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
below and I'll be more than happy to
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