the Show Gen 2, I have to say that the display size of the Show Gen 2 is a huge win/+. Saying 'Alexa' is also easier and more reliable than 'OK Google' or 'Hey Google'. As for screen quality on this unit, very nice. And the audio quality is very good. I love the fact that you can get some thumping bass from this product too. It's audio quality is sufficient to fill an entire room. All the features that Amazon advertises for this product work pretty well, to really well. It's not often that this happens..... The home automation aspects of this Smart Display are very good, to great. It relies heavily on having the Alexa App on your smartphone, but I don't see this as a big drawback. And the Mic array is particularly adept at hearing you correctly the first time.... I'm not going to do a deep dive on all the features....as Amazon's content on the site does a good job of this. For the asking price, I think it's one of the best Smart Displays released so far this year. And because I'm Prime, I get tons of content right off the bat, i.e. music, movies, apps, shopping, order updates 'Alexa', where's my stuff, etc. Google Home Hub sits in the bedroom.....Echo Show Gen 2 sits in the kitchen, where we spend 70% of our time. Provided Amazon continues to push updates to this unit for some time to come, I think this experience will only get better and better! Can't wait.

Mouth-watering recipes in brilliant color and relaxing videos and sound to soothe the soul too!

I embraced voice-controlled applications and services on Amazon Echo devices over a year ago and was thrilled to finally get a chance to try out the new Echo Show. I had been wanting a display device for use in the kitchen where I could refer to recipes while I am preparing a new dish and was also interested in purchasing an Alexa-enabled video doorbell so I could check to see who was at the door whenever I hear the dogs start barking while I am working on my computer in my home office. I don't yet have the video doorbell but I did ask the new Show to display recipes for corn beef and cabbage, one of my husband's favorite dishes, and the images were sharp and the colors brilliant. I also enabled an ambient sound skill and enjoyed both hearing the mountain river and seeing a relaxing HD video of the stream. As a photographer, I hope to develop my own skills for the Show that will be both inspiring and educational!

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