The best smart displays have proved useful over the past year when it comes to keeping in touch with friends and family during the pandemic, and in a bid to make video calls feel more natural – Amazon is bringing the Echo Show 10’s best camera feature to its smaller, Echo Show 8 – the panning and zooming camera.

The new Echo Show 8, which is priced at $129.99 / £119.99 (around AU$220) – the same price as the previous iteration – features a 13-megapixel camera. In itself, it is a hefty upgrade over the previous version, which has a 1MP camera, but now it also has an automatic pan and zoom function, meaning when you move during a video call it follows you around to ensure you’re always in the center of the shot.
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