Options include a calendar, a shopping list, sticky notes, to-do lists, the weather forecast, maps and an Amazon package delivery tracker. Aside from the standard array of rotating home screen content like headlines and weather updates, part of the display can now be customized with tiles. Speaking of the sort, one of the key benefits of the large screen is Amazon’s latest Echo Show feature: widgets. Plus, the Smart Frame only showed photos, while The Frame TV is a television that shows art, both of which lack Amazon’s smart display capabilities. It reminds me of the Lenovo Smart Frame we saw at CES 2020, and even Samsung’s The Frame TV, except they’re both a lot bigger – the Lenovo Smart Frame has a 21.5.-inch display while the Frame TV lineup ranges from 32 to 85 inches. When it shows full-screen photos and pictures, the frame really does look like a piece of art. The display is so bright and sharp that I can see it clearly across the room (about nine feet away). Still, the 15.6-inch screen here is the best out of all of the Echo Shows, with a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. It’s a decent alternative to wall hanging, but if I’m going to have a desktop Alexa-powered display, I’d probably choose one of the other Echo Shows as they’re smaller. As its name suggests, the stand lets you tilt the Show up to 30 degrees for better viewing angles. It’s fairly hefty and bulky, taking up considerable space on my kitchen counter.

I didn’t want to drill into my walls (especially not to accommodate a device I’m merely borrowing for this story), so I opted to use the Sanus Tilt Stand that Amazon sent me for review.

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