Amazon's all-in-one, wall-mounted Echo Hub can control many, if not most, smart home devices. It does require a little bit of setup, though.

The Echo Show 8 for 2023 is a tad more expensive, but adds more features, better audio, and a more responsive virtual assistant, making the bump more than worth it.

Amazon typically stays pretty conservative with its generational design updates, and the 3rd-gen Echo Show 8 doesn't buck any Echo smart display trends in a major way.

Amazon’s new Echo Show 21 and Echo Show 15 look to fix one of the biggest problems with its super-sized smart displays while adding a bigger design.

Starting on March 28, recordings of every command spoken to the Alexa living in Echo speakers and smart displays will automatically be sent to Amazon and processed in the cloud.