Echo Show 5 -- Smart display with Alexa – stay connected with video calling - Charcoal

 

Echo Show 5 -- Smart display with Alexa – stay connected with video calling - Charcoal



My rating and review is focused on primarily alarm clock usage, with only occasional use to play music. If you're planning to use the Echo Show 5 for much more, this review may not be the most useful. If it's an alarm clock you're mostly interested in, read on...

I bought the Echo Spot when it first came out. I loved (and still love) it. It was (mostly) perfect: high quality build, alarm face to fit my personal taste and decor, voice controlled (no more fumbling in the dark to set or turn off an alarm). But its biggest downfall, for me, was the size of the digital numbers, which I couldn't find a way to increase. My eyesight without glasses is walk-into-walls bad, so it was impossible to read from across the room and a challenge to read even from the bedside.

Enter the Echo Show 5. All the same features I use on the Spot, but with big, clear numbers and still small enough to work on the nightstand.

Here's the breakdown, from my perspective:
Size: The Show, about the same height as the Spot but significantly wider, providing more screen space for a larger display. The Show is about the same size as my cell phone turned horizontally.

Build/materials quality: Show is good, but does not feel as solid as the Spot. Considering price difference (about $40 as of this writing), that's fair.
Stability: Show wins this one. The Spot is cute, but because of its shape it sometimes tips when you push it with one hand into a different location on your nightstand. Show is very stable.

Screen quality: to my eyes (yes, with my glasses on), Spot is the clear winner. Sharper image.
Screen layout: Show works better. Content has a little more space so appears less crowded.
Speakers/sound: Show wins. Speakers go around the sides and back and provide a pretty good sound. (Of course loses to a "real" speaker, like my Bose SoundLink.)
Privacy: Show has a built-in camera cover slide. Wasn't on the Spot (I bought a privacy sticky to cover the camera.)

The Spot is now in our second/guest bedroom and still a much-loved member of my Echo/Alexa family. The Show 5, while not as cute or made with as high quality materials, is my perfect alarm clock that occasionally plays me some music.

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