The Amazon Echo Show 21 Is $50 Off Right Now

If you’re looking for a small TV that doubles as a tablet and home hub, the Amazon Echo Show 21 is an all-in-one smart display with built-in Fire TV, tons of widgets, and other genuinely useful features. A size larger than the Amazon Echo Show 15, the Amazon Echo Show 21 rarely goes on sale, but right now it’s $50 off at Amazon, dropping to its lowest price ever of $349.99 (originally $399.99), and is a great option for Alexa-powered homes.

It has a crisp 21-inch screen and, like its predecessor, uses the Fire TV and Alexa interface. The screen resolution is 1920 x 1080 pixels. It’s essentially a larger version of the Echo Show 15, with a larger touchscreen. The Amazon Echo Show 21 has a 13MP camera for video calls and home monitoring that automatically zooms and adjusts, as well as a manual privacy shutter switch. The larger screen allows for more accessible visibility of the home hub and widgets, supporting multiple user profiles and switching via facial or voice recognition when the camera and mic are activated. It also serves as a digital photo frame.

Designed primarily for wall mounting, the Echo Show 21 does not include a stand. While it doesn’t mechanically swivel like the discontinued Amazon Echo Show 10, you can purchase an additional rotating stand to manually adjust the horizontal and vertical angles. The included remote lets you use the Fire TV interface without a touchscreen, which PCMag says is bright and sharp for video playback, with “reasonably accurate and saturated” colors, although its gamut isn’t comparable to a high-end QLED or OLED display.

Although the Echo Show 21 has the same two-inch woofers and 0.6-inch tweeters as the 15 that deliver loud sound, it lacks the deep bass needed to work as a standalone speaker for audiophiles. However, if you don’t need ultra-low frequency power, it works well for everyday listening and TV audio.

Ultimately, this versatile smart display and whole-home hub is a competent option for Alexa users or those looking to upgrade the size of a regular tablet. That said, it’s essentially a full-scale Echo Show 15, but if mastering surface space and getting a bigger display matters to you, the Amazon Echo Show 21 is a solid choice, especially if it’s $50 off.