Welcome everyone I'm Ricky from Tech Talk and in today's video we're going to
be unboxing and taking a look at Amazon echo show eight-inch which allows you to
bring Alexa to life with visuals and really excited about their so on the
frontier we've got echo show underneath that if you've got a ten-inch HD smart
display with Alexa one little thing I do want to just point out though you do
have a camera there at the top right hand the corner which looks interesting but we
take a further look at that a little bit later on to move around to the left-hand
sides now so let's just swing this around and we've got a bit of information
on here so we're going to read through this information so it says here see
more of what you want Alexa can show you things with a vibrant 8 inch or 20-point
3 centimeter HD screen and stereo sound Alexa can help manage your day at a
glance updates to-do lists control compatible smart devices like security
cameras and then easily display your Amazon photo albums which are really
interesting and that's why I've got a camera in the background more
entertainment in more places catch up with the news sports highlights watch
music videos TV programs and films or even see song lyrics and album art on
Amazon music hands-free video calling and messaging called friends and family
who have an Alexa app or the echo device with each screen close the camera with a
built-in cover or turn off the camera and microphone with the press of a
button turn around the back we've got Alexa is happy to help
echo connects you to Alexa she makes life easier by letting your voice
control your world for example Alexa showed the front door
camera Alexa show me how to make shortbreads
Alexa show me what's on my calendar for this weekend
Alexa let's play rock-paper-scissors lizard-spock Alexa what films are on in
the cinema plus is so much more to do and it's really interesting to actually
see this on their visual basis I'm so used to having Alexa built into my
products and I just get voice feedback but actually to see a visual response
it's going to be really interesting so down the right-hand side you've got an 8
inch HD screen camera with built-in cover stereo speakers a 3.5 millimeter
audio out bluetooth farm field voice
troll with their microphones which is great and then microphone and camera
on/off button at the bottom it says it's compatible with thousands of skills and
services including some of which is answer music music Spotify prime video
ring and hue lighting system and as you can see I've got the hue lighting system
in the back plus there's so much more to do so enough said actually now it's time
to crack open the box and see what's inside so lot on top here there's just a
little bit type that you just pull nice and easy I need to get a knife out which
is actually really handy for change and this is just gonna open up let's see
what we've got in here so top you've got a handle you just pull just make sure to
hold so that is our echo show so that's assigned to the bottom you've got a
three pin UK plug which we can connect the echo show into so we've got hello
okay shirt button there just a little bit of basic information highlighting
where things are at the back as well and it sort of levers out and again just go
through the setup process so for that you will need the Amazon Elector app
which is available on the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store so make sure
you go and download that important information inside here as well if you
want to have a read and that's everything so that's what we get in
there so it comes with a nice smile that we just underneath here they do offer a
five inch variant which I do have somewhere actually and I need to dig
that out so I can create a video on that as well but we do have the 8 inch
version here which looks really nice so just at the top there's a bit of a tab
hit of the cellophane so just gonna take it out then we get to see the display so
stereo speakers which is nice it's got a fabric design on the back mr. sandstone
color and comes in a charcoal option as well which is good I think my account
thought is in the same color as well just before we're gonna plug in let's
take we can look around a brand new echo show
so on the front here the top right hand corner when you're looking at it is your
camera which is nice and as they say if you can find this which is really good
so if you look at the top here there's a little slider so at times that orange
and then actually it's got a cover over the camera because our security now
privacy is a key at the moment and maintaining that it's really good to see
that option up here quick little swipe and that happens there you've also got a
plus and minus and then you've got a sort of cancel of your microphone you've
got two little microphones on the top there camera on the side there's not
really much else here it's just showing this fabric design which is really nice
go down the bottom again nothing kriti here a sturdy base which
is good and it's rubberized as well so it won't damage any surfaces which is
nice to see then all the way around the back the fabric designs are the
continues and then on the back here we've just got our 3.5 milk add phone
jack you've also got your power supply there's also another connection here
which is not mentioned at all in the book so I'm wondering if that's for
services or if you know dude let me know down below it's great to hear from you
guys as well to me looks like a sort of mini mini HDMI not too sure so if you do
know drop a comment down below and I'll be ever so grateful and I'll give you a
shout out in the next video when I come to do my review so just grabbing the
power connection here we're just going to cut this in and then bring it back
around to the front she agrees with Amazon like I said you will need the
Alexa app from the iOS App Store or the Google Play Store and then make sure you
are connected to your Wi-Fi network at home as well to get your device online
it's quite the bright vibrant display which is nice like I said it's 8 inches
in science which you remember is always corner to corner that's how they measure
the displays and it's HD so quite large print they're very nice to see for an
accessibility point of view select your language your device language so we're
going to go with English United Kingdom home so she starts in friend Network at
the moment that's going to ask you to select your Wi-Fi to select your Wi-Fi
and then login so this time you can actually implement your password without
actually using the Amazon Alexa app which is really handy so I'm just gonna
put in my password now it's asking you to sign in with your Amazon
counts this is just going to load up the information for me now so we get a
welcome message which is really nice next so where is this this is gonna go
in the dining room Ricky's echo show fine so that is asking
you for your wallpaper and you can choose some wallpaper so you've got
travel you've got art you've got nature I think I'm gonna go for nature which
looks nice next so notice straight away with a stream
there you have to sort of bend the camera which means the quality of the HD
or the quality of the screens are fantastic so we've got the time that's
already all set up so we've got a nature background which is great but you swipe
actually from the left so you can bring in information here and see everything
you need to but you can do so much with skills and different options so let's
just tap phone come down you've got options here to change and can we make
it a little bit brighter so swipe across we've got indications we've got smart
time music video routines and alarms and then you've got other bits here that you
can discover about Alexa which is really good
Alexa what's the weather today in Prince's Risborough it's 18 degrees
Celsius with cloudy skies today you can expect showers with a high of 19 degrees
and a low of 16 degrees so it's really nice to have a visual representation and
it's just going through so much here you know to get so much more information yes
it's giving you the key details but you can actually look three more here which
is really interesting and good to see here sorry nice to have a visual
representation of Alexa and the options you have so Alexa Alexa what's the news
Ricky here's what's new from Sky News
well thanks for joining us here on studies of breakfast today were starving
with the news of today is the day many of us have been waiting for after more
than three months of lockdown thousands of businesses across England are finally
reopening their doors today pubs and restaurants can once again welcome
people in trips to the theatre and cinema are back on well theatre is
obviously slightly different and difficult scenario and those of us
who've got well how can you say that go home so once you say go fami shows you
off home screen here very hard to actually show you the displays it seems
to just be so colored different which is a bit of a shame here we've got a bit
more information here which is nice so it comes up with different things which
is really interesting plus there's so much more you can
actually do so Alexa set a timer for one minute
one minute starting well so we have a very visual option here to see which is
really nice as potentially you wouldn't see this so much I know on the echo it
sort of goes round a little bit so that's playing in the background and
obviously we've got it there at the top right hand corner obviously with the
camera as well you can actually close this and it comes up the camera is off
which is really good to see again opening you'll see that option come back
up there coming down you also then have different options here so we can go back
home we can change our brightness we can jump into settings if you so want to and
you see different options so we have Bluetooth we've got Network display
brightness wallpaper and clock I'm Kinect sounds do not disturb
communications device options restrict access Alexa preferences things to try
help and accessibility and then underneath that we have legal and comp
there we go I will make time result Alexis stop let's take a look at the
accessibility options so you've got voice view screen reader so that will
read back everything to you which is really interesting and it's a good thing
to see here it's just nice to see these options but I will delve in and do a
dedicated accessibility we've got canceled you got screen
magnifier you got color inversion and then color correction we have subtitles
and subtitle preferences Alexa subtitles and the Alexa captioning preferences tap
- Alexa and then finally at the bottom you've got calling and messaging without
speech which is really nice options to see here I'm really pleased to see
accessibility built in so you've got things to try let's see what's inside
here so you've got different things so you could play different music so if you
have Amazon Prime music you can listen to music if you have Apple music you've
got Apple music ability on here if you've got Spotify or I could stream
from my device to complete your files and here's your favorite all-star show
my contacts tell me the news send a message it also gives you options for a
recipe so let's go back home so we can swipe down here we can just tap home
Alexa huh give me a recipe for shortbread okay for shortbread here are
a few recipes shortbread recipe double chocolate short words that's good
it shows you your ingredients again really nice and big to see here which is
really good for my visual impairment it's really nice to see the options on
here you can read the instructions or you can actually start the recipe so
first of all it bring up your step 1 of 2 here and then we can go to the next
step you can see your ingredients as well which just takes a little time but
we've got our ingredients here which is nice you can scroll through and see
which ingredients you need you can add this then to your shopping list if you
so wanted to which is really good going back we'll just go back here and then we
can go next step and then we've got the next step
so coat the tray which is good and we just come back so that's one good thing
about the recipe and sort of helping with cooking and that's one thing then
that can help with your life another thing is the smart time option so I've
got a camera here and we're gonna be unboxing this camera and linking with
the Amazon echo show and showing you how it works because security is very
important and actually your smartphone gives you so many options so when it
links up you can actually control the hue lighting system that I have here and
I record with which is really interesting but looking forward to
delving in and using it a lot more but let me know what you think down below
it's always great to hear from you so this is kind of available on Amazon here
in the UK at $89.99 is actually on a sale at the moments are quite a good
pick up it comes up in two colors like I said the Sunstone a fabric or the
charcoal color options there's two different ones there and like I said
Alexa can help with so much just depending on what you want to do you can
watch videos with Amazon Prime video you can link up with other video services as
well so we'll be checking out during the review but I can mention so many
different music options as well and you can make it your own with your own photo
album so you can upload some photos to Amazon photos and it will come on here
and you'll have your own photo album which is really good now one thing I do
like is the level of security so with it being really secure with the camera
cover and also cancelling of the microphone we do really worry about our
security and our privacy at the moment with our smart devices our phones are
forever getting smarter and we do worry so if you recommend that you use them if
you so want to it's nice that they've added em simple little things in there
to provide this I am looking forward to using it in my new home to help me be
more active and plan my day so I can see what's going on throughout my day and
then in the evening it can help me prepare a healthy meal and follow simple
instructions if you have any questions please feel free to leave a comment
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