Aura has introduced its first color E Ink digital photo frame, the Aura Ink, featuring a 13.3-inch Spectra 6 panel designed for wall mounting with months-long battery life, offering a cord-free experience, though at a steep $499 price point. The device aims to display family photos with convincing color, addressing previous limitations of E Ink technology, but some photos may not look optimal, and the price is high for a first-generation product.
The Amazon Echo Show offers a variety of features beyond the basics like weather updates and music playback, including customizable widgets for smart home control, live feed and home monitoring capabilities using the device's camera, and a digital photo frame mode. However, users may find sponsored content slides and clutter in the slideshow annoying, but these can be mitigated by using the photo frame mode and adjusting home content settings.
Amazon has introduced the Echo Show 8 Photos Edition, a smart display that functions as a digital photo frame. Priced at $159.99, the Photos Edition comes with a six-month subscription to Amazon's PhotosPlus service, which enables an enhanced photo mode. This mode allows users to make their personal photos the primary content on the Echo Show 8's home screen. After the initial six months, users must pay $1.99 per month to continue using the Photo Mode. The standard Echo Show 8 does not have access to this feature. While some may find the subscription model for a digital photo frame unappealing, it offers an alternative to the rotating homescreen ads and promotions that are present on the standard Echo Show.
