The Echo Show 15, an Oprah favorite, is on sale at Amazon

Oprah made her list and we checked it (more than) twice. Oprah’s Favorite Things 2022 is packed with great things on sale, just in time for the holiday gift giving season. Yes, right now Amazon is having a Black Friday sale on one of its picks: the Echo Show 15 – it’s $80 off. With this genius gadget you can create the ultimate smart home command center and put your household in order once and for all. It’s also a fantastic little entertainment center. You won’t find a better deal on these unless Oprah happens to be giving them away somewhere.

Amazon’s Black Friday sale, which is already underway, has a lot of great deals on Amazon devices. But this Echo Show 15 deal is truly a standout. For just $170 (was $250) you’re in control all your Alexa-enabled devices in one convenient hub. It’s an incredible gift for a busy young family (hint, hint, mom and dad) or whoever, really.

Oprah wrote that her choice “almost looks like a work of art” and recommended using the Echo Show 15 “to sync family calendars, write digital notes to each other, and create to-do lists.” Even O magazine editor Adam Glassman has one in his kitchen and uses it daily, she explained. “Like Adam, you can stream your favorite show while you cook.”

Not just Oprah and Co. love it, but it’s also loved by more than 8,600 five-star Amazon shoppers (and counting) who use it for a variety of tasks — from kitchen companion to organization guru to scrapbook savior.

“I can now happily stream YouTube, Netflix and Prime or enjoy Audible books while I cook,” wrote one delighted five-star reviewer. “I can also control all our Alexa devices, monitor Ring devices and leave ‘sticky notes’ as reminders for myself and hubby. It ‘recognizes’ us when we walk into the kitchen and displays the correct screen and preferences. Shopping lists and shared shopping lists calendars make us super efficient and hubby takes cooking classes on YouTube from Gordon Ramsey in our own kitchen!”

You read that right, it has facial recognition capabilities, which is great for security, privacy, and clarity.

One appreciative reviewer explained, “Face and voice recognition work like a charm, limiting children’s access to items they shouldn’t have access to. … This device has really changed our lives at home and has given us more control and given control. organized our weekly schedules.”

If you or someone you love is looking for a more efficient way to stay on task, this is probably the answer.

“I synced it with my Apple and Google calendars to show all of our family plans,” one happy customer wrote. “Having my shopping list is also great on my home screen, and reminders like turning laundry because I forget… I hung mine in portrait style in my kitchen with the included holder; it was super easy to set up and install. My son sets timers and reminders on it and likes to talk to Alexa.”

Fans are as impressed with the good looks of this device as they are with its capabilities. A five-star customer raved: “The resolution is sharp and the colors are brilliant and beautiful. It looks great sitting on my bar on a stand I bought separately that allows you to easily display the Show in portrait or landscape mode. You can personalize this Echo Show and turn it into a really impressive organizer with widgets you can add or remove from your screen that show different things like your personal calendar, weather, music suggestions, video suggestions, shopping lists and more !”

The reviews quoted above reflect the most recent versions at the time of publication.

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