Amazon launches the new Echo Show 8 smart speaker

Halfway between tablet and smart device, Amazon’s Echo Show line has brought new features to smart speakers. Not just the ‘controller’ of the smart home or the ‘adviser’ of the family who gives information on request. The screen allows you to turn it into a mini-TV to watch a video on Youtube or a streaming TV series, as well as to browse your photos or browse online. Eight stands for the 8-inch screen size. Where to use the over 400 skills that Italian The Echo Show to arrive in Europe dates back to February 2019. An important price - 230 euros - for large dimensions: the screen measures 10 inches. A year later, Amazon decided to bring its slightly reduced version, the Echo Show 8, to our countries.

developers have already put on the market optimized precisely for these devices. To ensure privacy, a mechanical camera cover has been added as well as a button for deactivating both the lens and the microphones. Features that had already been introduced on the Echo Show 5, the younger brother of the family, smaller but also cheaper, launched last June.

What are the main functions of Echo Show 8

Echo Show 8 offers its users a long series of very useful features.

First of all, it must be remembered that this is an arrangement that can be easily controlled by means of a convenient system based on voice control, with the possibility of activating each option even from a certain distance.