Amazon Echo Show 15 (newest model), Full HD 15.6" kitchen hub for home organization, with built-in Fire TV and Alexa+ Early Access

The Echo Show 21 is hands-down the best purchase I’ve made this year! The massive display is stunning and makes everything—from watching movies to checking recipes—an absolute joy. It’s incredibly functional, acting as a smart home hub, video call device, digital photo frame, and entertainment screen all in one. Whether I’m streaming music, catching up on news, or controlling my lights and thermostat, it responds quickly and works flawlessly. The sound quality is surprisingly powerful for a device this sleek, and the screen size brings a whole new level of immersion. If you’re looking for a gadget that blends practicality with entertainment, the Echo Show 21 is unbeatable. Worth every penny—easily my 2025 gadget of the year! 👏😄

I've had so many Echos over the years, beginning with the 1st Gen, can't live without them anymore since so much of our home is Alexa connected. I originally got a refurbished 1st Gen Echo Show 15", not knowing the 2nd gen was coming out. So glad I returned it for the new 21" Echo Show, it's absolutely phenomenal! Streaming video: Easy to set up streaming (which I've done on our 5", 8", and 10" Echos). The best part of the Echo Show is that Fire TV is included. I easily logged into Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Max, Peacock, Paramount, Disney+, and Apple TV (other Echo shows only allowed me Hulu, Netflix, and Amazon, I believe). The setup and remote is the same as FireTV. Streaming audio: Easy to connect with your Audible account, and Apple Music or Spotify. I can also stream NPR and podcasts. If you are having a problem with Echo playing the right song, try this: "Echo, play Blinding Lights by the Weeknd on Apple Music" instead just saying "Echo, play Blinding Lights." Same "Echo, play Christmas Jazz on Apple Music" instead of "Echo, play Christmas Music." The more specific you are, the better results. Calendar: I tried the Skylight and it is useless. The Echo Show will connect to your Apple Calendars. Our family does shared calendars, and everything shares over to our Echo Show, including announcing events and times to leave. Drop in: It's amazing! The camera will zoom and adjust automatically. Our Echo Show 10 does this, but it's on a swivel and always runs into things. This one is much smarter! You can drop in from another Alexa device, or simple the Alexa app on a smart phone. Photos: We have all of our Echo Shows displaying photos that I have uploaded to Amazon photos and then select which photos to show using the Alexa app. Screen is so clear and large, better than any smart frame I've ever seen. And friends/family can share photos to it. Announcements: Announcements will show on the screen and announce (I also have push notifications to my watch/phone). Echo hears them perfectly and announces them correctly (our Echo 8 has stopped properly listening and announcing). You can also announce from the Alexa app if you are not home, very convenient for parents :) Widgets: Widgets are easy to add and adjust, just be patient and go through the process. Ads: To remove (most) ads, go into settings on the screen and turn everything to off! I barely get any. If you are still getting those annoying "Wicked" ads, it's because you have on the "Theme" setting. Once I turned that off, no more "Wicked" (or other future sponsored theme movies), even though we do like the theme setting (Mario is my favorite!). Pricing: Look for a sale. I got the 21" for $350 on the Black Friday Sale. Would have cost me more than that for a TV, sound bar, and Apple TV for our kitchen (which was our old setup). I LOVE all of our Echo devices. Our Gen 1 is still working amazingly, and glad to add the Echo 21" to our home.

Mine was originally defective but I got fast customer service and it was replaced in about 3 days. New one is perfect. The visuals are clear and bright. I have watch a show on it and all though the sound was that great (too low) the colors and picture was great. I am going t try to use a Bluetooth speaker to see if that helps. Other than that it is easy to use and has some great features.

Excellent product. Set up of Echo 21 is easy but there is no instruction how to pair the remote and Alexa was not of much help, but Google was. Basically, you have to open the setting and pair from there!

I know that I just got this thing just about an hour or so ago but I'm going to go ahead and start my review, because so far it's amazingly awesome. The ticket is though, I hope for the price this thing cost, it will outlast the original Echo Show 15 that played out on me last month (November 2024). This thing is truly beautiful, and as you guys can see in the photo I included, I had the perfect spot for it. It's very bright, just like I like. Haven't did my sound test on this device yet, as I went right straight to my Bose soundbar that is just below it. These guys are a match made only in heaven. Truly amazing sound as I enjoy my Christmas music pouring from the soundbar as you can see also in the picture. I love the weight of this thing, it tells me that the build quality is every step of the way there which is the most important part at this price range. I'll update this review accordingly. So far, this 21 inch model is most definitely a must have for any home. On top of all of this, Amazon makes it easy as cutting melted butter with monthly payments, so yes anyone can get themselves one of these. For anyone having problems closing the widget screen (like myself earlier), after you have got and installed all your updates, unplug your device for just a few seconds and then plug it back in. Swiping the widget screen to the right should close it all the way out at this point, only leaving the tab for opening it up again. I to didn't have any problems with not having enough and I installed a fair amount of apps on the device, and everything is still working smooth. Finally got a chance to give the speakers a listen, they have been improved.... However I'm still going to be using my Bose soundbar when playing music from the device most of the time for that extra punch and higher quality sound you can only get from Bose. Haven't had any problems with glare as some have reported, and I have mine facing directly towards the front door and still nothing but screen and picture. Maybe one day Amazon will partner up with Bose for the sound system inside of these devices, and take it up a notch on the display by going at least 4K UHD (though I'd love to see one of these with 8K crystal or OLED). "Update" 12-8-2024. The FireTV app on this device will not load, trying to setup my ESPN account info inside the app, all I'm getting is an sweeping "E" along with the provider selection screen in the background. I am starting to lose hope about this device already. I know one thing is very clear, it's most certainty not my internet service nor gear. Something else that I wish badly Amazon would step to the plate in on these devices, and that's. Keeping our recently played music active until we the buyer of these devices delete them from recently played lists. I want to be able to go back to recently played songs and play lists with ease, not hassle. Another thing that I hope that they get right in these devices that are becoming more and more expensive by the day, and that's fixing the bug inside these devices that is clearing some of the thumbs up 👍 on songs that I have thumbed up. This is starting to become extremely annoying and frustrating. I can manage through the thing with Fire TV not working right in the Echo Show 21, but not these issues. Another bug that needs to be addressed is the one that closes the music playing screen when going back a few songs. It closes to the home screen until the next song plays. It's not hard turning something into a 5 star device, and I am positive that Amazon can do this in these devices. They aren't cheap, their quality shouldn't be either, nor should the batteries. I haven't had this device that long, at least I don't feel like I have. I recall when I first bought my Blink camera system, the cameras came with Energizer batteries..... I just can't find it why Amazon would send a premium product out with the cheapest batteries they could find. I wasn't even really using the remote that came with my Echo Show 21 like that and already the remote has stopped responding due to dead batteries already. When I put both batteries on my multimeter tester, one is giving a reading of 1.1175 and the other 1.0930. This tells me that one battery is older than the other, or perhaps have a leak. Both are "Amazon Basics" in which should have never been sent out with a premium product in the first place. I'm not hating on this product, because I'm really trying to love it..... It's a product that is starting to earn its stripes and stay. However, at the same time I must keep this review honest and 💯. One thing is for sure, I most certainly hope that Amazon read the reviews that we the customers leave on here, because we do it so not just other customers can benefit from them, but Amazon as well to build better quality products, and to know what we their customers are looking for in the products that we buy. A product costing over 400 bucks should never ever come with less than premium batteries, and other accessories, this of course includes the parts used to create the products .... The whole nine yards. For me to bash the device it self as a whole would be selfish of me being as though it's still rather new and the updates are to flow. It's been generally getting better, however there is still more to be desired from what is said to be a premium product. As for the batteries that Amazon sent out with the Echo Show 21, I had never plan to use them anyway, as the Duracell power boost has been my go to battery since first discovered, however I was out of the trips at the time this device arrived. On to something else that I recently discovered in this device that is on a more positive note, the picture quality on the Echo Show 21 is remarkably awesome. Watching TV on this device, I was seeing details in people's clothing that I wasn't even seeing on my actual TV, which is a Samsung 4K UHD smart TV. I don't know about anyone else, but to me this was mind blowing to see such detail. Hopefully some day really soon, I'll be able to give the Echo Show 21 its stripes back (5 ⭐️ rating)..... Until then, I'll hold on to that last reminding star to see if Amazon bring the fore mentioned problems to a close with this and other Echo Show devices, not to mention.... Seeing if this one will last longer than the original Echo Show 15 that died on me (I know these things like all things don't last forever, however the life of the original 15 should have still been a lot longer than just over a year). It's not all bad people, but keep in mind while considering this device, it's not all good either. As always, happy shopping. Update 2/22/2025 I don't know what it is nor what is causing it to happen, but the remote control that came with this device for some odd reason tends to drain the batteries very fast. I was using the best Duracell batteries money can buy inside the remote and still it kills them in less than two weeks. I have since replaced the remote control with a Fire TV Remote Pro and is retiring this remote. This is not too much of a problem for me as others might find it as one. I wanted to add the pro remote to my Echo Show 21 anyway, so this has worked out for me.