12/14/2023 0 Comments Echo spot daylight alarm clock![]() The trade off is that your phone’s audio quality isn’t going to be as good. It’s similar in size to many phones, however, and lacks the high resolution of most flagship smartphones. The 5.5” touch screen is also a little small for video, though it does have great color, good viewing angles and is nice and bright when you want it to be. Since we think the best application of the Echo Show 5 is as a nightstand smart alarm, we’ll probably never use it for video or voice calls, especially since our mobile phones can do both better. We found the microphones to be fairly weak and were told that the audio quality on the receiving end of video or voice calls wasn’t great. It also lacks the abrasive highs you often get with smaller speakers. The Echo Show 5 does exhibit good frequency balance, meaning there’s just enough bass matched with fairly clear mids and treble. Like all the other Echo devices, we found that some distortion kicks in around 80% volume, but that was plenty loud for us. There is a full range 1.65” built-in speaker that sounds a lot better than its diminutive size suggests. The Echo Show 5 does make more mistakes on average than the Plus or Dot, but it tended to only happen when its volume, or the volume on another nearby device, was set really high. It was surprising to us that the Echo Show 5 only uses two microphones given how well it picks up and understands voices. Lifewire / Benjamin Zeman Audio & Image Quality: Mostly good for the size It’s now a robust digital assistant and the Echo Show 5 does a great job at fully utilizing Alexa functionality. Alexa launched back in November 2014 with the original Echo and has come a long way since then. The other side of the Echo Show 5’s software is Alexa. You can also go to the Alexa app and upload a photo from your mobile device. You can also grab a photo from your library (including Facebook and Amazon Photos) and add your own. In the Home & Clock settings, Amazon provides a lot of stock options for different backgrounds and clock styles. Swiping left gives you access to the devices key features while swiping down displays a home button and controls for brightness, do not disturb, and accessing settings. The onboard software runs smoothly and is mostly intuitive, as long as you remember a few basics for navigation. There’s no way we could cover all of the potential setup and customization options in the Echo Show 5 due to the staggering volume of them, but we did spend a lot of time exploring the settings menu. After the basic setup, everything else you can do is optional and software based. We were worried that it froze at one point but the initial instructions on screen warned that it could take up to ten minutes, and it did. ![]() There was a lengthy software update but it completed without a hitch. Unlike the other Echo devices that require the cumbersome Alexa app, the setup process for the Echo 5 is done entirely on the device. ![]() First, let’s take a look at our experience with the setup process. We loved the visual design choices and we’ll take a look at the features and functionality in a little bit. Overall, we think Amazon did a great job on the Echo Show 5 and if it’s indeed replacing the Echo Spot, it’s a huge upgrade. Of course it could be used in other locations, like the kitchen, but the larger 10.1” Echo Show is really better suited for that niche. It almost seems to be built for that purpose and we think Amazon would have been better off marketing it that way. Aesthetics make a big difference and we really like how the Echo Show 5 looks at home with our other decor.Īlthough Amazon is marketing the Echo Show 5 for multiple uses, we found it really works best as a smart alarm clock. The materials and build seem to be fairly durable and the quality of the touch screen is great. The body is covered in the same fabric as the newest Echo Plus, Echo Sub and Echo Dot devices, and it’s a nice aesthetic upgrade from the simple plastic of previous generations.Īmazon’s new design for their Echo line makes all their devices, including the Echo Show 5, feel and look like they are higher quality. The 5.5” screen with 960 x 480 resolution is angled slightly back and has a front facing 1MP camera. The Echo Show 5 is a compact touch screen device measuring in at only 3.4 x 5.8 x 2.9 inches and 14.5 ounces. Lifewire / Benjamin Zeman Design: Good looking and compact ![]()
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