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Sound is impressive, that's about it
Update (12/19/18): Today I tried watching some Youtube videos. I noticed within 5 minutes, the Echo would close the browser entirely and go back to the home screen. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! I never owned an electronic device that pissed me off so much. I'm ready to make my own Youtube video (that you would have to watch on any other device except the Echo Show) of me shooting this piece of garbage and FINALLY getting some enjoyment out of it. Update (12/17/18): So I've had my Show for 2 months and I have to say that nothing really changed. It still remains an expensive disappointment. There has been an issue since the beginning where after watching so many videos on Prime Video, the show will no longer play videos until the device is restarted. My volume down and mute buttons are going to wear out from having restarted it so much. I have to do this about every 2 days. I know it needs to be restarted because when trying to play a video of any kind from any source, the Show will perform really slow and seem to load for a minute or two when selecting a video, then just back out and not play anything. This is kind of ridiculous. At the time of writing this, there is still no Netflix either. I see the Shows are sold out until after Christmas. I hope people aren't buying these as gifts or they're going to have some pretty disappointed spouse's/relatives. I previously wrote a review with more stars, but the more I use the Echo Show, The more i'm starting to dislike it. Watching the movies that you own on Prime Video is a nightmare. Once you get a movie or show playing, it works fine. But the voice commands to get certain movies to play is a nightmare. Name a certain movie and she will say it back wrong, or say she couldn't find it. Try saying play whatever from my library, and she thinks it's a skill. It's super frustrating. Have Alexa turn lights off during a movie and the movie pauses for about a minute so it can show you a toggle button for you lights. Pause a movie? it'll stay paused for about a minute, then go to the home screen, to which there is no "resume" or "continue movie" command. You have to tell her to play whatever show or movie again. I bought this to replace an old Samsung tablet that I had on my desk to watch Youtube or Netflix while doing other things. I miss those days to be completely honest. I should have stuck with the regular screenless Echo that I had.
October 2018 · Electronics · verified purchase
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