Since the original Echo Show launched last year the software has been refined, but the experience is broadly the same.

Amazon’s latest low-cost Alexa-powered smart speaker, the third-generation Echo Dot, looks better, sounds better, but still costs the same at a lowly £50.

It might look like just a warmed-up Echo, but don’t let that fool you: Amazon’s staffers have been hard at work adding new features and refining the Echo’s capabilities, including better audio processing, enhanced smart-home features, and improved far-field microphone tech.

Like the original Echo Plus, the all new 2018 version wants to be the centre of your connected household with a built-in smart-home hub and it aims to offer better sound quality than the regular Echo.

The 2018 Echo Dot is a masterclass in making everything better, without a price increase.

The second-generation Amazon Echo Show (or Echo Show 2 as we are calling it) refines the design, expands the screen of the original and adds a host of extra functions.

Amazon has added yet another smart devices which link up with its Alexa AI technology. In addition to an upgraded Echo Dot, Echo Plus and Echo Show, the online superstore has unveiled the Echo Sub.

Smart lights and bulbs; Internet of Things (IoT), smart home, call it what you will. I think that we can all agree on the fact that this tech is supposed to make your life a little easier.