Amazon.com.au:Customer reviews: Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) | Smart display with Alexa and 2 MP camera

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Interesting features, but very slow!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2021

It has interesting features, does the job, but I am under the impression that the device is from 5 years ago. When you touch the screen to access a menu, you will have to wait a good two seconds for the new screen to appear which is sign of an extremely poor chip. The voice recognition is really good. The screen itself is ok but the light it generates at night will bother you if you are sensitive to full darkness

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Gilly

Was poor, but customer service did help

Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2021

Bought this hoping for some Australian content which is sadly lacking. Keeps cycling through US baseball, basketball and crime news which is both irrelevant and depressing. Sure I can tell Alexa to play local radio but the video content is all US and the settings (so far) do not allow the ABC (the Australian one!) or anything else local. The pic shows the message received when clicking on the ABC option for video content - smarmy.
It looks like a clunky clock radio - really I prefer my sleek Echo Dot as this offers nothing extra except annoying visuals. Sound quality is good but again, no better than the Dot.
Edit to add: Customer Service emailed me within minutes of this review and changed my settings; this makes the device much more useful with local news content. I still prefer my Dot but this will now be good value.

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Damien

Interesting features, but very slow!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2021

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Vanessa

You cannot just stop at one!

Reviewed in Australia on 23 February 2022

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This is my second echo show 5, to add to an ever growing collection of dots and an Echo Show 8. Setup is simple - when purchasing from Amazon most of the setup requirement is already done. I love the "play music everywhere" option - I can listen to calming music throughout my house. I use it to remind myself of things I need to do, I can add to the shopping list wherever I am in the house (I have a dot in the bathroom ), and then when shopping check things off in the app. You can group items into rooms and then turn on/off all items in that room with one command. The intercom function is great for calling the kids to dinner. I can turn on the kettle with a simple voice command. It's amazing what these devices can do.

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FuzzyWolf

Good as bedside or tabletop clock

Reviewed in Australia on 13 March 2022

Colour Name: Glacier WhiteStyle Name: Device onlyVerified Purchase

The sound was better than what I expected from a small device. Had no issue with it used it as a table top clock, the only thing I dislike about this is that the processing power seem a bit lacking. It is fine when using voice commands but navigating and scrolling through the menu on the touchscreen is quite laggy.

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Mark

Great for the Bedside

Reviewed in Australia on 2 May 2022

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Great for having by the bed to watch that late-night catch up on youtube and take the early morning facetime from the sister. The voice command is not as good ass my Dot. It doesn't seem to understand my questions. I have to rephrase many things, and it is not as prompt as my dot hope the next firmware will address these issues. all and all a good product that is affordable with a camera

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Paul Anastasios

Very informative and answers all questions clearly.

Reviewed in Australia on 16 March 2022

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Would highly recommend for someone to replace their old clock. Plus can start a song from a voice request. Brilliant!

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Andrew Knights

Good value with a Prime subscription.

Reviewed in Australia on 2 April 2022

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Easy to set up and configure. Voice control works well. A good little unit for the discounted price with a Prime subscription.

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nedell

worth the hype

Reviewed in Australia on 3 March 2022

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Id recommend to anyone. good voice recognition and can do so much more than tell time and play music. will be adding to probably every room in the house

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toni t

Convenient electronic device

Reviewed in Australia on 21 April 2022

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Purchased this as an alternative to a bedside clock. Many easy to use features. Voice activated.

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Laxman Sapkota

Very good

Reviewed in Australia on 26 April 2022

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Everything works well so far. No complaints. Touch screen and voice control are amazing. Even my toddler can use alexa on it.

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Great

Reviewed in Australia on 1 January 2022

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Needed a Bedside clock so decided to go with the Alexa. The Alexa show 5 is exactly what I wanted with a few extra features beside like amazon music and recipes, it does provide Australian news content and the sound quality and voice activation is very good overall, I tossed up between this and the google nest but the echo had a full size clock. I also love the privacy features which I can turn off and on with a button when not using Alexa. Overall was a good choice for me.

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