

So it will perk up every single time someone says "Alexa," unless you go into the quick settings menu, accessed by dragging down from the top of the screen. One issue - there's no quick-access mute button, as there is on an Echo speaker. While the experience here isn't an exact duplicate of the Echo Show, some answer, such as about the weather, came with on-screen graphics detailing the response. She heard me every time I said her name, even if the system was asleep, and answered about as quickly as an Echo speaker does.

Sarah Tew/CNETĪlexa on the Fire HD 10 just works.

Alexa answers some queries with both audio and video information.
