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The Echo line has a new family member. Amazon has unveiled the Echo Show 5 – and no, it isn’t the fifth iteration of the. The Echo Show 5 is a smaller 5.5-inch version of the Echo Show. The size pits it firmly up against the in the battle for small screen smart assistant supremacy.The Echo Show 5 looks quite familiar if you’re acquainted with the Echo Show, but it does come with a couple of new features.
Amazon Echo Show 5 Smart Display on Sale for $65, a $25 Discount. At less than a year old, the Echo Show 5 already has more than 25,000 5-star customer reviews.
The Echo Show 5 is priced at £79.99 ($89.99) and is slated to be released on June 26.Related:Along with a 5.5-inch display, the Echo Show 5 packs a HD camera.It’s in the camera department where the Echo Show 5 has its most interesting feature. Amazon has clearly taken on board privacy-related criticism when it comes to its smart home devices.As a consequence, Amazon has made the Echo Show 5 its first device to have a built-in camera cover. The physical camera cover gives users peace of mind about whether Amazon may or may not be spying on them.The privacy features don’t end with the camera, however. A physical microphone switch is also present, as well as visual indicators which appear whenever the Echo Show 5 is sending audio or video to the cloud.Another new feature lets users delete voice recordings made by an Echo by issuing a simple command.“Alexa, delete what I just said” and “Alexa, delete everything I said today” are just two of the commands to address your data collection worries. Amazon has also introduced a Privacy Hub to help you manage your information across all of your Echo devices.Related:The Echo Show 5 can do everything the bigger Echo Show can. Like the Echo Show, you can read recipes, watch, listen to Spotify and issue a whole range of commands to Alexa. Unfortunately, you still can’t get YouTube on Echo devices – a feature that’s definitely missed on this handy device.
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The Amazon Echo Show 5 smart display has arrived, bringing with it a shrunk-down version of the, for those wanting a smaller and cheaper take on the increasingly common smart display (the Echo Show now comes with five, eight, and ten-inch displays).You'll find the same Alexa smart assistant as Amazon’s other Echo devices, allowing for hands-free voice commands, and a way to hear information about the day’s news, weather, trivia, or whatever you can think to ask.But unlike an speaker, these smart displays carry a touchscreen, for showing information as much as telling it out loud. Users can cycle through their own personal images, watch videos through an internet browser, or just keep up a handy clock face – because, let's face it, who has a real clock anymore?The Show 5 looks set to take the place of the circular, Amazon's smart alarm clock, offering largely the same functionality in a more conventional shape – and at a lower price too.But Amazon is also pitching the Show 5 as a general home companion, something to call up how-to videos and recipes as much as setting alarms. Here's what we thought of the Amazon Echo Show 5.: which is the smart display to get?Price and availabilityThe Amazon Echo Show 5 retails for $89.99 / £79.99 / AU$129.
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