Echo Show 15 + TP-Link Tapo Pan/Tilt Smart Security Camera, Works with Alexa - Smart Home Starter Kit

Another quality well-built product from Amazon but, I am getting a strange popping sound from the speakers every few minutes when watching Netflix. I've only used it for a couple of days so far but will update the review to 5 stars if this problem stops. If not I will get it replaced.

We were really pleased with our Echo Show 15 until we asked for the radio and were really disappointed with the sound quality. Our other Alexa products sound great, the Dot and the smaller Show, so we were really surprised that the sound was rubbish when it is a much bigger and expensive product. Nearly sent it back but love the rest of it so will be keeping it.

Once I learned that Fire TV had been added to the Show 15 I thought I would give it a go.As it stands, it's a great device, but very sadly lacking support for must-have streaming services for me, such as BBC iPlayer and some other UK streaming services. Very disappointing.You can get a lot of these services using the inbuilt web browser, but it's just not as accessible as using a dedicated app.I have sent it back, which as usual for Amazon was hassle-free. If Amazon comes to their senses and starts supporting more UK streaming services then I will definitely buy another one, but as it stands for me it's just a great device, crippled by a lack of needed streaming apps.

I keep this in my home study. I work from home full time and find that I like to stream shows while I work, and with the added benefit of having Fire TV (with Netflix, Paramount, Prime, Disney+, BBC Sounds and Plex) I am able to watch on a screen bigger than my iPad. The sound quality is far better than I expected and is of excellent quality. I purchased a Fire TV remote and the tilt and swivel stand. The remote is essential to me as the touch screen only work on the Prime app and not any of the other apps. You have an on-screen remote for the other apps that I found to be annoying and fidly, but the remote fixed that.Would I recommend this? Yes. I mean, it's not going to wash your dishes for you but I ordered some items from Amazon by just telling Alexa what I wanted while being stood 15 feet away, and it arrived the next day ... the ultimate first world privilage.I use mine for all the other functions, such as recipies, reminders, shopping lists, even the sticky note. I find it so easy to nagivate and use it more for its offerings as a streaming device, but love that it has so much functionality.I still use my iPad and my lounge telly, but this has just made me all warm and squishy. Also, it's massive.

Purchased on prime day with stand & remote. Looks great and set up is easy. I've got itvx, bbciplayer, channel 4 & 5. Netflix disney and prime video. Great size screen for bedroom tv/films and all the alexa benefits as well. Defo reccomend.

Nice screen, Alexa works well, photo mode is good.Sound quality very poor and overall it's expensive for what you get. I then had to pay extra for a stand.

We wanted something that will show the camera feed from our Ring doorbell when it’s rung. My main concern was that it would be slow to respond, but i decided to give it a try. I have to say it has met my expectations and beyond. The doorbell feed shows up in a few seconds either Picture in Picture or full screen. I think its shown full screen if the device was not displaying anything, though I’m not 100% sure. You can answer the doorbell by pressing the Mic button or re-establish the connection with the Mic on by default. Pressing the mic seems to have a delay at starting the audio, so you have to wait a few seconds before the audio starts coming through. Hopefully Ring/Amazon can sort this annoyance out.My secondary goal was to use it as a family, hub, display photos, play songs, show calendar and a smart home panel allowing manual switching off devices around the house from the screen. All of this is via widgets that you choose, some allowing resizing and some are fixed size.All of this functions quite well, though there are bugs or features that I’m not keen on.Calendar widget only shows calendar for next month only, e.g. in March you can only select up to end of April.Smart home panel does not always show the correct status for the device, you have to tap on it to refresh the status, it’s like there’s a refresh polling interval, as it does eventually go to the correct status. Though Hue lights do not suffer from this. Amazon, please fix this.Less adjustment for clock faces and home display than echo show 5Not the fastest navigation around the screen. Seems ok, but at times it can lag a bit, not as bad as the show 5, but not snappy.You can’t browse music, you have to use your voice to play a specific song or use their pre-defined play list. With Apple Music you can even do that.More widgets please, not a lot of selection.I currently have mine on the kitchen wall, i watch sky news (via YouTube) whilst having my breakfast, though i have to physically click play, you can’t start the live stream by voice. You can watch Netflix, Prime video, and browse the internet including the BBC iPlayer website. Unfortunately there is no native support for sky news and bbc iPlayer.I have photos from my album displaying on the clock widget, weather widget and notes, but wish we have more control on the layout. Widgets can be re-arrange but the clock is in set position. In landscape mode, it’s displayed on the left and fixed in that position.I have profiles setup for the family although and it allows them to setup their screen as they like but in reality it just gets left with what in set.It acts as a security camera when I’m away from home but also has the option to close the shutter on the camera for privacy.The speakers is good enough, but don’t expect to be decent quality as the speakers are facing backwards, it doesn’t quite have the depth as even the show 5. However, i have a kitchen speaker and i just tell it to connect to Bluetooth. You can use Apple Music, Amazon music or Spotify.Mounting it was simple, you get a paper mounting template so you know exactly where to drill holes in the wall. The cable is too short considering it’s meant to be hung on the wall. Unless your socket is nearby then it forces you to buy the extension. My socket is just over 2.2m away, so I had to spend some more to get the extension cable included. Small annoyance but the cable should clearly be longer.Overall, i love it and don’t regret buying this.

This is a great addition to our kitchen wall, perfect for shopping lists recipes etc