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.