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\n\tFull-screen ads have started to appear on Echo Show smart displays.\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n

Last week, Amazon launched a major update of its line of Alexa-enabled Echo smart speakers and displays<\/a>. The redesign – led by former Microsoft design chief Ralf Groene<\/a>, whom Amazon Devices & Services head Panos Panay coaxed out of retirement – included two new Echo Show smart displays. According to Panay, these new models are the first step on a road to building \u00ab\u00a0products that customers love.\u00a0\u00bb <\/p>\n

But there’s one big barrier to customers loving their Echo Shows: ads.<\/p>\n

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The Echo Show has become a rotating billboard in my office<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

In recent months, full-screen display ads with the tag \u00ab\u00a0sponsored\u00a0\u00bb have been appearing on current Echo Shows, and use \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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