Amazon's Echo Show smart hub

Just two weeks ago Amazon introduced the $200 Echo Look, a smart-home hub that includes a built in camera to help evaluate your outfit before leaving the house. Now, the company has taken another step, introducing its flagship hub, the $229 Echo Show, which has both a 5-megapixel camera and a 7-inch touchscreen display.

The device itself is built like a fancy digital alarm clock, with the 7-inch screen sitting above a grill that obscures a pair of speaker drivers. It's driven by Amazon's Alexa virtual assistant, so you can intract with it using your voice just as you would a typical Echo, Echo Dot, or the Alexa app. It can display information like weather forecast, You Tube videos, and of course screens meant to help you buy stuff from amazon.