Echo Show Now Available in the UK
Everything you love about Alexa, and now she can show you things—watch video flash briefings and see music lyrics, smart home camera feeds, photos, weather forecasts, to do and shopping lists, and more Make hands-free video calls to friends and family who have an Echo Show or the Alexa app, and make voice calls and send messages to anyone with an Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, or Echo Plus Powerful, room-filling speakers with Dolby processing for crisp vocals and extended bass response New skills from OpenTable, Just Eat, National Rail, Mercedes, BBC News, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, MTV, LBC, Arlo, Ring—all optimised for the Echo Show display Luxembourg—27th September, 2017—Amazon today announced that Echo Show is coming to the UK. Echo Show is available now for £199.99 from www.amazon.co.uk/echoshow and starts shipping to customers from 16th November. "In just the last year, Alexa has learned thousands of new skills in the UK and she keeps getting smarter every day," said Jorrit Van der Meulen, Vice President, Amazon Devices. "And, with Echo Show, now she can show you things. Echo Show brings you video flash briefings, calling and messaging, music lyrics, smart home cameras, photos, weather, and more—just ask." Room-filling sound and enhanced far-field performance Echo Show features an all-new 8 microphone array along the top of the device, which is paired with Amazon's beam-forming technology, and noise cancellation so Echo Show can hear you from any direction–even while music is playing. If you have more than one Echo Show, Echo, Echo Plus or Echo Dot, Alexa uses ESP (Echo Spatial Perception) to respond from the Echo you're closest to. Now Alexa can show you things Stay connected to your friends and family Alexa calling and messaging is rolling out across the Alexa family in the UK over the coming days, allowing current Alexa users to make calls and send messages to friends and family using Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or the Alexa app. Control your smart home Alexa is always getting smarter—all-new skills from OpenTable, Just Eat, BBC News and more Echo Show is available for pre-order today and will start shipping on 16th November in the UK. Echo Show is available in black or white and is £199.99. Customers can also choose a 2-pack—buy 2, save £100.00. Echo Show will be available at www.amazon.co.uk/echoshow and at retailers including Argos, Dixons, John Lewis and Tesco. ### About Amazon |
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