![]() If you are looking to buy an Amazon Echo unit, it’s not the worst idea to have a look at the large Echo Show with the 10.1 display. But it’s actually quite good!įor the price of a high-quality picture frame of the same size, you get a full Amazon Echo device that comes with artificial image recognition controllable by voice commands. I was originally sceptical if the the Echo Show would make a good photo frame. I measured a power consumption of about 9 watts in home screen mode. Provided that you have uploaded your images to Amazon Photos, it is amazing how well you can use Alexa commands to specifically only show certain images like “Alexa, show my photos from Austria.” As the image rotates every 60 seconds there is no risk of a screen burn-in. The display is a glossy kind but I didn’t notice too much reflection. The 10.1 inches screen has 1280 x 800 pixels (5 MP) which translates into an aspect ratio of 16:10. The settings are enough for casual photo frame users and the fact that the time and the weather are always shown may even be quite useful for some people. If you just want to have your family photos on your on a table-top frame in one location and don’t care about the very best screen quality and fancy transition effects like would you get with a Nixplay Seed frame, then the Echo Show is a worthy contestant. Is the Amazon Echo Show a “real” digital picture frame? You need your Amazon account password to activate this function. If you don’t want your photo albums to be seen by a third party, you can activate “Restrict Access” from the main menu. Stop the photos from showing with “Restrict Access” The Echo Show gives you the option to set “Adaptive Brightness” of the display which makes it automatically more or less bright depending on the ambient luminosity.Īlternatively, you can also set the brightness manually. Other Settings Adjust the luminosity in “Display & Brightness” Just try different words, it is quite amazing how well the image recognition works. Slideshows are started manually by voice command, like “Alexa, show my photos from Paris” or “Alexa, show me photos with water”. ![]() It is after all an Amazon Echo device and not a dedicated digital photo frame. The screen is even slightly dimmed when these tips are shown, but it’s only a slight change and not as annoying as I first thought. ![]() I tried long and hard to find a solution where you can at least deactivate the Alexa tips, but it’s not possible. However, there are three information items that you cannot deactivate: If you want to just show your images, you can deactivate every setting on this page, except for “Rotate Continuously”. The information that is shown on the Home screen is defined in this menu point. This threshold is preset, and you cannot change it. In “Night Mode” you can define On and Off times for your Echo Show or have it go dark when the ambient luminosity level is below a certain threshold. Set the Night Mode in “Wallpaper & Clock” In the same menu as above, you can define the clock being display as 12h or 24h. ![]() Set the clock appearance in “Wallpaper & Clock” Just say “Alexa, show me images with water,” and it will only show you images that contain lakes, the ocean, waterfalls, etc. ![]() It is almost magic (and a tad scary) how well it works. It comes with intelligent image recognition, which automatically scans your images for people, things, places, and dates. ![]()
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