Widgets display the latest content (including many ads) from Alexa. You can read more about how we test, including testing your speakers – How to tell if you have good music (sound signature is the key – guide. Of course, that will vary if you wall or stand mount it. The sound stage is (stereo), and it is just a little wider than the speaker. It is a ‘warm and sweet’ sound signature – pretty good for a smart speaker. It sounds OK with some mid-bass (building), almost flat (good) high-bass, strong and flat mid and reasonable if a little choppy, treble. Music is limited to Amazon Music, Apple Music, and Spotify. It does not have HDR, and images tend to look a little dark. The screen is 1920 x 1080p SDR and not overly bright – we measured at 275 nits (maximum) which is OK for indoor use but looks washed out in sunny rooms. It needs all Australian digital channels to be really useful as a video screen. That’s it – and there is no word if Amazon will add more (question at launch). Video apps include Amazon Prime, Netflix, YouTube, Bing, TikTok, ABC iView (feature reduced) and Red Bull TV. We found the maximum distance was about 5 metres. Again, if you are wall mounting, leave sufficient room for the mics to be effective. There are four far-field mics – two on top and two on the left side. Select the screen saver – your photos (max 5GB free uploaded to Amazon Photos), Seasonal, Nature or Travel photos curated by Amazon. The more you personalise, the more Amazon knows about you and adds to your profile. Once you have that, it guides you through setting up profiles (so it can recognise you or other family members and facial recognition – not compulsory), the type of home screen, personal calendars, reminders, events, Widgets (on the home screen) and more. The latter costs $6.99 a month ($59 per year) and includes Prime Video and Prime Music. You need an Amazon shopping account or a paid Amazon Prime Account to log in. Set upĭownload the Alexa app for Android or iOS – or you can just use the Echo Show’s initial setup. You must consider this when selecting a mount style or wall placement otherwise, you could see the cream cable hanging down to the power point. It has an 18V/1.67A/30W wall charger with a 1.5m plug cable (1.8m extension cable $19.95) that goes into a recess on the back. There is an obvious O-hole camera on the top left of the frame (not in the screen) with a physical privacy shutter, mic on/off and +/- volume buttons on the top. Tilt/swivel stand ($59.95) that may suit your needs better.The stand requires you to select either portrait or landscape (no rotation) as it screws to the Echo Show 15 It can be wall-mounted (bracket and wall plugs provided) or stand-mounted: It is pretty thick, so you will have to mount it. information technology industry, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook.įirst impression – the mother of all smart speaker displaysġ5.6” screen in a picture frame measuring 401.3 x 251 x 35.5 (W/H/D) x 2.215kg. Echo Show 15 WebsiteĪmazon is an American multinational conglomerate that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It is one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. Read our guide Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa – the battle of the smart assistants. We won’t go into the relative merits of the Amazon or Google ecosystem here because we suspect you have already made that decision and have opted for one camp – you really cannot be in both. Why that caveat? There are two main contenders for smart speakers – Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa (Siri, Bixby, and Cortana do not really get a look in). The Amazon Alexa Echo Show 15 is a 15.6” picture frame style 1920 x 1080, 16:9, portrait or landscape IPS/LCD screen with Amazon Alexa smarts, a camera and dual 1.6” landscape speakers.

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