Amazon Echo Show

AMAZON ECHO SHOW 15

Alexa on a big screen has its plus points, but the lack of video services and weedy sound limit this speaker’s appeal

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PRICE £200 (£240 inc VAT) from amazon.co.uk

While previous Echo Show devices have looked like a tablet slapped onto a fixed stand, the Echo Show 15 takes its design cues from TV sets. Thinner than previous models, the Echo Show 15 is built to hang on a wall, becoming a central part of family life. If you don’t like that idea, there’s an optional desktop stand for £30.

Both the included wall mount and the desktop stand let you place the speaker in portrait and landscape modes, the first time an Echo Show has had this option. Portrait mode looks smart and is surprisingly useful, particularly for following recipes or making video calls to phones. There’s only a 5-megapixel webcam, not the improved 13-megapixel unit from the Echo Show 10, so video calls aren’t as good.

The biggest issue is that,