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5.0 out of 5 starsNice hub for the living room, but needs moving space and moves ALL THE TIME! (Now UPDATED)
Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2022
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!