Overview
- Echo Show devices are showing full-screen sponsored promotions between Photo Frame images and other cards, including ads for the still–Early Access Alexa+ service.
- Amazon characterizes advertising as a small part of the experience and says users can swipe away or give feedback, but the ads cannot be permanently disabled.
- Reports describe an uneven rollout across models and regions, with some users seeing no change while others encounter frequent takeovers.
- Workarounds circulating online include switching device language to English (Canada), enabling Kids Mode, or using an Alexa routine to auto-start Photo Frame.
- There is no ad-free Echo Show option, and the displays surface home-screen promotions when someone approaches under Amazon’s new Home Screen Display ad program introduced this summer.