How to transform your echo show into a surveillance chamber

Amazon Echo Show as a surveillance camera

Taking into account that the Echo Show 5, Echo Show 8 and Echo Show 10 have an integrated camera to be able to perform videoconferences, it was quite strange that this camera could not be used for other types of functions.That is just what they have activated with the new function of the home surveillance system, which will allow us to connect to the Echo Show to take a quick look at what is happening around them.

The difference between this function and making a drop-in lies mainly that the Echo Show will not show the image of the person who is taking control of the camera, since contrary to what happens in Drop-In videoconferences, inThis case the only intention is to look remotely, and not to communicate with another person.Drop-in requires user attention on the other side of the camera to activate it and start the talk, while home surveillance we can activate the camera immediately in seconds.