Amazon’s Echo Show 10 is a useful gadget because of its ability to go with you while streaming videos and making calls to friends and family. But for a smart display of which whole reason for being its support for these applications, the Echo Show was missing one major app universally used during the pandemic: Zoom.
When Gizmodo the Echo Tone 10 last month, a spokesperson said support for Zoom is coming ‘soon’. That support has finally arrived, which makes a good gadget pretty good. Third-generation Echo Show 10 customers can now ask Alexa to join Zoom or Amazon Chime meetings using commands such as, “Alexa, join my meeting,” “Alexa, join my Zoom meeting,” or “Alexa, join my Amazon Chime meeting.”
The Echo Show 10 can start hands-free meetings once your calendar is linked through the Alexa app (and that’s how support for some other services like music apps works too). Amazon says its voice assistant “will automatically start your scheduled meeting completely hands-free without needing your meeting ID or access code – just confirm the title of the meeting you want to join.”
Zoom was a big blind spot on the device given how it was intended to be used, so support on the Echo Show 10 is welcome. The device’s only other major shortcoming, however, was support for a wider range of streaming apps.
For example, a dedicated YouTube app would be an absolute minimal addition to the Echo Show 10’s current limited line of streaming apps, including Food Network Kitchen, Happy TV, Hulu, NBC, Netflix, Prime Video, Redbull TV, and Tubi. Currently it is accessible via a web browser, but a special app would be useful to pick up where you left off on a video, for example.
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You can now at least call your family using the lock videoconferencing app of your choice.