Amazon.com.au:Customer reviews: All-new Echo Show 5 (2nd Gen, 2021 release) | Smart display with Alexa and 2 MP camera

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Interesting features, but very slow!

Reviewed in Australia on 10 June 2021

It has interesting features, does the job, but I am under the impression that the device is from 5 years ago. When you touch the screen to access a menu, you will have to wait a good two seconds for the new screen to appear which is sign of an extremely poor chip. The voice recognition is really good. The screen itself is ok but the light it generates at night will bother you if you are sensitive to full darkness

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Gilly

Was poor, but customer service did help

Reviewed in Australia on 13 June 2021

Bought this hoping for some Australian content which is sadly lacking. Keeps cycling through US baseball, basketball and crime news which is both irrelevant and depressing. Sure I can tell Alexa to play local radio but the video content is all US and the settings (so far) do not allow the ABC (the Australian one!) or anything else local. The pic shows the message received when clicking on the ABC option for video content - smarmy.
It looks like a clunky clock radio - really I prefer my sleek Echo Dot as this offers nothing extra except annoying visuals. Sound quality is good but again, no better than the Dot.
Edit to add: Customer Service emailed me within minutes of this review and changed my settings; this makes the device much more useful with local news content. I still prefer my Dot but this will now be good value.

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No complaints

Reviewed in Australia on 4 July 2021

Colour Name: Deep Sea BlueVerified Purchase

Regarding the newer 2021 edition, it has to be said that this item is absolutely wonderful. It took about an hour to set up. Usually spending an hour to set up anything is annoying, but this was quite enjoyable because there are so many options. The hour was spent setting up the different options.

Works perfectly with my echo wall clock

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Joy Swan

Echo 5

Reviewed in Australia on 11 July 2021

Colour Name: CharcoalVerified Purchase

This is so good, I love the fact that the screen dims at night and when asked to play music it is not
over the top loud. Also I just love Tech. and this is my favourite so far. Top marks to Amazon.

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