How Do I Add Photos To My Echo Show

How to turn an Echo Show into a digital photo frame

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Want to know how to plough your Echo Evidence into a digital photograph frame? If you own ane of Amazon's smart displays, you lot tin plow information technology into ane of the best digital photo frames for displaying images that are personal to you lot and your abode.

This is different from knowing how to change the background picture on your Echo Show. You lot can upload a static paradigm to your smart display at any time in the device'southward settings in the Alexa app. Merely to create a rotating drove of personalized photos that perhaps blends in your home'due south decor, y'all'll demand to accept a few extra steps.

No fearfulness, it'southward not hard. In fact I demonstrated how I turned my Amazon Echo Show 8 (2nd Gen) into a digital photograph frame in my bedchamber for a video on Tom's Guide's TikTok account. (P.S. if you follow Tom's Guide on TikTok (opens in new tab), you'll see more crawly tech hacks.)

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As some of the best smart displays and best smart speakers, Echo Show devices are pop fixtures in the kitchen or bedroom. While it tin exist informative to stick with the default rotation of news, sports scores and suggestions for the best Alexa skills, turning your Echo Show into a digital photo frame can elevate the user experience.

In guild to turn an Echo Show into a digital photo frame, you'll need to fix Amazon Photos, which is one of the best photo storage sites. Amazon Photos is an unlimited photograph storage choice for Amazon Prime number members. Amazon Prime recently raised its cost from $119 to $139 per twelvemonth, though there are secret deals every Prime member needs to know.

Before getting started turning your digital photo frame, download the Amazon Photos app now (iOS (opens in new tab), Android (opens in new tab)) and sign into your Amazon account if it's non set up up already. And now I'll evidence you how to turn an Echo Show into a digital photo frame from the Alexa app.

How to turn an Echo Show into a digital photo frame

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1. Open the Alexa app and tap 'More than'.

2. Tap 'Settings'.

3. Scroll down and tap 'Photos'.

iv. Tap 'Devices'.

five. Tap your device. I'thousand using the second-gen Echo Prove eight, but the Amazon Echo Bear witness 15 or Amazon Echo Show 10 can be used too.

6. Tap 'More Collections'.

vii. Select the album you want to apply every bit a digital photograph frame. If you haven't fix upwardly an album, redirect to the Amazon Photos app and make an album. All Amazon Photograph albums will announced on this Collections folio.

viii. Gear up your Echo Show screensaver to your personal photos or say, "Alexa, testify my photos." The anthology you lot selected will at present play in rotation, though y'all can swipe to move to the side by side epitome.

I of the most frequent recommendations for buying the best smart habitation devices in my ultimate smart home guide is to find the high-tech products that complement your day-to-mean solar day life. That said, sometimes y'all don't desire information technology to look similar your living space is a Best Purchase. Customizing the look of your Repeat Show will welcome it into your home, and at present yous know how to do information technology yourself.

Be sure to check out our complete guide on how to use Alexa for more tips and tricks. The all-time Alexa skills will also help you go more out of your smart display.

Kate Kozuch is an editor at Tom'southward Guide covering smartwatches, TVs and everything smart-home related. Kate too appears on Flim-flam News to talk tech trends and runs the Tom's Guide TikTok account (opens in new tab), which you should exist post-obit. When she's not filming tech videos, you can find her on an practise wheel, mastering the NYT Crossword or channeling her inner celebrity chef.