The brushless motor that almost silently spins its 10.1-inch HD display around a 350-degree arc is the feature that will grab your attention when you take it out of the box, but you'll quickly discover many more things to get jazzed over when you set about exploiting its capabilities to the fullest. This is a fantastic feature whether you're following a recipe, engaging in a video call, or watching a movie on Netflix. And Amazon gives you full control over how motion occurs: You can disable it entirely, enable it only for some activities--such as when making video calls, watching a video, or following a recipe--or you can activate/deactivate it on demand by saying things like "Alexa, follow me," "Alexa, turn right," or "Alexa, turn off motion." If you place the Echo Show next to a wall or in a corner, you can adjust how far it will rotate so that it doesn't bump into anything as it spins. The display apparently has a clutch or a similar mechanism that automatically disengages the motor while at rest, allowing you to manually turn the display left or right even if motion is enabled.

Ever since the original Echo Show, smart displays have proven to be pretty useful around the house. They're great for quickly looking up information, recipe instructions, video calls and more. As you're actively crisscrossing the kitchen while cooking a meal, you have to keep backtracking to look at the screen for the next step. Or if you're on a video call with mom and you walk away to make a cup of coffee, you're forced to become a disembodied voice as she converses with a wall. The all-new Echo Show 10, however, helps solve that problem.

It was about 7:30 a.m. on a Friday when I asked the new Echo Show 10 to read me the news. I walked toward the coffee machine, bleary eyed, and poured my morning cup. When I finally looked up in the Echo Show's direction, it had turned to meet my gaze. As I walked back over, the screen panned again. In the morning light, I could see the device's pea-size, motion-detecting camera challenging me to a staring contest I'd never win. After experiencing the auto-tracking technology for the first time, I felt a mix of awe and dread.