Amazon's smart speaker Echo series has a lineup of Echo Show with displays.Until now, Echo Show 5 and Echo Show 8 have steadily expanded, but as expected, the next is Echo Show 10.
Echo Show 10 (Amazon)
In Japan, the Echo Show 10, which was launched on April 14, is a smart speaker with a 10 -inch display, and the price is 29,980 yen.The colors are available in two colors, Grasshire White and Charcoal.
Until now, a smart speaker with displays has been called a so -called alarm alarm type, or many products that assume how to use it on the side table beside the bed.There is Google Nest Hub Max with the same 10 -inch display, but this is also a tablet fixed to the pedestal.
On the other hand, Amazon Echo Show 10 has a cylindrical speaker like Echo Studio small, and has a display like a "mask".Moreover, there is a rotation mechanism at the bottom, and the display turns around 350 degrees.The camera on the front detects the existence of a person and turns his face there.This is new.
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■ Music playback by stereo forever
Let's start with music playback.Swipe to the left from the right end of the display to the service menu.Therefore, if you select "Music", you can play songs provided by Amazon Music HD.Or call Alexa by voice.It is the same as the conventional Echo.
With the smartphone version of the Amazon Music HD app, you can list your favorite songs for each artist or create playlists, but it seems that those lists cannot be accessed on the Amazon Echo Show 10 screen.In order to listen to the specified song, it is necessary to specify the music regeneration teacher as Amazon Echo Show 10 in the app as before.
As you know, Amazon Music HD has quickly supported high -resolution (Ultra HD) and 3D audio streaming.Unfortunately, Amazon Echo Show 10 does not seem to support high -resolution playback, and all songs are played with the "HD" quality.
The speaker of this unit is a 1 -inch tweeter attached to the position opened in the shape of a c in the front and set upwards 2..5 inch woofers 2.1ch stereo system.Although there is an upward speaker, it is a woofer, so the direction of the sound is light and 3D sound playback is not supported.
However, thanks to the woofer for the sound quality, it lets you listen to the bass that does not match the size.As for the scale of the sound, I think that it is the same class as the Echo 4th generation (a spherical man).
On the other hand, the sound of the tweeter will be blocked by the display, so when you listen to the near field, the sound sounds more off than other Echo.It's a shame that the high -frequency characteristics can be heard and heard.
On the other hand, if you listen to a loud volume from a distance, you can use the reflection on the back of the display to expand the sound, so you can listen to it as a very wide thread image.It would be more satisfying if you listen to it, rather than listening nearby.
In addition, the rotation mechanism of the display does a good job.The display always tries to turn the display to the front, so you can always listen to the stereo sound from the front, no matter where you move.The appearance that inevitably follow the user to listen to the stereo is a great deal.
No, but the combination of this rotation mechanism and stereo speaker is quite good.Regardless of whether there is a display, a cylindrical speaker that always faces the user in front of users is likely to be demand in the future.
■ Next -generation video playback experience
Next, I will try video playback.Services available from "video" include Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, YouTube, Bing (Web search), Paravi, and Hikari TV.
This time, I will test with Amazon Prime Video's "Jacklian Season 1 Episode 4", which is always a reference for image quality evaluation.
The display is 1280 x 800, which is actually the same as the 8 -inch Echo Show.However, it is a very high -contrast and high -quality display.In this work, the warm -colored scenes of the desert and the cold scenes in cold regions alternately come, but both scenes can be enjoyed with correct colors.The 10 -inch size is exquisite size that is smaller than a TV or PC but bigger than a smartphone.
Because the sound is gorgeous, the view is high for the small display.It's good to use it at the kitchen counter and cook while watching a comedy program.Even if you do not raise the volume, the sound is good, and even if you move around, the display always turns to yourself, so there is no such thing as you can not put it in the right direction.
As a precaution, you have to open the surroundings as much as the rotating diameter, so it is better not to use it where things are tight or where you have trouble falling.There is a sensor that stops the rotation if it hits a thing for the time being, but if it is light, it will turn around.The author now dropped the case with a cotton swab from the table, and the cotton swab scattered on the floor.
The point is that smart speakers with a display can use the smart speaker function instead of audio.I think it's the best item for those who can't get the target information in audio or those who are troublesome to talk one by one.
It can be said that 29,980 yen is quite cheap for these functions.
Echo Show 10 (Amazon)
