The Amazon Echo Show: Limited Time Early Access Prime Day Sale

Right now, the Echo Show is a better deal than ever. Until Prime Day (July 16), get it for $129.99–that's $100 off its regular price!   But I know there's one question everyone is dying to ask, which is the top question on the Show's page, with 800+ votes: An excellent question. To answer it, let's look at the individual components an Echo Show and see how useful they'd be for ghost hunting.

The Brains of the Operation: Alexa

While Alexa knows how to do a number of things already, other capabilities need to be learned by enabling skills. With the Allrecipes skill, for instance, you can make dinner a breeze by summoning any of their 60,000 recipes, along with audio and visual instructions displayed on the Show's screen. But can Alexa help you monitor ghost/spirits in a haunted house? Yes! The key here is Alexa's ability to enable new skills. There's already a Ghost Detector skill and a Spirit Seance skill on, so Alexa should be a pro.

The Ears and Mouth: 8 Microphones & 2 Dolby Speakers

The Show contains two Dolby speakers tuned to provide a rich, satisfying musical experience. Play Amazon Music Unlimited and services like Pandora and Spotify, or get the weather and news stories. But can the microphones and speakers help you monitor ghosts/spirits in a haunted house? Yes! Microphones are what you need for locating ghosts too timid to show their spectral form. As for the speakers: ghosts are attracted by atonal jazz. Fact.

The Eye: Video Camera & 7" Touchscreen

The camera and screen allow for hands-free video calls to other devices, or use the Show's screen for streaming Amazon Video, watching trailers from Fandango, and more. But can camera and screen help you monitor ghosts/spirits in a haunted house? Yes! Use your phone to activate your Show's camera and catch all that good poltergeist activity.

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This post has been sponsored by Amazon, but the opinions are my own.