Amazon announced the latest entrant in its line of Alexa-enabled smart devices, called the Echo Show. The new device comes with many familiar features such as the Alexa assistant and all the skills that come with it, along with a unique feature in the form of a 7-inch touchscreen. The announcement of the new device has left many wondering what's new with the new device. So we compared Amazon Echo Show vs Amazon Echo, and here's everything that's new:

One of the main differences in the new Echo Show is the presence of a 7-inch touchscreen on the front of the device. This addition offers a variety of new interactions that users can now do with the Echo Show, including things like watching YouTube videos, viewing photos, and lyrics for songs playing from Amazon Music. The screen can also be used to control supported WiFi-enabled security cameras and baby monitors.

The Echo Show also supports calls, a feature available to all Echo devices. However, video calls will only be possible on the Echo Show, thanks to the camera at the top of the screen. Echo Show also supports a new feature called "Drop In". This is like a video call, except the user does not need to call the recipient and can just directly access their camera feed. To prevent abuse of this feature, Amazon has included functionality where users can specify which devices can access "Drop In" on their Echo Show.

Speaking of video calling, and "dropping in" unannounced, the Echo Show also comes with a camera placed right in the middle, on top of the 7-inch touchscreen. The Amazon Echo has no such thing, and is a regular speaker with admittedly fantastic sound quality. The 5 megapixel camera on the Echo Show is what enables video calls and related features like "Drop In" on the new Echo Show.