Amazon Echo Show
amazon.com
Amazon Echo Show
1–10 of 467 posts
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#2It continues to surprise me how far ahead of them Apple is letting Amazon/Google get in this area. I've always been a big fan of Apple (despite their closed ecosystem), but have to admit that Amazon is seriously outplaying them on this front. Hopefully Apple surprises me and comes up with something even more innovative that can compete.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#3Any echo owners feel like they would get additional value out of this?
90% of my interaction with my standard echo has been "what's the weather".
Even when I want visual controls for music, I'd rather pull out my phone than walk over to a screen.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#4Amazon is killing it in IoT/Smart Home. However, IMHO, they are making a bit of mistake by not allowing developers to monetize their platform (at least the last time I checked). There were also certain device functions that apps could not utilize (e.g. programmatically mute and unmute). I suspect they'll have a wall garden approach to their new Echo devices too ... if this was open, they'd win it all (again, just my opinion).
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#5It continues to surprise me how far ahead of them Apple is letting Amazon/Google get in this area. I've always been a big fan of Apple (despite their closed ecosystem), but have to admit that Amazon is seriously outplaying them on this front. Hopefully Apple surprises me and comes up with something even more innovative that can compete.
I figure Apple is letting them figure out the basics and then they will introduce Siri-in-a-box kind of thing. No sense in being first to market if your execution is flawed.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#6Love the concept of the Echo, however i don't see too much value in a screen, as for most tasks you'd need that for it's usually worth the effort to pull out the phone since you are also not bound to a specific location.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#7Looks like a mini tablet? Why cannot tablet be used for the same purpose? Perhaps audio capability?
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#8Any echo owners feel like they would get additional value out of this? 90% of my interaction with my standard echo has been "what's the weather". Even when I want visual controls for music, I'd rather pull out my phone than walk over to a screen.
Not really. This lacks basic tablet-level functionality. I cant see this taking off.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#9In the United States, what is the need for speech recognition devices? At least in Japan and China, speech recognition technology does not reach practical level and needs are small.
Re: Amazon Echo Show
#10A few thoughts:
- This is way less creepy-looking than the Amazon Look (https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Hands-Free-Camera-Style-Assistan...), but it is actually very similar.
- It is great to add a screen to the Echo. Just more feedback on interacting with it, and possibility to watch YouTube, Netflix, etc. casually.
- It doesn't have the same cool minimalism as the Echo. The Echo sits on my counter and looks nice when not in use. I think this one looks much clunkier.
- I definitely want to try one.