Amazon Echo Show 10 is a neat gadget for its ability to move with you while streaming videos and making calls to friends and family. But for a smart display whose the whole reason for being its support for these uses, Echo Show did not have a major application used universally during the pandemic: Zoom.
When Gizmodo analyzed Echo Show 10 Last month, a spokesman said at the time that support for Zoom “will come soon.” That support has finally arrived, which makes a good gadget pretty great. Customers with the third generation Echo Show 10 can now request Alexa to join Zoom or Amazon Chime meetings using commands such as “Alexa, join my meeting”, “Alexa, join my Zoom meeting” or “Alexa, join my Amazon Chime meeting”.
Echo Show 10 can start hands-free meetings once your calendar has been connected via the Alexa app (which is how support works for other services, such as music apps). Amazon says its voice assistant “will automatically start the appointment entirely without hands-free without the need for the meeting ID or password – just confirm the title of the meeting you want to sign up for.”
Zoom was a bit of a deadlock on the device, given how it’s intended to be used, so support for Echo Show 10 is welcome. However, the only other major malfunction of the device was support for a larger number of applications. streaming.
A dedicated YouTube app, for example, would be a minimal addition to the current limited range of Echo Show 10 streaming apps, which include Food Network Kitchen, Happy TV, Hulu, NBC, Netflix, Prime Video, Redbull TV and Tubi. Currently, it can be accessed through a web browser, but a dedicated application would be useful for things like taking the place where you left a video.
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At the very least, you can now call your family using the lock video-conference application of your choice.