The Amazon Echo Show 15 is a 15.6-inch smart display with built-in Fire TV, an updated 13MP camera with auto-framing, and a Zigbee, Matter, and Thread hub for controlling connected devices in your home. The display ships with a wall mount included, with the option to add a separate stand for countertop use. A Fire TV remote is also included for navigating apps like Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ from across the kitchen without using voice.
A useful smart speaker you can use for a variety of purposes
The Amazon Echo Show 15 is designed to be the central screen in a kitchen or shared family space, with widgets for family calendars, shopping lists, smart home controls, and weather on the home screen. Built-in Fire TV lets you stream from Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and YouTube directly on the display. Plus, the included Fire TV remote lets you navigate apps from across the room when shouting at Alexa from the sink isn’t working.
Anyone who’s tried to make a video call on a phone propped up against a coffee mug knows how often the framing falls apart the moment you walk away from the camera. The Echo Show 15 has a 13MP camera with auto-framing built into the top of the display, with 3.3x zoom and noise reduction that keep your face centered and your voice clear as you move around the kitchen during a call. This lets you chat with family or friends while you’re cooking or unloading the dishwasher, without holding a phone in front of you.
The Echo Show 15 doubles as a smart home hub through built-in support for Zigbee, Matter, and Thread, which includes most of the major smart home protocols on the market. This means you can connect lights, plugs, locks, cameras, and other devices directly to the display without needing a separate hub. The smart home dashboard also shows live camera feeds and lets you adjust thermostats or turn on lights with a tap.
The 15.6-inch Full HD display works in landscape or portrait orientation, and the wall mount included in the box handles installation on a kitchen wall or above a counter. The dual 2-inch woofers and 0.6-inch tweeters handle audio for Fire TV streaming, music playback, or video calls. However, the stand for countertop use is sold separately at around $100 if you’d rather skip wall mounting.
The Amazon Echo Show 15 packs Alexa, Fire TV, and smart home controls into a single 15.6-inch display, with the kitchen wall as its target install location. At $250 during this Prime Day sale, the Echo Show 15 is $50 off the $300 list price for a 17% discount. For homes that already use Alexa for smart home control, or anyone replacing a kitchen TV with something that also handles video calls and a family calendar, the discount makes it easier to justify than at full price.
