Amazon Echo Show 5 review: smaller, cheaper Alexa display

Amazon's latest Echo Show 5 Alexa smart display is smaller, cheaper and has improved privacy, but is a £79.99 5.5in screen with a camera ready to replace your alarm clock in the bedroom? The Show 5 isn't the first Alexa smart display aimed at being your bedside clock. The Echo Spot, with its pleasingly round screen and ball-like shape, was released in 2018 and is still available for £120. While the Show 5 is not cute like the Spot, its rectangular shape makes it more practical for displaying content, even if it takes up a third more horizontal space on your bedside table. The new Alexa display looks like Amazon's 10.1in Echo Show hit with a shrink ray, replete with a fabric-covered back that is reminiscent of pre-flatscreen tube televisions.