Amazon's Echo Show 5 can give you the forecast, read your calendar, and more to help you easily manage your day. The Echo Show 5 offers a lot of value for what it is. It can be used as a Bluetooth speaker to stream music and podcasts, check in on your home security cameras, video chat with friends...

Full Alexa capabilities; Minimal footprint; Integrated camera cover

None that we could find

The Amazon Echo Show 5 is a long overdue compromise for diehard Echo users. The original Echo Show is a bit large and not suitable for desks and nightstands. Their smart alarm clock, the Echo Spot , uses a round screen which diminished video capabilities.

A terrific price point; Good sound for its size; Physical privacy shutter on the camera

Resolution on screen is not great; No access to Google services yet; Removing annoying Alexa tips requires a workaround

Less is more with this discreet device

Small and discreet; On screen controls; Better sound than Echo Spot

No Zigbee; Too small for entertainment; Visual skills still sparse

After using the Echo Show 5, shrinking the screen was a no-brainer for Amazon. It means it fits into your life more easily but still allows you to fall back on a visual interface when words just aren’t enough. It’s low price and larger display makes it a smarter buy than the Echo Spot, and it’s hard to recommend the less capable Lenovo Smart clock at the same cost, especially when the Show 5 is an equally good clock. Paying a considerable chunk more for a full-size Echo Show gets you a device better suited for watching video, as well as dedicated web browsers and a more media-rich screen. But to most people, none of these things are essential anyway. Improvements could be made, but the Echo Show is the best value-for-money smart display you can buy right now.

Sub-£100 price tag; Plays video; Surprisingly loud; Works brilliantly as an alarm clock ; Visual element improves many Alexa skills;

Resolution isn’t great ; Won’t do your music library justice; Alexa can be temperamental ;

The usefulness of Alexa, and integration with WikiHow, is enough to justify the low price of the Echo Show 5, even if the lack of some features grates on us. This isn’t quite the definitive smart display, but it is one we can imagine in a lot of people’s homes.

Low, low price; Integrated how-to videos; Camera shutter;

Low resolution; No YouTube app; Frustrating UI; Makes Echo Spot redundant

Smart displays are getting smaller, more affordable, and more functional. The Amazon Echo Spot has stood as our favorite bedside companion for over a year thanks to its petite size and price tag compared with the full-size Echo Show. And now Amazon offers another small-screen alternative in the form of the $89.99 Echo Show 5, a 5.5-inch model that lacks the booming stereo speakers of the 10-inch, $229.99 original, but offers a terrific selection of Alexa voice assistant and touch-screen features for $40 less than the Echo Spot. Its versatility and value easily earn it our Editors' Choice for small-screen smart displays.Design The Echo Show 5 looks like a tinier version of the original model. It's dominated by a touch screen, with angled fabric sides that tilt the screen slightly upward. You can get it with a black frame and dark gray fabric sides, or with a white frame and light gray fabric sides. No matter the color, it measures 3.3 by 5.8 by 3.2 inches (HWD), with a 5.5-inch, 96...

The Amazon Echo Show 5 is an affordable little smart display that brings Alexa voice commands to your desk, shelf, or nightstand.

Affordable; Powerful voice assistant features; Useful touch-screen controls with web browser

Mediocre sound quality; Music streamed over Bluetooth is filled with artifacts

This was bought as a gift and he absolutely loved it. Easy to set up and offers so many things Radio , music , alarms, uses it for relaxing music to sleep . Great product throw out those old clock radios .

Bangs solid tunes bruthaaaaa

The Amazon Echo Show 5 is the less expensive version of the Amazon Echo Show, coming in at $89.99 compared to $229.99. The Amazon Echo Show 5 gave us many of the same features as pricier versions, such as the ability to control our smart home, to watch movies or television shows, to update to-do...

Affordable, Digital cookbook, Integrates with Alexa, Entertainment features

Frequent advertising, No voice control for nonApple music services, Doesn’t connect to Bluetooth, Small, fiveinch screen

The Echo Show experience is getting better all the time and this is a great entry point. Sure, there are some compromises, but it's value for money and great competition against Google's equivalent Nest product.

Enough size/volume for most rooms; Screen features are continuously improving; Ring doorbell integration; Great value;

No YouTube; Many Alexa Skills need further optimisation; Echo Show 8 better option for music;