If you're in the market for the best smart display with Alexa, you have four choices from Amazon: the Echo Show 5, Echo Show 8, Echo Show 10, and Echo Show 15. For the uninitiated, the numbers ...

With summer now very much around the corner, you've got better things to do than worry about your smart home. But with garden ...

The Amazon Echo Show 5 is a small smart display with Alexa. While it functions as a smart alarm clock, its small screen leaves a lot to be desired.

Echo Show 5 (3rd Gen, 2023 release) $90 This new release has added privacy controls — it's ready for everything, from controlling smart home devices to streaming shows and music.

If video calls and Zoom meetings aren’t your concern, then the Echo Show 5 is still a great choice — like the 2nd gen Echo Show 8, the new Echo Show 5 boasts many of the same expanded Alexa ...

On that note, if you like the size and Alexa capabilities of the Echo Show 5, and you’re not planning to use it for video calls or home monitoring, you may want to opt for the 1st gen model.

The Echo Show 5 has been around for a bit but is redesigned for 2023. It still has a screen and camera, but it’s now 20% faster and has a new speaker system that Amazon says has double the bass.

Plus, in addition to “Alexa,” the Echo Show 5 Kids also responds to “Hey Disney!,” and features a cast of some of Disney’s most enduring characters, from Mickey Mouse to Olaf the snowman ...

Considering the Echo Show 5 didn’t even have the AZ1 on board, the upgrade should result in speedier Alexa interactions on the 3rd gen device. Echo Show 5 and the Echo Pop are both Matter-enabled.

Alexa also constantly improves, meaning that in a year, your Echo Show 5 will probably be more helpful than it already is. Image source: Christian de Looper for BGR ...