Amazon has finally announced the long-awaited Echo Show - the first of Amazon's popular Echo products to feature a screen. The Show is due to be released to US customers on the 28th of June and we couldn't be more excited.

We reckon the Echo Show will be the home automation product of 2017, as it will combine the power of Echo's advanced speech recognition capabilities with the ability to see, as well as hear, responses to your commands.

At Choice Technology we love home automation, but we hate the idea of having to use your mobile to control all aspects of your home. Why bother pulling out your mobile, unlocking it and fumbling around for the right app and on-screen buttons to turn on the lights? All this faffing about defeats the purpose of home automation!

With Amazon Echo and Echo Dot we can already add speech recognition and voice commands to our home automation set-up. With the Echo Show we will be able to do so much more.

Check out the Echo Show launch video - it's cheesy, but it provides an excellent overview of what the Show can do: