The HomeView and Echo Show 16 could be the family computers I’ve been asking for
Three years ago, I wrote an obituary for the smart display. The category - smart speakers with touchscreens attached - was stuck with a few underpowered gadgets from Google and Amazon that tried to do too much and did too little well.
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