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Echo Show smart display owners can now record and share videos for their Alexa contacts and set up an AI-curated Daily Memory picture on the device. The two features are part of Amazon’s regular rollout of more Alexa and Echo abilities that it didn't highlight individually inside a headline, but nonetheless worth marking in its monthly roundup of Alexa news.
Videos & Memories
The new Daily Memories feature for Echo Show enables the smart display to automatically curate user-provided photos to select a replacement every single day. The choice comes the photo collections the consumer provides access to, but depends on Alexa’s AI to choose a good one. It’s is like the same option for Fire TV screensavers, which inserts Amazon’s means of blurring the lines from a smart display and a smart TV. The homemade films people make using their Echo Shows, meanwhile, can now be sent straight to their friends with the same device. The result is similar to a relevant video voicemail, using the advantage of not having to both be physically present like they would throughout a live video call. The asynchronous communication uses the smart display’s camera and microphone to record the message, which could then be delivered to any contact with an identical device while using Alexa mobile app or the Echo Show. They are able to then express their feelings via video emojis.
“Say, “Alexa, record video,” to begin recording a video in your Echo Show device. Once recorded, you are able to tell Alexa to share the video with all of your Alexa contacts,” Amazon explained in a blog post. The recipient will be able to send a reaction back by selecting one of three animated emoji options from the Alexa app or their Echo Show device, including “laugh,” “love,” and “wow.””
Echo Upgrades
The video-sharing and photo curation aren’t as momentous because the new Alexa voice profiles for kids or Amazon Music’s new DJ Mode, however they demonstrate the holistic method of improving Alexa and it is hardware pursued by the tech giant. The most important Alexa development this month, however, might be the rollout from the upgraded Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 5, as well as the new child-focused Echo Show 5 Kids revealed in May. offer better hardware featuring, though the look of them is basically unchanged using their predecessors. The new Echo Show 8 is really a bonus for the video messaging as it upgrades your camera from 1 megapixel to 13 megapixels, making the image far sharper. Your camera may also pan and zoom to trace a user's face, adding more dynamism to the message, otherwise quite as almost as much ast the Echo Show 10's swiveling display.
