Amazon has for
Prime Members: 10" Amazon Echo Show (2nd Gen, Certified Refurbished) on sale for
$99.99.
Shipping is free.
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GR8DEALIO for finding this deal.
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Features:
- Premium speakers with Dolby processing let you stream music and books in crisp, stereo sound. With a vibrant 10.1" HD screen for watching videos, movies, and TV shows—in a new fabric design.
- Ask Alexa to see lyrics and album art with Amazon Music. See weather forecasts, calendars, to-do lists, and your favorite playlists.
- Watch award-winning movies and shows from Prime Video, music videos from Vevo, or live TV and sports with a Hulu subscription.
- Make video calls to anyone with Skype, the Alexa app, an Echo Spot, or Echo Show.
- Your new kitchen companion—watch recipe videos, set timers and alarms, and add items to your shopping list.
- Set up compatible Zigbee devices without the need for a separate hub. See your front door camera stream with 2-way audio and notifications.
- With eight microphones and far-field technology, Alexa can hear you even while music is playing.
- With over 50,000 skills and counting, Alexa is always getting smarter. Skills are like apps and let you do more with Alexa.
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I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
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I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
I moved on to all screens except for the two Echo autos we have.
I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
I also cannot speak for the Echo 10 necessarily. It sounds like from @dealhunter85 that it has a paneled home screen that the 8 does not have.
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I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
I will never buy another Echo Show. They were already annoying enough with "Things to Try" that not only appear on the home screen, but within other apps and skills. Having heard many complaints about "Things to Try", Amazon has doubled down and gone full screen with it as "Alexa for Your Day" with multiple "Things to Try" instead of what you have configured in your home screen preference. So now when I go to look at my Echo Show 8 for the clock and a family photo, I instead see an ad telling me to "Try xyz on Prime Video!", etc.
No, there is no way to turn either off. Turning off home screen rotation doesn't do it. There is a entry under settings for "Things to Try" but it doesn't actually have a setting there. It just shows you more "Things to Try". There is a "Discover" setting under Home Content which does not suppress either when turned off. Setting "Do Not Disturb" seems to make it go away for a day or two but it comes back. Restoring factory defaults makes it go away only until it does a firmware upgrade.
I don't own an echo show, but Alexa app on my phone has this setting "Alexa Device Notifications" "Receive notifications on your Alexa device with new things to try" with a toggle off option. I'm guessing you tried this and no go?
In the Alexa app, go to More, then Settings, then Notifications and tap Things to Try. Turn both of those toggles off.
I don't own an echo show, but Alexa app on my phone has this setting "Alexa Device Notifications" "Receive notifications on your Alexa device with new things to try" with a toggle off option. I'm guessing you tried this and no go?
In the Alexa app, go to More, then Settings, then Notifications and tap Things to Try. Turn both of those toggles off.
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got one "Echo Show 5" for $39 last week, just want to trash it