Amazon Echo Show 10 (newest model), HD smart display with premium sound, motion and Alexa, Charcoal

I was enthusiastic when I ordered my Echo Show 3rd Gen. It was supposed to be a robot but not quite. Awesome speakers, great camera, rotating screen?! I got it out of the box, set it up and although I was a bit thrown off by the white cord sticking out of the black unit like a sore thumb, I really didn’t have major issues. The problem was that after using it for a bit longer bugs started to pop out. Bugs observed: - Screen rotates past you. - Barely touching the screen for an action result in a path is blocked message. - Can’t rotate at night because if an area is lit dimly will result in motion stopping and an error message - Some error messages disappear pretty quickly - During a video call the zooming, orienting of the lenses is not quite right - Sometimes it won’t respond to the wake up word. Hardware wise though, this one is better in every regard than its predecessor, which I considered a 5 star product, so the potential is there. So, while I think they would have benefited from a bit more of development time, I think the potential is there. Hopefully, they can do a firmware update to correct the issues. At this point I am not returning it, but if you haven’t bought it, I would wait for a few updates. UPDATE JAN2022 (Raised one star): Some of the most annoying bugs have been fixed but not all of them have. However, the improvements are significant enough that I would consider purchasing another one if on sale. If not,the current Gen Show 8 is really good too. UPDATE JUL2022 (Raised another star) This is what I expected when I ordered this device. Haven’t had a bug in a while. Screen rotation is significantly better, stopping at the correct spots and following better. Additionally, a friend that ordered a current gen black Echo Show 8, received a black power cord with it; it appears that Amazon is moving in the right direction with the power cords. Given that those were my main issues with the device, I raised it a star.

One of the best purchases that I have made. I have had my Echo Show for several years now- I got it when it first released- It still works just as well today as it did the day I got it. Actually, it still contributes to get periodic updates that make it even BETTER! A few key features that I consider some of the perks to this. *I cook and bake a lot. I am in the kitchen ALOT. I use my Echo Show 10 to watch TV shows while I am cooking or cleaning- or to listen to music. -I use it to follow recipes on screen while I’m cooking. -I use it to call my children when dinner is ready. *Dirty hands? But you still need to turn the screen to face you? No worries. It will turn to face you as you move around the kitchen. Which is perhaps one of my favorite features!! A few questions that I had before I got it, answered. *Can you download and watch Netflix, Hulu, Disney etc? -So some apps yes, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video etc. while I have not been able to get the Hulu app, I am still able to watch Hulu through the web browser. *Silk is the web browser and can be set so all you have to do is say take me to the internet (or whatever you want to be the words you use to pull it up) and your Echo Show will open the browser, where you can do most anything. *Facebook? -Yes, but not Facebook messenger. Not yet anyways, I will come back to update if they get it working with messenger. *YouTube? -Also yes. I use Silk to go to YouTube. So you can do most things that you can do from a tablet or phone. But it’s like having a small TV set up in your kitchen, but one that will follow you around as you move around cooking or cleaning . If you have other Alexa devices in your house- for instance, my children each have a kids Echo. So I am able to call their device or “Drop In” on them, to tell them dinner is ready or ask a without etc. when you first drop in on someone, it does not do video. Just lets them hear you. After a moment, and if they approve the video then you can see each other (so you don’t drop in on someone while they’re naked and getting dressed 😂) Also, the Echo Show can be used even when you are not at home. Through the Alexa app, you can view your home from the Echo Show, like a security camera. But you can actually move the screen around to see the entire area that you have it in. Which is a very near feature! I highly recommend this Echo Show 10. I would love to have a few of them through out the house. If you have any friends or family, you can also contact them, call, video chat etc. Another feature- that I just found out about. It’s basically a second phone/landline. You can call any phone number from it. Which is great, especially if you have kids at home who constantly want to use your phone to call their BFF’s. They can use the Echo Show to call friends. Or do video calls. Truly an amazing device and you will be figuring out awesome features for a while!! Well worth the money and more!!

I have owned the last two Generation Echo Shows. The Echo Show 1 & Echo Show Gen 2. The Echo Show 10 solves all the issues that the first two devices had, and adds even more features jam packed into one great device. Now before I get into the meat and potatoes — let me tell you about the truly magical experience I have had with this device. It arrived in a box almost double the size of the previous model — and this device is BIG! The screen is huge! The speaker is also apparently much more powerful than the last generation — and I can tell, that is most definitely the case. But the true magic comes when you power on and set up the Echo. The Amazon team really did wonders creating this device. Both the camera and the AI in this thing are crazy good. Assuming you have motion enabled, as soon as you say the wake word, i.e., “Alexa” the device honed in on my direction, rotated towards me, and began listening. If you walk around the room, this device follows you. You can’t understand how cool this is until you try it out. I would upload a video, but I’m sure you can look it up on YouTube, and there will likely be hundreds of reviews showcasing it here. There’s something about the tracking technology that Amazon has gotten just right. I called up my Grandma who has my old first gen echo show, and she didn’t even realize we were conversing as I was walking around my room. She thought I was just stationary the whole time. When I pointed it out and showed to her, her jaw dropped. The way the camera zooms in on you, and the range of video it can show is phenomenal. I can jump onto my bed (my echo is on my nightstand) and the echo will zoom in and focus on me. When I go off the side of my bed, it follows zooming out, and can follow my body all the way as I walk back across the room towards the device. It all feels so natural. The only thing that is missing would be if the Echo device itself moved! You can now have a conversation with someone when moving around your environment, without having to remain stationary. In a kitchen, a home gym, or anywhere you’d want to talk with someone actively, this device would be really extraordinary to play with, especially during covid times. I use my device in my room as an Alarm clock — so previously, my camera would be staring across the room as to not let me look at the screen if needed (for time/alarms, etc). Now, with the camera cover, I feel much more comfortable covering the camera and rotating the device to look towards me at night. Now, take these into consideration as you decide if you want to purchase: First, if you want to get the latest and greatest Echo device, the purchase is a no brainer. I am an Amazon loyalist, and can say that even from first impressions, this device blows all other Amazon devices I’ve owned away. Second, if you’re a user who doesn’t mind the camera being uncovered, then you’ll have no problem with this device. You’ll love it. The motion features will be left on 16/7 for me. I wouldn’t be comfortable allowing having the camera on while I’m sleeping (and staring at me), but for a public area in your home — who cares? I wouldn’t mind, I’d leave it on all day — it following you around is magical. Third, if you fall into the second issue above, you CAN use the camera cover to disable motion. If you don’t mind sliding the cover open and closed every morning/night, this could work for a nightstand alarm clock, and the hassle/inconvenience would be worth it. Pros: - Motion is magical - Camera is high definition - Sound is great. Music sounds lively. Lyrics on screen that follow you around the room - Adaptive screen dimming still works even when camera/motion is blocked/disabled - You can manually rotate the device when motion is off i.e. I’m going to bed, to point it towards me. I don’t know if that’s safe for the motor — I’ll ask Amazon! Cons: - If your room doesn’t have a full range of motion, the Echo might get confused when following you around. Since it is on my nightstand, the echo really only needs to turn about 90° to see in front if itself, and when I go to the left of my room. If I go to exit my room, it might start losing tracking, which could probably fixed in a future OS update (to halt moving at a specific point, which it already does). Bottom Line: I 100% recommend this as an upgrade to an old device or a new device for any potential Echo owners. If you don’t feel comfortable with the motion controls, turn them off, but you won’t get the full package and what I think is the biggest selling point of this device. Put this in a public room and try it out — you won’t regret it. EDIT: After seeing more reviews a few points to mention: 1. White power cord. Who cares? You dock a star for this? Don’t listen to normies giving poor reviews who think the color of a power cord which is draped out of sight will have any effect on how the device improves over it’s predecessor 2. Complaints over resolution: if you’re not buying this thing to watch full-fledged movies on, it’s fine. You won’t notice. 3. Complaints over tracking: it won’t track you with the camera in the dark. A future models can probably have an infrared light added (similar to FaceID) to fix that problem. 4. I saw someone complaining about Airplay and multiroom audio. Echo devices support multiroom audio through Amazon’s Ecosystem — not bluetooth. It has never supported that. Why would you expect this to change without notice? Don’t listen to the haters. People reviewing are acting as if this device isn’t 5x better than the last generation of the Show. Motion is a stellar addition that would bring moving smart devices into the mainstream. No one here knows what a the Facebook Portal is, because there was never a solid backing behind the product line. Echos are in homes across America, and I’m sure that this will lead to better smart devices from Amazon in the future. For reference, I have owned an: Echo Show 1, Echo Show 2, Echo Dot, and have coded ~5 Alexa Skills. I know these devices. This gen is great. Give it 1 month and these will be 5/5. These reviews all read so fake. Who purchases a device and returns it same-day due to a different colored power cord? Who returns a device that doesn’t do something they expected when it was never said the device did it? Low-information consumers and people with too high expectations... there’s a reason why it’s called PRE-ORDERING, because you KNOW you are going to like it and/or take what you get. No one forced you to buy a day 1 device. TL;DR: Don’t listen to bad reviews. Buy this if you’re in the market.

Here I am again with yet another echo review. Anyone who follows my reviews knows I have quite a few of these things. I'm always buying a new one and then doing the echo shuffle, placing them in different rooms with every upgrade. I have the echo dot 2nd gen (well, had....we'll get to that in a bit), an echo dot 4th generation, three echo show 5's, an echo show 8 and now, with my latest purchase, an echo show 10. I have them all over our house. I've been watching the 10 and 15 for a while now. Then, one day, I got a notification that the 10 had a deal. I took it and noticed they'd give me more off in I traded in one of my other devices. Out went the 2nd gen because I knew, with the upgrade and shuffling, I wouldn't use it anymore. The sadness washed over me. It was our first echo relationship. So many memories. The good times, the bad times. I will look back at them fondly. I took some time to say goodbye before packaging it up and taking it to the UPS drop-off. They say getting over your first is hard, and they are right, but it was time to move on..... I purchased the 10 and it arrived the next day. Set up, as always, was a breeze. Took less than 5 minutes thanks to the preset up email. The 10 is about the right size for our kitchen (where it replaced the 8, which got moved elsewhere, hence the shuffle) and I love having the bigger screen to watch the news while I get ready for work in the morning. The sound and picture quality are pretty great. I did get a little stand for it so it sits a bit taller, but other than that, it's just about perfect. Just about you say? Yea, just about. My issue is with the one feature that the others I own don't have. Motion detection. I hate it. Why? Well, first, I don't ever use my echos for phone calls. I know some people do and that's cool. Just not my thing. Second, I placed my echo in a corner. It can't swivel without hitting a wall. So, I turned that feature off. Simple enough. Or so I thought. It did an update recently and I walked into my kitchen, only to find it stuck against the wall. It had reset itself. Bad Alexa, bad. I turned the feature off again. It started to move once more, telling me it was stuck. I gave it a good amount of side eye and double checked the settings. It showed that it was turned off. Hmmm. I did what our IT department always says to do when faced with a tech crisis. I turned it off and back on again. I also closed the camera lens, something I had forgotten to do with this one. It hasn't tried moving since. Let's hope it stays that way. Since it does come with motion detection, one nice thing about it (yes, there is something positive about it I guess) is that even when disabled, the screen can be swiveled. Now, I do like that. I have had to adjust the screen a little depending on where I am in the room or because of the glare of the lights and it's nice to not have to move the whole device. I do sometimes wish you could lock it into place though. No swiveling at all. If there is such a feature (outside of the motion detection disable), I haven't found it yet. Aside from that, just as with my other echos, I really like it. It's great for checking our blink cameras, watching news or tv, playing music throughout the house, controlling our lights, creating shopping lists, reminders and the like, or just being entertained by asking silly questions. Me and Alexa can have hours of fun with the last one. She's a crazy gal. There are so many things you can do that I doubt I will stop with the 10. As a matter of fact, I know I won't. As Amazon keeps making them, I will probably keep buying them, eventually having one in every single room in our house. I'm honestly pretty close. What will I do then, you ask? Well, we do have a garage and I have a workout shed, so we shall see.....

So let's look at the model Echo Show 10 itself. Thought it was going to be something like putting a tablet on top of an Apple Home Pod (first gen). Well....it's not. Keep forgetting the Echo Show devices are not tablet user interface devices and the sound quality is not even close to the Home Pod, so just a tad disappointed with that. That said, I do really like the device. I don't have a problem with the Echo UI, in fact i kinda like it better than a tablet. The sound isn't bad, it just isn't what I was hoping for after looking at the design and certainly the price point. The screen and camera quality are really quite good, although when I watch the home screen transition from one picture to another the transition is not super smooth, like maybe the processor is a little under-powered. Not sure about that one tho. The motion feature is nice that it moves to "look at" whoever in the room is talking to it (nice feature), the problem is you can turn the motion off, close the camera and still it's gonna move to what ever section of the house has the brightest light. That is so annoying. I might want it to stay looking "at me" and not move around so I ask it to play something, turn any motion option OFF and it will eventually move anyway. Drives me up the wall. I think that could probably be addressed in a software OS fix, hopefully soon. Also, when you talk to it, it will move around a lot like it's trying to figure out where you are exaclty. All in all, it isn't a bad device for the living room, picture, sound, camera all nice, just needs the motion adjusted to "don't move" means "don't move" and they could probably upgrade the processor or maybe adjust the OS a little. If you need an Echo Show and you are only going to purchase one AND don't need it to function as a hub, I'd go with the Echo Show 8 (2021). Otherwise, wait for some changes to this model. Gave it 4 stars for all nice features, but minus one big star for the motion. Does play live video feeds like ABC News really well, that's a plus...and my favorite Sci-Fi (Expanse) looks amazing on it too. If they fix any issues I'll update this review. Hope it helps. Review Update 9/3/2022: So I moved the Echo 10 into a different room where the lighting was more even and that stopped most of the moving around problems. Then one day it seemed to want to move again and when I was finished a screen popped up that asked if I wanted to change the direction limits. I said yes and it had a great feature I wasn't aware of that let me set the boundaries to the smallest movement possible. With those two changes I have updated my 4 stars to 5. Problems solved and now I don't have to constantly look at the back of the screen. Very happy, really like this product. Thinking about buying another one to replace an Echo 5. The 5 is amazing, but I've gotten to the point where I just want the biggest screen possible, thus the only reason to replace the 5. Good luck, hope this info helps!

I didn’t expect to love this thing as much as I do, but now I catch myself talking to Alexa more than most humans. The Echo Show 10 is sleek, responsive, and honestly way more capable than I expected. The rotating screen is a total game-changer. It follows me around the kitchen while I cook, clean, or multitask, so timers, recipes, and music controls are always in view. The sound quality is surprisingly rich, way better than I expected from a smart display. I’ve officially retired my old Bluetooth speaker. One of my favorite features is the photo album display. I synced it with Amazon Photos, and now my screen cycles through memories all day long. It makes the kitchen feel warmer, cozier, and a little more personal, like a digital scrapbook I didn’t know I needed. I also love being able to pull up live video from my Ring camera. I can say, “Alexa, show me the front door,” and boom, instant footage. Whether I’m expecting a delivery or dodging surprise visitors, it gives me peace of mind without needing my phone. Now, quick PSA for fellow parents: turn on the 4-digit voice purchase code the second you set this up. My son accidentally subscribed to a $15 Alexa quiz because she asked if he wanted to “try premium,” and he cheerfully said yes. Not Alexa’s fault, but definitely something to lock down if you’ve got curious kids. Overall, the Echo Show 10 feels like a smart display that’s actually… smart. Between the helpful voice control, display rotation, live security access, and the sentimental touch of daily photo memories, it’s earned its spot on my counter, and in my daily routine.

Has a great sound quality and all in all I am very happy with this product. I use it as a main hub and connect cameras to, alarms, and reminders, and I use it to alert me if a dog is barking at home when I'm not there. I haven’t used the drop-in camera yet but plan to for when I go on vacation I can drop in at my house if I need to all in all I’m pretty happy with this product. The color works for my kitchen since I Stain stainless steel and black iron throughout it connects easily to all my devices especially those that are made for it. The screen is a good size. We can watch YouTube videos while doing dishes now or news. Kinda net. I don’t like how it will just go off. I Love the add-to shopping list feature. And how it alerts me when my laundry is done in my AI washer. I have plugs connected to it that have lights connected to them, and I have my robot vacuum connected to it. It's nice! We don't have Anyway to see our driveway so it is nice to get a notification that movement is happening in our driveway or a person is in our driveway so we know if someone is at our house to visit us or if it’s a package being delivered. Well made too will follow you while you’re watching a YouTube video and doing the dishes or you can turn that power off where it can’t see you and then it won’t follow you just nice to have those options.

This is by far our family’s favorite Amazon product. We started with an echo dot (2nd gen) in 2017, then fire tv sticks, plug ins, fire tablets, echo auto and echo shows. We pretty much have an alexa/echo device in each rooms. It was very easy to install especially if you already have an amazon account. Also, check out their trade-in program. Take advantage of upgrading your echo devices and experience how amazon develops their products and try their best to give customers great and reliable products. Now, this Echo Show 10 does a lot of work in our home. I won’t discuss about any technical things about it since I do not speak that language. However I will review this from a Mom’s standpoint. As a parent of curious kids, you’ll get hundreds of questions a day. Sometimes you’d know the answers and there are times you don’t. The device helps me with that. Sure the other echo dots can do it but having a screen that follows you is more fun and more informative for kids. It makes my kids interested in current events as it shows news articles and photos. It would give some facts and interesting topics for us to discuss further. Of course, my kids will do their own research and it keeps them more interested. From music, history, conversation, spelling, you name it, it would have the answers. Next is the camera feature, any approved contacts can drop in on this device. It’s amazing since they could pretty much video call other relatives that have alexa app or devices. It makes us feel more connected with our loved ones that can’t operate phones to video call. So aside from connecting us with humans, it connects us to other non humans; my vacuum cleaner, air purifier, lights, window blinds and so much more. It helps me multi task. As a mom, life gets busy and I forget a lot of things! I rely on this device to remind me about my schedule, chores, shopping lists, recipes, etc. I do have other ways to remind myself about things but it helps that there’s a device that will show me and tell me to do it. It makes me remember more when I see my list and this thing does it for me without all the paper clutter. Then there’s more features to explore! It helps me so I wish other moms would have something like this to will help them everyday.