Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The new echo show 10 is pretty cool at first. It does exactly what it says it does. There are things it does well, and a few things that are in my opinion, unforgivable flaws. Pros: - A physical camera shutter that blocks the lens for privacy - Motion swivel allows you to glance at more information from anywhere in the room (weather, security cam etc.) - Allows custom photos for the background - Electronic mic disconnect for privacy - Can turn to face you when asking questions (what's the weather?) Cons - White power cord with black device? This is just bad design/no attention to detail. - The camera shutter/blocker on the black device is white, making it look like a cheap sticker on the black bezel. - Glitchy UI... most aspects of the user interface is responsive, except it takes multiple taps to go back a page. - For those who are planning to use this as a smart photo frame, this is implemented poorly. There are no settings for how long to display each photo. No custom captions for each photo. - Regardless of what you set the background to (nature photos, travel photos, custom photos), it rotates through photos but every other photo it rotates through, you are greeted with a page "Alexa for Your Days". The page is just full of "things to try to ask Alexa". This page is entirely unnecessary, obtrusive, and impossible to disable within the settings. - The motion swivel feature works by tracking a person with the front facing camera. However, the camera is offset to the right side of the display...so relative to the camera frame, you appear to be farther left than you are if you get close. This results in the display turning too far left any time you want to touch the screen. This is a very bad design overlook (attached photo shows how far left the display turns when you get close to it). The easy solution is to put the front facing camera in the direct middle, where the microphone is. If you put to camera module to the right side of the display, it will swivel relative to your position facing the camera, not the display. I have no idea why they didn’t catch this problem before release. It’s like the hardware department and software department never even talked to each other in development of this product. The last two cons are what made me take off 2 stars. Most of this device is really well thought out, except for two very annoying and obnoxious flaws that should have been thought of when this product went under testing by developers. Similarly to almost all Amazon devices, unnecessary information is thrust upon you in its user interface in the worst way possible. Echo dot/speakers - If you ask Alexa a question, she'll sometimes follow up with unwanted suggestions on things to try asking it. No way to disable this. Fire TV - Permanent Ads in the user interface/home that break up all your App rows. The ads are obnoxiously inserted in between all your applications, clutters the home menu and slows down the device as it tries to load 1 billion ads as you scroll. Again, no way to disable this... or even pay to remove ads. Echo Show series - Every Echo show product has a variation of "Things to try" permanently plastered on its homepage. In the previous generation Echo Show 10, it was a tiny line on the bottom of your photos that was not removable. In this new generation Echo Show 10, it has now become an entire rotating constant page of unnecessary and unwanted advice to try Alexa skills or commands. The theme here is Amazon apparently thinks that people like unwanted information obnoxiously inserted in between personal/customized apps, Home Screen, and UI. This is bad design language and anti user-friendly. Makes everything a cluttered mess. With the "Alexa for Your Day/Things to try" page constantly on rotation, it makes the Echo Show 10 feel like a store display model. We get it, we bought it, no need to advertise its abilities on the home screen for all of eternity.