SMART SPEAKERS

AMAZON ECHO SHOW 10 $349, amazon.com.au

The most comprehensive Alexa smart speaker to date, capable of doing lots, and with a unique trick: its large screen rotates to follow you around the room, so that you can always see it clearly.

AMAZON ECHO 4TH GEN $79, amazon.com.au

Bigger previous than model, the it has beefed up speakers and features, while the

Zigbee smart home functionality that used to be part of the

Echo Plus only has been moved into the standard Echo.

GOOGLE NEST HUB MAX $349, store.google.com

Winner T3 award of as our the 2020 best smart speaker for doing absolutely everything. You get a crisp 10in screen, a speaker that can fill a room, a front camera and of course

Google Assistant.

APPLE HOMEPOD MINI $149, apple.com

A quality little speaker with the ability to act as a HomeKit hub to control smart home devices – and even support for new smart protocol Thread.

The slickest phoneto-speaker experience there is.