Echo Show 5 has a compact design but is still big enough to use in any room of the house to enjoy both video and audio content. The product offers a rich sound which makes it great for watching music videos or listening to music through Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, TuneIn and more.

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

has come a long way since it first launched almost exactly four years ago. We've had various smaller iterations in that time as well as the addition of display in the form of a range of devices under the Echo Show name.

Great price point; well-designed and sturdy; good sound for the size

Slight lag on the touch screen; low-ish resolution

The Amazon Echo family of the Alexa virtual assistant based smart speakers just keeps on growing. A quick count right now has us at the Echo Dot, the Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Spot, the Echo Show and the Echo Show 5. And that is before we consider the Echo Input and the Echo Sub accessories as well.

The Amazon Echo series of smart speakers are typically focused on Alexa, the company's AI-based voice assistant. Using the speaker involves a lot of voice commands, but one recent product in the range, the Amazon Echo Show, also added a visual element. While we quite liked the Echo Show , its Rs.

Good looks; useful screen; Decent visual content available; Alexa is constantly improving; Good value for money

Good looks; useful screen; Decent visual content available; Alexa is constantly improving; Good value for money; Screen is too small for a smart display; Average sound quality

A few years since smart speakers came into being, we're still calling these niche devices. Meant to be central control hub for your home, the smart speaker market isn't yet the multi-billion dollar gold mine that it has been expected to be.

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

Like the idea of Amazon's Echo Show, but don't have $180 to spend on a smart display? You might be interested in the highly-rated Echo Show 5, which is on sale right now for just $64.99, a 28 percent discount. Released in June, the Alexa-powered Echo Show 5 features a 5.5-inch display on which you can view the time, calendars, to-do lists, recipes, song lyrics, news and sports highlights, video calls, feeds from connected devices like security cameras and baby monitors, and more. You can put it on your nightstand, then simply ask Alexa to set and turn off alarms. Reviewers love its "big, clear numbers" and "nice clockfaces, which are easy to change." The Echo Show 5 earned an excellent rating in PCMag's review and praise for its "powerful voice assistant features" and "useful touch-screen controls with web browser." It's our Editors' Choice for small-screen smart displays. "The Amazon Echo Show 5 is a fantastic little smart display that offers loads of features, with a more...