\nOTHER PERKS<\/th>\n It spins!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\nThe Echo Show 10’s party trick is the ability to spin around, a feature Amazon calls “Smart Motion.” The display is mounted on a heavy circular base disguised as a big speaker. There are three small speakers in the base, but there’s no room-shaking subwoofer, as you might expect from the size. A big chunk of the bottom is a weighted turntable with a wide electric motor that lets the entire body of the Echo Show 10 do one 360-degree rotation.<\/p>\n
The motor can “lock” and “unlock” the screen at various times. At any time, you can grab the screen and move it, which will disengage the motor and allow it to spin freely. The Show 10 weighs an incredible 5.5 pounds, so it’s not going anywhere. If you talk to it, the motor will engage and the screen will turn and point at you. You can also have it creepily follow you around the room via tracking from the front camera or control it remotely as a 360-degree security camera.<\/p>\n
On one hand, any extra functionality\u2014like 360-degree remote camera usage\u2014is very welcome. On the other hand, being mounted on a rotating base does compromise the touchscreen experience somewhat. The mechanism that lets the screen spin around has a lot of backlash, so even when the screen in supposed to be locked in one position, it never feels like a solid object under your finger taps. Every time you poke it, it will wiggle in one direction or another.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
enlarge \/ Other than Amazon’s rotating base, the two main product lines look pretty similar. Google and Amazon are basically the only game in town if you’re looking for a plug-and-play smart display, but the companies arrived at similar products from very different directions. A smart display’s usefulness mostly has to do with which ecosystem …<\/p>\n
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