Features:

  • Alexa can show you more – Compact 5.5” smart display ready to help manage your day, entertain at a glance, and connect you to friends and family.
  • Made to fit your life – Cook along to step-by-step recipes. Easily update to-do lists and calendars. Glance at weather and traffic on your way out.
  • Big entertainment – Ask Alexa to show you movie trailers or the news. Or listen to radio stations, podcasts, and audiobooks.
  • Control your smart home – Voice control compatible devices or manage them on the easy-to-use display. Ask Alexa to show you security cameras, control lights, and adjust thermostats.
  • Connect with video calling and messaging – Call friends and family who have the Alexa app, an Echo device with a screen, or Skype. Make announcements to other devices in your home.
  • Make it yours – Choose the clock face that fits your style best. Use your favorite photos on the home screen. Create morning routines to start your day.
  • Designed around your privacy - Turn off the microphone and camera with one press of a button. Slide the built-in shutter to cover the camera.
Love this!

I was unhappy with the Show when I first set it up. I wanted the clock to show but Amazon Tips kept minimizing the clock. After giving it 1 star, Amazon customer service reached out to me. I received an email explaining how to stop the “Things to Try” and now I love it. Here is an excerpt from that email and I hope it helps others. You can edit your home page to not show you certain things on the Echo Show 5: 1. Go to settings 2. Open Home & Clock 3. Home Content There you can turn off things like - Rotate Continuously - Discover Trending Topics or anything else you dont want to see

Echo Show 5 vs Echo Spot (Used primarily as alarm clocks)

My rating and review is focused on primarily alarm clock usage, with only occasional use to play music. If you're planning to use the Echo Show 5 for much more, this review may not be the most useful. If it's an alarm clock you're mostly interested in, read on... I bought the Echo Spot when it first came out. I loved (and still love) it. It was (mostly) perfect: high quality build, alarm face to fit my personal taste and decor, voice controlled (no more fumbling in the dark to set or turn off an alarm). But its biggest downfall, for me, was the size of the digital numbers, which I couldn't find a way to increase. My eyesight without glasses is walk-into-walls bad, so it was impossible to read from across the room and a challenge to read even from the bedside. Enter the Echo Show 5. All the same features I use on the Spot, but with big, clear numbers and still small enough to work on the nightstand. Here's the breakdown, from my perspective: Size: The Show, about the same height as the Spot but significantly wider, providing more screen space for a larger display. The Show is about the same size as my cell phone turned horizontally. Build/materials quality: Show is good, but does not feel as solid as the Spot. Considering price difference (about $40 as of this writing), that's fair. Stability: Show wins this one. The Spot is cute, but because of its shape it sometimes tips when you push it with one hand into a different location on your nightstand. Show is very stable. Screen quality: to my eyes (yes, with my glasses on), Spot is the clear winner. Sharper image. Screen layout: Show works better. Content has a little more space so appears less crowded. Speakers/sound: Show wins. Speakers go around the sides and back and provide a pretty good sound. (Of course loses to a "real" speaker, like my Bose SoundLink.) Privacy: Show has a built-in camera cover slide. Wasn't on the Spot (I bought a privacy sticky to cover the camera.) The Spot is now in our second/guest bedroom and still a much-loved member of my Echo/Alexa family. The Show 5, while not as cute or made with as high quality materials, is my perfect alarm clock that occasionally plays me some music.

I feel like many of these reviews don't understand how to use this device...

... and it's getting a bad rap because of those reviews. It seems that many of the "most helpful" reviews aren't actually helping since they are filled with bad information or wildly high expectations. Over and over, in the "most helpful" reviews, I read about "ads" displaying. This does NOT ever display ads, it displays Alexa skills and things to try with your device. I read that people cannot get that to stop happening. It's right in the settings: go to: ---Home & Clock--- then: ---Home Content--- then, turn off ---Discovery---, that will end the Alexa skills displaying (may cycle once after setting but then they're gone for good). I kept reading that people who want to use it as a clock were upset that the clock kept getting minimized (to left corner) to show other things. That's because, yet again, they aren't setting it up correctly. So, in the settings: go to: ---Home & Clock--- then: ---Home Content--- then, turn off ---Rotate Continuously---, that will make the Home screen always display a full screen clock. You can also just turn off any content in that list. Note that each time you go into the settings, immediately after, it WILL show you a single skill or any content you left on. But that's it. It will just be a clock from then on, until you interact with it again and then it may display a single skill or that content. Once. Then back to being a full time clock. Full disclosure: I got this to use as an alarm clock and not as a primary viewing assistant. For that, I recommend the larger echo devices. I also got this on Prime Day for $50 (rather than $90). That's a screaming good deal for what is basically a voice activated, smart alarm clock with a lot of different options. Decent Alarm clocks run $30-50 anyways so I thought I'd give this device a try for $50. I should have bought 2. Even for $90, I feel like this is a great device but if you wait, it will eventually go on sale again. I don't intend to use it to watch TV shows or movies, I have TVs, tablets and PCs for that. I saw people mentioning being disappointed in the resolution or screen quality. I don't see the problem. This certainly isn't going to compare to your $300-800 smart phone screen but it's not bad looking when playing videos or displaying the clock. It's similar to say, an iPhone 3 or Galaxy S2. I feel like the people complaining are expecting "the moon" for the money this costs. It's $90. Not $150 or $200. Just wanted to clear that up as it seems to be discouraging users from buying it as a clock/alarm clock. I feel like Amazon could make that more clear since this seems to get used for an alarm clock (or clock) pretty frequently. The included instructions are not comprehensive either. It's basically a "get started" card. They probably should include a "how to get the best clock experience" how-to. Stuff I really like: I think it is pretty cool that I can watch the daily news briefing on my alarm clock. I can get the weather for today or the week's forecast displayed. I can play music with decent sound (much better than most clocks sound) on my alarm clock. It displays the date and weather information in the top left corner and alarm time in the top right. All of that is voice activated. I can also use my voice to set the alarm (and turn it off) rather than fiddling with 3-4 buttons, or holding one down while it cycles through 24 hours. You can also manually set it in the settings with the touch screen. The alarm sound can also be set to come on quietly and gradually increase in volume. It also sets it's own time automatically. It's great to have one less clock to reset (or swap batteries). The screen can automatically dim at night or you can just manually set a time-frame to do so. The camera has an actual shutter for privacy ( in addition to the button that shuts it and the mic off). The downside to using this as an alarm clock is if the power goes out, you get nothing. There is no battery backup. If you live in an area where that happens frequently, you may want a back-up alarm (like, say, your phone) or just avoid getting this unit altogether. Aside from that, I really can't find anything to nitpick about it. This is a pretty solid little device. It looks good, it feels like the build quality is solid and it isn't enormous. It isn't as nice as the full size Echo Shows in content, screen quality and sound quality (I bought Mom an Echo Show, I have many dots), but it's a nice middle ground between those full sized units and the echo dot. I feel like that's what amazon was aiming for and they nailed it. It's exactly what I'd hoped it would be. It's a fantastic alarm clock. . . . Note: The micro USB port in the back is for hooking up Ethernet (wired internet) using an Ethernet adapter. This won't be necessary or useful for most people but if you are getting poor WiFi signal, it's nice to have that available. (I had to research that as I couldn't figure out what the point of that port was). ...I will update review if it becomes a problematic alarm clock.

Love My Echo Show 5!

We have the large Echo, 4 Echo Dots, an Echo Spot, and now the Echo Show 5 -- I love them all! The Echo Show 5 was easy to get set up and is great to use. I have it by my bed (don't need an alarm clock, we're retired!) and I really like the clock face. It's nice and big, easy to read with my old eyes. I have it set to dim down at night so it won't cast too much light in our bedroom, but it's still very readable. There are nice clockfaces which are easy to change. I also purchased the magnetic stand so I could angle it down to make it easier for me read the time. It works great with our Ring Doorbell and Ring Security System, just like the rest of our Echos. I'm very pleased with the Echo Show 5 and would recommend it. The price is right too!

Member of the family that secretly records everything you say an do.

Meet George Jetson.....Alexia his wife...just watch the video....

Great Addition!

I have 3 Echo devices and now added the Echo Show 5. After reading the reviews and seeing a lot of complaints about the "suggestions" that scroll across the screen, I decided to write a review. The sound quality is great for such a compact device. It has great bass and the sound is full! The screen is clear and easy to see. As for the complaints about the "suggestions"...follow these steps.... 1 - Swipe down from the top of the screen 2 - Tap Settings 3 - Scroll to Home & Clock and Tap there 4 - Tap Home Content 5 - Turn off Rotate Continuously, Discovery, Final Scores, Notifications, Photo Highlights, Stocks, Trending Topics, Upcoming Games, (the other enabled skills are useful and don't come across the screen). 6 - Return to the home page Now you won't get the suggestions!!! Enjoy your new Echo Show 5. If you have Drop-In enabled with your devices, this becomes a WONDERFUL intercom for a larger house!!

Echo Show 5 and GGMM ES5Battery Base

I am very happy with my echo show five. It’s a great product and the battery base allows me not to be tethered to one spot. I can take my echo from room to room. In fact we went on a long car trip to go to a family function which was over 4 1/2 hour car ride. We took the echo show five. My son was pretty engaged with it for most of the trip and it still had nearly half of its battery life left. I made the time go very quickly for him. I would highly recommend this combination.

My favorite Echo device is the Show 5

Why I like it. Many of the features I like are also in many ECHO DEVICES. I have Amazon Prime. No shock there. I have Amazon Unlimited music. I make reminders, I set alarms to music. I watch prime videos by verbal command. I can adjust the place in the move with my finger. I can watch movies when I work by my computer or watch or listen to the news. I have watched CBS NEWS video live. I have a stand that rotates that I bought for the ECHO SPOT and it works on the SHOW 5 really well. So I turn the 5 toward my bed when I am going to sleep and toward my PC as my PC is next to my bed. The 96$ price I think really makes this great. It is small enough to use by your bed or put by your PC. I have already used it for a video call. Again, since I play Amazon music and prime video, I really won't go to a google display and I don't think google will play Prime video. I have 3 dots, 2 spots and the SHOW 5. I really like the show 5 the best. I want to address a complaint I have read a few times. When you start using the Echo Show 5, you will see the screen change a lot and flash different things at you. What do you do ? 1 Go to Setting at the top right. 2 select CLOCK and HOME 3 Select HOME CONTENT. 4 turn off the switch ROTATE CONTINUOUSLY if you want nothing to change. This sort of screen changing is also there on the ECHO SPOT. Please don't let this setup bother you like it has some. Just adjust it.

Great Economy AI, Touch Screen Makes it a Real Winner

Update 2: In hotels the last two weeks, this a great travel companion. The touch screen makes it so easy to connect in an hotel room. This will always have a place in my suitcase. Update: I travel for a living. Alexa is always with me, although some hotel wifis are a challenge. At the Hilton Gas Lamp, San Diego, my first trip with 5, setup was relatively easy, despite the under 5mbps dismal wifi speed. Success. Touch screens forever! SD Comic Con 50th Anniversary. Update: I think my 5 needs a firmware update. It has begun connecting and disconnecting to the Bluetooth speaker I've used for a year. After replacing the batteries in my Echo Wall Clock, my 5 won't connect to two devices at once. I'm lowering my review to 4 stars for now. Okay Amazon, it's your move. I am deep into things Alexa. I'm had one or more since November 6, 2014. I loved the Show when it came out, and I've given two away as gifts. The Spot has been my "Bedside Clock," for quite awhile. When word of the Show 5 coming out, I gave my Spot to a colleague, then pre-ordered the 5. Just before it came out, Amazon ran a sale, knocking $15 off the cost of one, so I bought two. They are as advertised. Alexa has become very smooth...every iteration has gotten better. The 5 is small, much harder to see, but there's nothing wrong with picture...and touch. Good touch screen. The speaker is just okay, but l've Bluetoothed it to a premium speaker for listening to Audible in bed. As usual, everything is well done, for the price, and, again, gets easier to use each iteration. For me, the price is great. Everything works. Highly Recommended.

Awesome Device

I primarily use this as an alarm clock and I love it! Most of the negative reviews are from people who need to learn how to use it properly. You CAN eliminate the “try Alexa” and you CAN have a large alarm clock time display. There IS a nighttime display mode. You CAN change the clock display. I like it so much I am ordering a second one for my family room. The only thing I wish it could do was set an alarm to music. Overall a great product.

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