Amazon Echo Show 15

Amazon’s biggest smart display gets some things right but poor sound quality lets the side down.

The Amazon Echo Show 15 certainly looks the part, disappearing into the room like a work of art, but the software experience isn't perfect just yet.

The Amazon Echo Show 15 blends eye-pleasing aesthetics with Alexa’s smart home skills to create a functional and elegant smart home hub. New features and AZ2 Neural Edge processor make this a strong entry in Amazon’s slowly stagnating Show lineup, but it's ultimately held back by weak audio, a lackluster movie viewing experience and the inability to resize widgets.

That new large display and the way the Amazon Echo Show 15 uses widgets are excellent, as are the options to wall- or stand-mount. As the centrepiece to a kitchen, acting as a family hub, this larger Echo Show could find a place in many homes. Yet, for all that it brings extra, sound quality isn’t as good as the older models, nor is the webcam. At this price, the smaller Echo Show 10 is a better and more versatile smart display for most people.

Get the Amazon Echo Show 15 if you want Alexa on your wall, but it’s pricey for what it does.

The Amazon Echo Show 15 can be easily mounted on your wall, but other models offer better audio and camera quality if you have space on a counter or table.