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Which is why, to get a sense of the cellphone-sized Echo Show 5's true value, it needs to be pulled out of the smart screen lineup that includes Echo Shows and Nest Hubs and placed alongside smart speakers, like the Echo Dot, Dot with Clock and Google's Nest Mini. The only other, similar device that the Echo Show 5 clearly outshines is the even more maligned Lenovo Smart Clock, which relies on Google Assistant and can't even play videos (although, to be fair, who would want to on such a small screen?).
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Then, of course, there's the competition - Google's slightly bigger 7-inch Nest Hub, with its dazzling screen and more intuitive smart home controls. It's not the Show 5's fault - its much bigger sibling, the midsized Echo Show 8, and its even larger kin, the whirly, twirly Echo Show 10, both easily (and justifiably) hog all the Alexa limelight. It's doubtful even the new chameleon-skinned Echo Show Kids ( $95 when not on sale) will be enough to elevate Amazon's 5-inch smart display much beyond an afterthought in the minds of the Alexa faithful. Of all the various Alexa devices, none seems so misunderstood as the lowly Echo Show 5, which Amazon updated last week with a better camera and another color option - blue ( $85 when not on sale - a $5 decrease from the previous generation it's £75 in the UK and currently unavailable in Australia). Updated camera still subpar at 2 megapixels.
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