Alongside launching the Amazon Echo Buds, the e-commerce giant has also announced three new smart speakers. These include the Echo Pop, Echo Show 5, and Echo Show 5 Kids. The Echo Pop is a new addition to Amazon’s Echo family. All three devices are said to provide customers with more options to access Alexa. Read on to know more about the newly announced speakers. 

Amazon Echo Pop, Echo Show, Echo Show 5 Kids specifications

Beginning with the Amazon Echo Pop, it features a semi-spherical design with a built-in mic-off button. It has a 1.95-inch front-firing speaker and lossless high-definition audio. The speaker comes with advanced audio distribution profile support. There is in-app privacy control. Connectivity options on the Echo Pop include WiFi, Bluetooth low energy mesh, and Matter which enables seamless connectivity and control of compatible smart home devices from different brands.  

Coming to the Amazon Echo Show 5, it has a 5.5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 960 x 480 pixels. This lets users to watch news clips, check their ring doorbell camera, view shopping lists, and make video calls. The latest version is said to be faster than its predecessor. It comes with three microphones and an upgraded 1.75-inch speaker for improved bass and clear sound. There is a 2MP camera with a built-in shutter for privacy. 

The Amazon Echo Show 5 is equipped with a MediaTek MT 8169 B and AZ2 neural edge processor. Connectivity options on the smart speaker are the same as the Echo Pop. 

Lastly, as the name suggests, the Echo Show 5 Kids is designed for kids. It features a colorful space-themed design. There is a built-in camera shutter and microphone/camera off button for privacy purposes. The smart speaker also features motion detection and tap gestures. There is a parental dashboard that allows parents to adjust age settings, monitor activity, and set bedtime limits. The device can help kids with kid-friendly answers, jokes, homework, clean lyrics, and more. 

The Echo Show 5 Kids comes with a two-year guarantee and one year free Amazon Kids+ subscription service that offers ad-free and age-appropriate audiobooks, videos, games, and Alexa skills. 

Amazon Echo Pop, Echo Show, Echo Show 5 Kids pricing

The Amazon Echo Pop comes in Charcoal, Glacier White, Lavender Bloom, and Midnight Teal colors. It is priced at $39.99. The Echo Show 5 costs $89.99 and is offered in Charcoal, Glacier White, and Cloud Blue. The Echo Show 5 Kids carries a price tag of $99.99. 

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Strategy Analytics has published a report on the Global Smart Speaker Market Q3 2020. According to it, the sales increased by a mere 2.6% YoY. However, smart speakers with a display aka smart displays showed a huge improvement over the last year as more customers preferred them over regular smart speakers.

As per the report, the sales of smart displays hit 9.5 million units in the third quarter of 2020. In other words, it grew by 21% YoY. As a result, the market share of this product category rose to 26% from 22% last year.

Talking about brands, Amazon and Baidu led the smart displays market. The Amazon Echo Show 5 and the Baidu Xiaodu Zaijia 1c were the best-selling smart display products worldwide in Q3 2020. Further, Amazon also retained its position as the overall global smart speaker market leader with a 28.8% share of total shipments.

Other brands also witnessed an increase in their sales and market share, except for Xiaomi, which had a ‘disappointing quarter’.

Having said that, like smartphones, the global smart speaker market was also severely affected in the first quarter of 2020. But Q4 is expected to bring more sales, thanks to new models and economic as well as consumer sentiment improvements in certain regions.

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Amazon first launched the Alexa-packing Echo Show with a touchscreen display in May 2017. The Echo Show (2nd Gen) was a redesigned version with a bigger 10-inch display launched last year clutching a $229 price tag. The US giant has now launched the Echo Show 5, a trimmed down version of the Show. The new version equally comes with a much cheaper $89.99 price tag.

As the name suggests, the Echo Show 5 features a 5.5-inch display which has a resolution of 960×480 pixels. The widescreen aspect ratio affords users the leverage to watch Amazon Prime Video content, as well as content from other service providers. The device also has a single but impressive 4W speaker on the back.

The device also packs a 1MP front camera for video calling other Amazon Echo users. You don’t have to bother about privacy issues as the camera has a shutter that physically blocks the camera when it’s not in use.

The Echo Show 5 has similar features with the Echo Show, aside these listed trimmed down hardware. As a reminder, the device features Alexa smart assistant and can also be used for browsing as it comes preinstalled with Amazon’s Silk browser You can use voice to access your services as well as smart home devices around your house. However, the Zigbee hub for easily connecting to smart home devices that use the Zigbee protocol is absent on this version.

The Echo Show 5 comes in Charcoal and Sandstone colours and is priced at $89.99.

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