Amazon announces the more affordable Echo Show 5 smart display for $90/₹8,999

-

Amazon has plans to plant its Echo devices to in all walks of your life. Not just in the living room, bedroom, or the kitchen, but also your car – while also bringing Alexa to your toilet seats through partners. While voice interactions remain to be the key here, Amazon also wants to capitalize on its investment in movies and television production by attaching a touchscreen to the regular smart speaker. Launched back in 2017 and refreshed last year, the Amazon Echo Show smart display-cum-speaker is Amazon’s fighter in the domain and is now being complemented by a more affordable variant with a smaller display.

The new Amazon Echo Show 5 is now officially launched for $89.99 and features a 5.5-inch which has a resolution of 960 x 480. This display can be used to watch over the top video content from Amazon Prime or news from partner outlets like CNN, and video-call others who have an Amazon Echo Show or the Echo Spot. It can also show lyrics or text on the screen while playing music or audiobooks.

Besides reducing the screen size to almost half, Amazon has also cut down the number of speakers from two on the $230 Echo Show to one on the Echo Show 5. Additionally, the camera resolution has also been reduced from 5MP to just 1MP. The number of microphones, too, has been reduced from four to two and instead of being in the front, they’re now located on the top along with volume and mute buttons.

Amazon Echo Show 5 alexa

Meanwhile, the Echo Show 5 retains the physical shutter to cover the camera so that you don’t have to worry about it spying on you. There’s a 3.5mm USB output for you to connect other speakers alongside the standard support for Bluetooth out.

At this price, the Echo Show 5 totally overshadows the smaller Echo Spot ($130) and this suggests that Amazon might eventually discontinue the latter – or still continue to sell it at a lower price. Further, it also undercuts the Google Nest Hub (previously called Google Home Hub) by a sweet $40. Yes, you can’t officially watch YouTube on the Echo Show, but it can be achieved using the Firefox web browser which comes pre-installed.

The Alexa Echo Show 5 is also coming to India for ₹8,999 (~$130) and in addition to Amazon Prime, will support content in regional music videos via Hungama besides music from Amazon Music, JioSaavn, Gaana, Hungama Music, TuneIn, etc.

“Alexa, delete everything I said today”

With privacy concerns on the rise, Amazon has announced a new Alexa Privacy Hub, which will allow users to delete all the information that the company has about the consumers. Besides that, there’s a couple of new commands such as “Alexa, delete what I just said” and “Alexa, delete everything I said today” that will delete voice searches directly from the Echo devices.

Buy Amazon Echo Show 5 for $89.99

Pre-order Amazon Echo Show 5 in India for ₹8,999

The post Amazon announces the more affordable Echo Show 5 smart display for $90/₹8,999 appeared first on xda-developers.



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Honor 20 Pro is Now Available in 14 Countries

-
Image
The Honor 20 was off to a really rocky start with the controversial U.S.A. ban on HUAWEI. While the future of the phone was initially unclear, the planned launch of the phone is now in full swing. As this phone’s complicated launch slowly starts to be available around the world, here are all the places where you can get an Honor 20 Pro.   Country Availability Date Selling Channel Russia 2019/8/2 DNS . MTS, GB 2019/8/1 Amazon.uk , CPW , o2, H3G France 2019/8/22 Amazon, Boulanger, Cdiscount, Darty, FREE, Fnac. Orange, SFR. Offline [HONOR Shop Paris & Lyon] German 2019/7/21 MSD, 1&1 mobile, Amazon , Mediamarket/ phonehouse Netherlands 2019/7/31 bol.com , Belsimpel Czechia 2019/8/15 Alza Finland 2019/8/13 ELsia DNa Poland 2019/8/8 RTV EURO AGD , X-Kom Malaysia 2019/8/15 HiHonor , Shopee . Offline [all HONOR stores in Malaysia] Saudi Arabia 2019/7/31 Pre-sell 2019/8/6 First day sale HiHonor Egypt 2019/7/29 Pre-s...
Read more

Motorola’s foldable Razr phone may be announced before year’s end

-
While Samsung’s saga with the Galaxy Fold appears to finally be coming to an end , there are other foldables destined to be released soon. The Huawei Mate X is the other big name, but it has been delayed a couple of times as well. The other foldable device that we’ve heard about a few times is the rumored Motorola Razr reboot, and a new report claims an announcement is coming this year still. Earlier this year, reports suggested Motorola would launch its foldable phone this summer. That time has come and gone without a peep from Motorola, but a new report claims it’s still coming this year. This information comes from a person close to the company speaking to CNET . It’s unlikely that the device will actually be sold this year, but we should at least see the device before 2020. Motorola has already confirmed that they are working on a foldable smartphone. The “Razr” name was also confirmed by a Bluetooth certification. We exclusively reported on the specifications of the device ,...
Read more

Behind Dynamic System Updates in Android Q: How Google is using Project Treble to improve future Android releases

-
Image
Alongside the release of Android 8.0 Oreo, Google unveiled Project Treble : a major rearchitecting in the way the Android OS framework and the vendor HALs and Linux kernel communicate. Treble is a major initiative designed to reduce Android platform version and security patch fragmentation , and all Android-branded devices launching with Android Pie are required to support Project Treble. OEMs and vendors test Treble compatibility by booting a Generic System Image (GSI)—a pure stock build of Android from AOSP—and passing the Vendor Test Suite (VTS) and Compatibility Test Suite-on-Generic System Image (CTS-on-GSI). The GSI has proven useful in not only allowing software engineers working for OEMs test Treble compatibility, but it has also opened the door for a large custom ROM community on XDA. For the Android Q release, Google wants to make GSIs useful for another group: app developers. Since the first stable release and source code drop of any given Android platform release usual...
Read more