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Amazon on Th appear that its $229.99 device will initially play nice with smart abode cameras from Nest, August, Amcrest, EZViz, IC Realtime, Vivint, Band, and Arlo.

Amazon's new Echo Testify device is slated to begin shipping next week, and now we know which smart dwelling house cameras it supports.

Amazon on Thursday appear that its $229.99 touch-screen device will initially play dainty with smart home cameras from Nest, August, Amcrest, EZViz, IC Realtime, Vivint, Ring, and Arlo.

Repeat Prove owners who also own a compatible photographic camera will be able to link their accounts then but say "Alexa, prove me the plant nursery," or "Alexa, show me the front door," and Amazon'south voice-based virtual assistant volition display a live feed on the Echo Show'southward screen.

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Ring, for instance, makes smart video doorbells and outdoor security cameras that stream alive audio and video to your smartphone. Using Ring'due south new Alexa skill, Echo Prove owners can see and answer the door or pull upward video from their security camera's feed with their voice.

"With our skill for Alexa, customers don't accept to accept out their phones and open the Ring app to see their photographic camera feed," Ring Software Engineer Darrell Sommerlatt said in a statement.

Owners of the August Abode Smart Lock tin already command it via Alexa, but now those who have an August Doorbell Cam can just ask Alexa to "show me the front door camera" to view live video on the Echo Testify, without having to go upwards off the sofa or grab their telephone.

On Echo devices without a screen, customers can listen to the audio from the camera.

Echo Show, get-go unveiled last month, is basically an Amazon Repeat with a 7-inch bear on screen and a five-megapixel front end-facing camera. Information technology "brings you everything you dear about Alexa, and at present she can prove yous things [like] video flash briefings and YouTube, meet music lyrics, security cameras, photos, weather forecasts, to-do and shopping lists, and more."

Amazon also today launched a tool that lets developers easily integrate their connected cameras with Alexa, so expect to see even more devices support Echo Testify in the hereafter.

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Angela Moscaritolo

Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag's expert on fitness and smart abode products. Instruction yoga for nearly x years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected wellness products including fettle trackers, heart rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart dwelling house devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to name a few.