Amazon Echo Show

by Amazon

Alexa smart display with video calling, recipe view, and on-device voice.

TL;DR

Alexa smart display with video calling, recipe view, and on-device voice.

Best for households wanting Alexa with a screen — recipes, video calls, security-camera viewing, and visual responses. Pricing: From $109 (Echo Show 5).

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Products
License
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Stars
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Last push
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Pricing
From $109 (Echo Show 5)
Platforms
Hardware

What it is

Echo Show is Amazon's smart-display variant of the Echo. Same Alexa ASR stack with a touch UI. Compatible with Alexa+ (cloud-only LLM augmentation) on Show 8 / 10 / 15 / 21.

Best for: Households wanting Alexa with a screen — recipes, video calls, security-camera viewing, and visual responses.
Watch out for: Cloud-routed ASR like other Echo devices; on-device privacy controls available.

Install / use

amazon.com/echo-show — pair via Alexa app

Features

Speaker diarizationNo
Word-level timestampsNo
Streaming / real-timeYes
Languages supported8
HIPAA eligibleNo

Amazon Echo Show vs Whipscribe

FeatureAmazon Echo ShowWhipscribe
CategoryProductsTranscription APIs
PricingFrom $109 (Echo Show 5)free beta
Speaker diarization—Yes
Word timestamps—Yes
StreamingYesNo
Languages899
PlatformsHardwareWeb, API, MCP

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