Amazon’s new motorized Echo Show 10 – announced last fall at its annual hardware event – finally has a release date for February 25, with pre-orders starting at $ 249.99 today. The smart display was originally announced for a launch date in late 2020.
Unlike other Amazon Echo Show smart monitors, the Echo Show 10 has a motorized base that allows the monitor to rotate to face you whenever you are interacting with it. It also uses its rotation skills (along with digital and panoramic zoom) to keep users centered on the frame in video calls, even when they are moving. Notably, Amazon supports Zoom, in addition to its own Alexa group calling features, making it a potentially useful tool for video conferencing.
Likewise, the screen can rotate when playing video from services like Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, allowing you to always see your program. The screen on the new device can also be manually tilted up and down, although the 10-inch “HD” panel is still basically the same.
Echo Show 10 does not use its camera setup for facial recognition, however. You can tell when someone is speaking and face them, but you cannot determine specific people.