Voice responses from Alexa are now enhanced with visuals and optimized for visibility across the room. Call or message your family and friends that also have an Echo or the Alexa App, get the news with a video flash briefing, see your Prime Photos, shop with your voice, see lyrics with Amazon Music, browse and listen to Audible audiobooks, and more. All you have to do is ask.

Echo Show has eight microphones and beam-forming technology so it can hear you from across the room—even while music is playing. Echo Show is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with immersive audio powered by Dolby. When you want to use Echo Show, just say the wake word “Alexa” and Echo Show responds instantly.

Introducing a new way to be together more with the people who matter most. Make hands-free video calls to friends and family who have an Echo Show or the Alexa App. When you’re busy making dinner, just ask Alexa to place a call from your Echo Show to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App. You can also enable a new feature called Drop In for the special cases when you want to connect with your closest friends and family. For example, you can drop in to let the family know it’s time for dinner, see the baby’s nursery, or check in with a close relative.

With the Alexa App, conversations and contacts go where you go. When you’re away from home, use the app to make a quick call or send a message to your family’s Echo. Alexa calling and messaging is free—to get started download the Alexa App. Learn more

For news and information you can see and hear, just ask Alexa for your video flash briefing from CNN, Bloomberg, and more. Curious about the latest movie trailers or a need a how-to video from YouTube? Just ask.

Echo Show helps keep you organized at home. Start a timer in the kitchen and watch as it counts down, or easily see and manage your family’s calendar. Sign in to the Alexa App to take your to-do and shopping lists with you. Just add an item to the list from home, and whoever is out shopping will see it added instantly on their Alexa App.

Powered by Dolby, Echo Show is fine-tuned to deliver crisp vocals with dynamic bass response and expansive sound. Watch as the display comes alive to show song lyrics, custom stations, curated playlists, and album art with Amazon Music. Listen to tens of millions of songs with Amazon Music Unlimited. Learn more

Echo Show also connects to Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn—giving you voice control for all of your music. Echo Show is Bluetooth-enabled so you can stream other popular music services like Apple Music from your phone or tablet.

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Equipped with eight microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo Show hears you from any direction–even while music is playing.

When you want to use Echo Show, simply say the wake word, “Alexa” and Echo Show lights up and streams audio to the cloud. The Alexa Voice Service is then leveraged to recognize and respond to your request instantly. If you have more than one Echo Show, Echo, or Echo Dot, Alexa responds from the Echo you're closest to. If you want to limit your interaction with Alexa, simply turn the mic/camera button off. Learn more about voice recognition on Echo Show.

Use Echo Show to see a live camera feed from the nursery or your front door. Turn on the fan or dim the lights from the couch—all without lifting a finger.

Echo Show works with smart home devices such as cameras, lights, fans, thermostats, garages, sprinklers, and more. Learn more about compatible smart home connected devices, including starter kits for easy setup from brands such as Ring, WeMo, Philips Hue, SmartThings, ecobee, Wink, and others.

Alexa—the brain behind Echo Show—is built in the cloud, so she is always getting smarter. The more you use Echo Show, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences. And because Echo Show is always connected, updates are delivered automatically.

Skills add even more capabilities like making a dinner reservation with OpenTable, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your steps with Fitbit, trying a new recipe from Allrecipes, and more. New skills are being added all the time. You can also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about skills in the Alexa App. Discover and enable skills.

Use the Alexa App to connect music services you already use like Spotify and Pandora. Link your calendar from Google, G Suite, iCloud, Outlook.com or Office365. Setup your smart home devices from Philips Hue, TP-Link, ecobee, WeMo, SmartThings, Insteon, Wink, Nest, Lutron, and more. Control your timers and set custom tones for your alarms, and much more. Alexa App is available for iOS, Android, and Fire devices.

Compare Echo Dot, Amazon Echo, & Echo Show

	Echo Dot	Amazon Echo	Echo Show
Price	From: $49.99	From: $179.99	From: $229.99
Overview	Add Alexa to any room in the house. Can connect to your speakers over Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable.	Hands-free Alexa-enabled speaker that fills any room with immersive 360° audio.	Everything you love about Alexa and now she can show you things.
Voice control	Far-field (hands-free) voice recognition. Just ask.	Far-field (hands-free) voice recognition. Just ask.	Far-field (hands-free) voice recognition. Just ask.
Alexa calling and messaging	Call or message anyone with an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, or the Alexa App.	Call or message anyone with an Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, or the Alexa App.	Live video visits and messaging between Echo Show devices or the Alexa App. Call or message anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App.
Audio	Built-in speaker and support for connectivity to external speakers or headphones.	Fills the room with immersive, 360° omni-directional audio; separate woofer and tweeter for deep bass and crisp high notes.	Expansive, stereo sound powered by Dolby; dual full-range speakers for rich bass and balanced listening.
Wi-Fi music	Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and more.	Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and more.	Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, and more.
Bluetooth & Wi-Fi	Bluetooth-enabled to stream music to or from connected devices; Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 2.4 and 5 GHz networks	Bluetooth-enabled to stream music to or from connected devices; Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 2.4 and 5 GHz networks	Bluetooth-enabled to stream music to or from connected devices; Dual-band Wi-Fi supports 2.4 and 5 GHz networks
Weight	5.7 oz (163 grams)	37.5 oz (1064 grams)	41.0 oz. (1170 grams)
Size	1.3" x 3.3" x 3.3" (32 mm x 84 mm x 84 mm)	9.25" x 3.3" x 3.3" (235 mm x 84 mm x 84 mm)	7.4" x 7.4" x 3.5" (187 mm x 187 mm x 90 mm)
Power source	AC power. Plugs in and always on. Comes with power adapter and USB charging cable.	AC power. Plugs in and always on. Comes with power adapter and 6ft cable.	AC power. Plugs in and always on. Comes with power adapter and 6ft cable.