AMAZON’S Echo range of smart speakers has a long list of skills, but movement isn’t one.
That’s about to change with the arrival of the new Echo Show 10 later this month.
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Available on February 25, the Echo Show 10 (third generation) has a brand new feature.
It can move with you as you move around a room, ensuring its screen rotates to face you.
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The motorised Echo 10 not only turns to keep you in shot, it makes use of an auto-framing function too.
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The feature allows it to hold you as the focus of the camera, even if you’re moving to the left, right, away or towards the device.
While panning and zooming, the Show 10 3rd gen also makes use of a powerful 13MP camera.
It’s a bumper upgrade on the 5MP camera of the current Show 10, to offer more clarity and detail – boith on video calls and in remote access.
The new features tie in with changes to Amazon Echo video-calling capabilities too.
Echos can now make use of a ‘group calling’ feature allowing up to eight callers to chat at once.
Plus, Amazon recently added support for Zoom video-calling, alongside Amazon’s own Chime app.
Combining new features and Amazon’s wider video support means the Show 10 3rd gen will make a strong case on launch.
There are privacy considerations too, with an electronic microphone and camera off button; as well as a built-in camera cover.
It can still do everything the existing Echo Shows can do, including serving as a hub for other devices and displaying a live feed from any connected Ring video doorbell.
You can access it remotely too, using it to view its surroundings by making use of its pan feature for a 360-degree view.
On release the new Show 10 will cost £239.99 and it’s available for pre-order now.
It doesn’t appear the Echo Show 2nd gen will remain on sale with ther release.
But refurbished 2nd gen models are available at £177.99, and come with a new one year guarantee.
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