Voice responses from Alexa are now enhanced with visuals and optimized for visibility across the room. Call or message your friends and family that also have an Echo or the Alexa App, get the news with a video flash briefing, see your Prime Photos, shop with your voice, see lyrics with Amazon Music, and more. All you have to do is ask.

Echo Show has eight microphones and beam-forming technology so it can hear you from across the room—even at the same time as music is playing. Echo Show is also an expertly tuned speaker that can fill any room with immersive audio powered by Dolby. When you wish to have to use Echo Show, just say the wake word “Alexa” and Echo Show responds instantly.

Introducing a new way to be together more with the people who matter most. Make hands-free video calls to friends and family who have an Echo Show or the Alexa App. When you’re busy making dinner, just ask Alexa to place a call from your Echo Show to anyone with a supported Echo device or the Alexa App. You’ll also enable a new feature called Drop In for the special cases when you wish to have to connect with your closest friends and family. For example, You’ll drop in to let the family are aware of it’s time for dinner, see the baby’s nursery, or check in with a close relative.

With the Alexa App, conversations and contacts go where you go. When you’re away from home, use the app to make a quick call or send a message to your family’s Echo. Alexa calling and messaging is free—to get started download the Alexa App.

For news and information You’ll see and hear, just ask Alexa for your video flash briefing from CNN. Curious about the latest movie trailers or a need a how-to video from YouTube? Just ask.

Echo Show helps keep you organized at home. Start a timer in the kitchen and watch as it counts down, or easily see and manage your family’s calendar. Sign in to the Alexa App to take your to-do and shopping lists with you. Just add an item to the list from home, and whoever is out shopping will see it added instantly on their Alexa App.

Voice keep watch over your music

Powered by Dolby, Echo Show is fine-tuned to deliver crisp vocals with dynamic bass response and expansive sound. Watch as the display comes alive to show song lyrics, custom stations, curated playlists, and album art with Amazon Music. Listen to tens of millions of songs with Amazon Music Unlimited.

Echo Show also connects to Spotify, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and TuneIn—giving you voice keep watch over for all of your music. Echo Show is Bluetooth-enabled so You’ll stream other popular music services like Apple Music from your phone or tablet.

Far-field voice recognition

Equipped with eight microphones, beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation, Echo Show hears you from any direction–even at the same time as music is playing.

When you wish to have to use Echo Show, simply say the wake word, “Alexa” and Echo Show lights up and streams audio to the cloud. The Alexa Voice Service is then leveraged to recognize and respond to your request instantly. If you have more than one Echo Show, Echo, or Echo Dot, Alexa responds from the Echo you’re closest to. If you wish to limit your interaction with Alexa, simply turn the mic/camera button off.

Control your smart home

Use Echo Show to see a live camera feed from the nursery or your front door. Turn on the fan or dim the lights from the couch—all without lifting a finger.

Echo Show works with smart home devices such as cameras, lights, fans, thermostats, garages, sprinklers, and more.

Always getting smarter

Alexa—the brain in the back of Echo Show—is built in the cloud, so she is All the time getting smarter. The more you use Echo Show, the more it adapts to your speech patterns, vocabulary, and personal preferences. And because Echo Show is All the time connected, updates are delivered automatically.

Skills add even more capabilities like making a dinner reservation with OpenTable, requesting a ride from Uber, tracking your steps with Fitbit, trying a new recipe from Allrecipes, and more. New skills are being added always. You’ll also see ratings and reviews to learn what other customers are saying about skills in the Alexa App.