Amazon's smaller Echo Show 5 is launching June 26th in Canada

Amazon's smaller Echo Show five is launching June 26th in Canada

Amazon's response to the Nest Hub is a smaller and cheaper Echo Evidence 5

Amazon'south Echo family of devices is getting a little bigger thanks to the addition of a new v.5-inch Echo Show smart display.

The device, called the Echo Show 5, is priced at $99 CAD in Canada with pre-orders being available now.

The smaller Echo Show tin can practice everything the larger second generation Repeat Show can do as well as a few tricks of its own.

For i, the Echo Show 5 includes a shutter that is able to comprehend the camera for added privacy. The other unique characteristic is a $29.99 magnetic dock that lets users arrange the angle of the device for video calls or regular viewing.

Beyond this, the Echo Show 5 is pretty much the same as the regular 2d generation Echo Show, but a little over half the size, with fewer speakers and a 1-megapixel photographic camera.

Design-wise, the new Alexa-enabled device looks sleek and seems to be Amazon'south answers to Google'southward new Nest Hub. The visitor has fifty-fifty added new clock faces to the mix to make the little, bedside clock device as visually appealing as possible.

When the device does become up for sale, yous'll be able to buy information technology from Amazon Canada, Best Buy Canada, Staples, The Source and Leon'southward.

Amazon Canada is now accepting pre-orders for the new Echo Testify. The Echo Show five goes on sale in Canada starting June 26th.

The company is also selling the Testify 5 in a bundle with an Repeat Dot for $134 CAD.