Speaker 1: The Amazon glow isn’t like all machine you could have observed ahead of it mixes a display screen, a speaker, a digicam and projector. It is phase video chat gadget, and phase sport machine. It is all for basic age youngsters to attach remotely with their family to mess around and skim books.
Speaker 2: Hello, I am Olivia and bye.
Speaker 1: And I am Bridget. I am her mother. I have completed numerous machine opinions at observed it, however this time I would like her to do the assessment as a result of that is the Amazon glow and it’s [00:00:30] designed for children like her to have a laugh and connect to circle of relatives.
Speaker 2: I already know that permit’s flip it on to give an explanation for, k, smartly,
Speaker 1: Let’s flip it on over right here.
Speaker 1: The glow is lovely giant. Youngsters aren’t sporting this round. It’s staying on a desk. It weighs 4 kilos. It is 14 inches tall. It’s a must to stay it plugged in a wall and it wishes an web connection. The growing old display screen within the middle is there [00:01:00] simply to turn the individual at the video name and a projector on most sensible is beaming down all of the a laugh stuff that children can engage with by way of touching, while you unbox the glow and get it establish, it comes with a host of those tiles for a puzzle sport, and there is a rolled up comfortable white rubber mat to make it simple to look the undertaking. Now it handiest works on a troublesome floor. So oldsters, you higher have a large desk after which there is a digicam. Yeah. And you’ll additionally [00:01:30] shut the digicam. Cuz some other folks like privateness. This machine take a look at was relatively the circle of relatives undertaking. My daughter attached over a couple of days together with her oldsters in Florida with each my dad and my sweetheart’s mother who reside greater than 1000 miles away.
Speaker 2: Hi Bella, are you able to play a sport with me
Speaker 1: Now? Now not everybody wishes a glow. Handiest the child makes use of the glow. The [00:02:00] different members of the family sign up for in and fasten from 8 pill app. They see a video symbol of the child within the nook, along side what is going on within the projected space. In order that they each can play and engage with the display screen in combination. However circle of relatives does no longer all the time see a view of what they’re having a look like all over a talk. So capsules, they are roughly exhausting to all the time middle your self within the digicam when you are taking part in and studying books horizontally. And that suggests circle of relatives won’t know that their face isn’t all the time appearing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, like this. [00:02:30] Hello. Oh your your, your face is roofed.
Speaker 1: Amazon says a pill works highest on account of the bigger display screen for the actions, however it might be an iPad or an Android pill. It, the grandparents, they did not have capsules. So Amazon despatched us some loaners to check it out. I pre-set up the circle of relatives accounts, which seem at the glow display screen with their names and just a little circle with their face. So my daughter may simply faucet and contact them or they may be able to name us [00:03:00] oldsters. You gotta get ready to play the function of tech reinforce since you gotta get everybody establish with Amazon accounts. What are one of the vital issues you could have completed along with your
Speaker 2: Grandparents? They might, some books they may learn to you.
Speaker 3: Handiest an act of real love and save me excellent. Oh aah. Sneered. If handiest somebody cherished you. Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1: So you might be roughly practising your studying with the [00:03:30] grandparents
Speaker 2: And when there may be this little circley factor that is going, please have persistence as a result of this is when it is loading and when it a lot it is uninteresting.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Every so often we spotted there have been some loading snags. Um, there can be a frustration or two for the reason that projected space makes use of infrared to discover contact. And that suggests there are occasions it might probably appear just a little wonky, however total [00:04:00] I might say the ones moments weren’t a deal breaker. What had been a few of your favourite issues to do on right here?
Speaker 2: Oh, my favourite factor was once this one.
Speaker 1: Oh, the tangrams sport. It makes use of those items, proper?
Speaker 2: Yeah. So that you picked a form after which you need to fit the shapes which might be in there. After which it says, is looking forward to your kid to place in there and get in a position for his or her items.
Speaker 1: Proper. It is a sport you’ll play along side someone. Proper? [00:04:30] So yeah, you have got items, they have got items and in combination you need to determine how all of your triangles, squares and other shapes come in combination to make the positive animal shapes it got here with about 12 or so little video games on right here. Like the cardboard sport cross fish.
Speaker 2: You twos
Speaker 3: Move fish.
Speaker 1: And there was once reminiscence, oh, you
Speaker 3: Move first. Olivia is going first.
Speaker 1: There is [00:05:00] additionally a host of bay, six stuff like checkers and chess and jigsaw puzzles. And plenty of of it’s tied to characters from Disney, Nickelodeon, Sesame side road and Mattel. You are additionally gonna discover a bunch of drawing actions. It is roughly like one giant virtual coloring task e-book. And since that is Amazon, there are many books to learn. They
Speaker 2: Tale is known as D D w the choosy eater. Mm. And [00:05:30] she hates spin greater than the rest. That is so gross. I really like spinach. It is the favourite factor. And, and chocolate lollipops do, however she hate, it is what I really like. That is loopy.
Speaker 1: Youngsters can discover the books by way of themselves or have somebody learn alongside to them. And a couple of titles have those animations. They are interactive with scenes that come to lifestyles at the web page, relying on what you faucet. And now and again the animations are even at the glow video chat display screen. [00:06:00] Now all of this content material, it is a part of a subscription. Oh yeah. Get in a position. Oldsters. The glow comes with one unfastened yr of Amazon youngsters plus and then it’s $3 a month. And if you do not pay up, you lose out at the a laugh. The Amazon youngsters plus library isn’t to simply the glow software. You’ll be able to load this up on an app and put it on a child’s pill, however nonetheless it’s some other subscription each month. Yeah. Are you aware how a lot it prices?
Speaker 2: I do not know.
Speaker 1: [00:06:30] As of this assessment, the glow is indexed for $250 and it is being offered by way of invitation handiest. So you need to request it after which wait and notice if Amazon assist you to be an early purchaser. Amazon says when it’s extra extensively to be had, it is gonna elevate the fee to $300. I’ve to go back this assessment pattern again to Amazon. However on my non-public account, I have been on a ready record to shop for the glow for over a month. Now, must I [00:07:00] purchase one for us to stay, uh,
Speaker 2: Why? As a result of it is nice. You will have it. After which we will have some other one after which it will stay that one. It is so a laugh. And at the present time I do know I might use it such a lot that I are not looking for any assist anymore. And I am like, wow, it is a excellent gadget. I feel I’ll pay $3 for each month and I am gonna stay this
Speaker 1: Stay in [00:07:30] thoughts. That is for ages 3 and up. So the sheer dimension and worth of this factor is also skeptical of giving it to little children. However the giant tower of tech was once no longer messed with, since all of the touching is on a mat. I simply must regulate issues. When my two yr outdated son is round. As a result of as you’ll believe, he needs to leap in and he brings just a little little bit of chaos to the enjoy.
Speaker 3: Oh, you were given it.
Speaker 4: The enjoy was once in reality for, [00:08:00] I in reality had numerous a laugh. Imagine me. I used to be anticipating to be like a easy kid taking part in, however no, I used to be having a laugh. I used to be having a laugh. Imagine me, grandpa.
Speaker 3: Yeah, what is the information.
Speaker 4: I were given my flu shot.
Speaker 3: Wow. That is unbelievable. Neatly, I, I in reality am stunned and just like the product on account of the truth that I am in a position [00:08:30] to sit down down with my granddaughter and in reality learn a e-book together with her and it looks like she’s within the room with me. And, uh, and he or she’s one thousand miles some way. And that is the reason the phase I in reality love about this downsize handiest drawback to me was once it took me a non-tech savvy particular person just a little bit too lengthy to get the entirety establish. However when we were given it establish and as soon as, uh, we understood the way it [00:09:00] works. It is nice.
Speaker 1: I in reality preferred how unbiased you’re after I come up with an iPhone to speak with the grandparents. Every so often you might be roughly operating round and I do not know what you might be doing with the telephone. You are gonna cross loopy right here, right here, you had been in reality engaged. It made me really feel lovely excellent to look you engage with the grandparents cuz I do know we leave out them and it was once only a in reality candy second to have you ever play in combination. And that I did not have to fret about what was once [00:09:30] occurring. You had been simply in it, you had been having a laugh and also you understood it. Oh my
Speaker 2: Thank you, mama.
Speaker 1: I am happy with you. I am happy with you. Amazon invented one thing particular right here. It is going past what different tech firms are doing to attach us just about. And it feels healthy and extra significant to look my daughter and my oldsters with this type of bonding time when we will’t see each and every different in particular person as ceaselessly. So sure I’m a fan Bravo [00:10:00] for Amazon for making a child’s machine that does not have me being worried an excessive amount of about their display screen time. I sought after to thanks for serving to me take a look at this product. Did you have got a laugh?
Speaker 2: Oh, deep. I did. How about this? We didn’t know. I did. How did you no longer know if I
Speaker 1: Did? Oh, you seemed like you had a good time. I simply sought after to invite for those who preferred it, say, say good-bye and thank you for
Speaker 2: Gazing. Thank you for gazing. And if you do not thoughts, can [00:10:30] I play this while you are long gone? Sure please.
Speaker 1: Sure, you’ll stay taking part in it. The video assessment is over. You’ll be able to, you’ll play it. Oh,
Speaker 2: Thank you. Bye.
