Other Alexa’s (or Alexa consistent) speakers)
- Amazon Eco Pop for $ 40: Echo POP (10/10, Wired recommends) is a very good and shortest small speaker in the Amazon composition. Does it have a good voice? No. It is good enough for background songs or if you are limited to the dormitory, but for the same size you will have a much better sound (but you will pay a little more, and you won’t be as beautiful as colors!)
- Amazon Echo Show 5 (3 genes) with $ 90: This smart display is another convenient option, but the display is great and the camera includes a bed desk. It is best to go with the echo point or an echo point.
- Amazon Echo Show 10 (3 genes) with $ 250: This smart display has a big sound, but its victorious shape makes it integrated into your home. It is interesting that it can follow you while talking to it, but also weird. Great if you have a large kitchen island, you are always moving, but nothing else.
- Amazon Echo Show 15 (2nd Gen) with $ 300: This smart display is a good display, but it clearly wants to double as a TV and it’s not very good yet. I hope to do better in the future to add the value of adding it to the kitchen or office. This does a great job with the widgets, but thanks to the huge 15.6 -inch screen. There is also Echo Show 21 ($ 400) larger, which is essentially the same but larger.
- BANG & OLUFSEN Beosound A1 (Gene 2) for $ 227: The Beosound A1 is a durable, beautiful and excellent companion, and this second -generation version has Alexa integration to make it an Alexa speaker wherever you go. This is a great speaker, but it is more expensive than Sonus is roaming.
Other devices with Alexa inside
Why do you only want help from Alexa at home? These accessories allow you to take your favorite voice assistant everywhere.
- Eco frames (General 3) ($ 330): ADrienne’s wired review editor was so ready to hate these glasses and headphones, but he really liked them. They look good, they are surprisingly comfortable, and the sound is good – though it is a little small and coarse, because the speakers are right next to your ear. You can answer calls while running and walking, and the microphone is good enough to look like he was still on the phone. But the charging base is annoying. The arms of the glasses are not completely in place and you should be careful to balance the frames at two points.
- ECO buds ($ 2021) ($ 120): We liked the original echo buds, but we even recommend the larger fans of the 2021 (10/8, the recommended wire). Amazon earrings with wireless charging, noise technology and ergonomic fit. Better microphones mean that Alexa’s voice control works even in high environments. The overall experience of using headphones is like the future we have seen in sci -fi films. Do you need to adjust the timer, check the weather or see what happens to your favorite sports team? Just ask these earrings. Amazon also has a 2023 ($ 50) version, which is much cheaper, much uglier and has no ANC.
What is Alexa+?
Amazon will soon start working as Alexa called Alexa+. This second generation of Alexa’s voice assistant is supposed to be able to perform complex tasks and learn new information and be much more personal. This will be due to its artificial intelligence power.
If you subscribe to the first Amazon Amazon, it will be available for $ 20 a month. While if you add an Alexa device to your home, you are likely to join, this is a large jump from the previous free assistant. Amazon says the initial access will begin in the United States next month and will begin with the Echo Show Smart display, especially the Echo 8, 10, 15 and 21 shows.
How to remove spam from your echo screen
If you are using an echo display device, you probably notice that there is the number of default content that the device shows you. Sports scores! Local news! The recipe you may be interested in it! This makes the device near and annoying.
Here’s how you can control what you see:
- To raise the menu from the top of your echo show and select the settings.
- In the Settings menu, select home content.
- There are 40 options upwards that you can turn on and off in this menu, and you need to delete as much as possible. I usually remove all weather forecasts and the audio is recently spread.
While you can turn off interest -based ads from third -party skills (this is under Alexa’s privacy in the settings menu), it doesn’t stop all the ads. The only settings that are without advertising are the selection of a photo display mode that can use the library of photos including Amazon or your desired. The only downside is that it turns it into a digital photo frame, so you don’t even see an hour or features like widgets.
