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Amazon Echo Show 8
$150
Online · Cloud-dependent
A clock that sells you things.
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Amazon Echo Show 8
By Amazon.
$150
Amazon US, October 2026. Prices change.
A screen with a camera and a microphone that shows the time, the weather and a rotating selection of things you could buy. It is a clock the way a shopping centre is a bench.
- Online
- Wi-Fi, Ethernet or cellular. An attacker can be anywhere, and it can collect data.
- Cloud-dependent
- Needs the maker's servers or app to work, so the maker can switch it off.
Buy the dumb one instead
- Hermle Ravensburg wall clockLevel 0 · No electricity · Dumb as a rock $175View
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We do not link to the smart one. You can find it.
