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Customer Review
Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 1, 2021
I replaced my previous gen Echo 10.1" with the new brand because I liked the old one so much. The new model is not ready yet and is still working through growing pains. The follow-mode is unrefined and gets confused if there's more than one person in view of the camera. It's not true 360 degrees and has to spin-back-around if you walk around the unit to catch-up with you on the other side of its movement limit. I get the "creepy" factor of having it follow you around but I think that's personal preference. The follow-mode feels more gimmicky than useful right now but that could change as they update the follow-mode. In addition, the screen seems to be slightly off when lining up with your view. It faces slightly to the left of center when it tries to center up on where I am standing. It could just be me, but I think the sound of the previous gen model is better than this one. Other nit picks, the blue bar on the bottom doesn't always show when I say "Alexa" and I found myself repeating commands to Alexa more times with this unit than my old 10.1" Echo. I suppose none of these are unexpected with a Gen-1 model but it does feel like this was rushed out the door (even with the delay). I'd recommend waiting a little longer while Amazon refines the tech.
