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вЂњThat has been huge for people,вЂќ he says, вЂњespecially families that live all over the place.вЂќ ItвЂ™s also a good idea to let elderly relatives know ahead of time youвЂ™ll be making a video call so they donвЂ™t have to run through the house to answer. Kris Thompson, a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS) and smart technology specialist with Oak Hill NEAT Center, also likes the drop-in feature, especially for loved ones who might be hard to reach on the phone. On the other hand, my mom has only the Echo Show and loves getting random drop-ins from my daughter all day long. Alexa randomly picks one device to connect to, so your remote relatives might suddenly appear in your bedroom, say, or on your desk during a meeting (that happened to my husband) instead of on the kidsвЂ™ device. We recommend that you disable drop-in, especially if you donвЂ™t like surprises or if you have more than one Alexa device. The drop-in function lets you listen in and see another Echo ShowвЂ™s camera almost instantly, whether the person on the other end is ready or not, but a video call actually rings the device and requires someone on the other end to answer. You can use the Echo Show to make regular video calls or to drop in on people. The Alexa app lets you designate nicknames for contacts like вЂњNanaвЂќ or вЂњGrandma JoyceвЂќ to make it easier for Alexa to understand requests, especially from kids.

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Kanter says, вЂњI think for some people who are not used to this technology, any technology that is easier to access and implement will be beneficial.вЂќ We parents can get some free time when we know our children are occupied, and the grandparents are happy to stay in touch-everybody wins. If your parents or grandparents arenвЂ™t the most tech-savvy, once youвЂ™ve set up the voice control, itвЂ™s easy for them to use, too. Kids can activate it as easily as any other Alexa device, so busy working parents donвЂ™t have to start or mediate all of the family chats. The simplicity of using a smart display for video calls is ideal for kids and grandparents, and itвЂ™s why my family loves the Echo Show right now. вЂњIdeally we are having live face-to-face interactions with each other,вЂќ he says, вЂњbut given thatвЂ™s not possible, the closer we can get to live interaction, the better.вЂќ A text message is better than nothing, he says, and a phone call is better than a text, but a video call is the best. Jonathan Kanter, director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection at University of Washington, told us video calls are the most beneficial way to combat loneliness while people are practicing social distancing. Their standout feature is voice-activated video calling, an easy way for families to stay connected with isolated relatives. These are devices that sit on your desk, countertop, or table and let you use many of the same types of apps and features a tablet would. The Echo Show is one of our top-pick smart displays (we also recommend the Google Nest Hub Max). These smart displays have completely changed how we connect with family-even across an ocean. Now they talk to my daughter and chat with my mom. It has been a bright spot during this really weird time, enough that my in-laws in England have also gotten Echo Shows. To help us all stay connected, my husband and I bought them matching Amazon Echo Show 8 smart displays so they could use voice commands to easily have video chats with each other. My mom lives a couple of towns away, but I havenвЂ™t hugged her in more than a month-itвЂ™s been even harder on my 8-year-old, who is pretty inseparable from her nana. Staying home and sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic is hard on families, especially those with older relatives living alone.

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