We changed the way photos transition to one another, how often they change and if it displays a caption or not. We also loved the level of control this frame and its app gave us. The colour and clarity of our photos was excellent on the screen, and one of the best we tried in this round-up. The frame itself is gorgeous – it comes in wood and black finishes, both of which feel very premium. This clever HD smart photo frame has clearly been well thought out, enabling you to beam in photos from the app, but also from social media and Dropbox, making it easier to collate images from lots of different sources. This is all very handy to have right there when you wake up, or for flicking through your favourite images at bedtime. Hey, you can even watch streaming services on it. Not only because it doesn’t take up much space, but it does lots of useful tasks, such as telling you the weather, waking you with the sunrise alarm clock, showing you your schedule and playing music. We really loved this frame as a bedside option. Cleverly, it autoflips your photos, so you don’t have to crane your neck to see them properly. That said, the resolution is decent, helping to make pics pop on the screen. You can then add photos to your album via the app, which will rotate in the display at random.Īt 5.5in, the screen on this frame isn’t the biggest (about the size of an iPhone’s), and as most of our photos are taken in landscape (thanks to the aforementioned iPhone), this made the photos pretty small. During set-up you can choose what background display you want, and it’s here you want to select “Amazon album”. This frame was quick and easy to set up, thanks to the touchscreen that guides you through. But we’re here to look at the digital photo frame aspect mainly, so let’s focus on that.

This second-generation Echo show was released in 2021 and has plenty of features that will blow your mind. Oh, and it also has unlimited photo storage – and who doesn’t want that? Buy now £189 .uk The digital frame seemed to take even not-great photos (we have more than a handful of those…) and make them look amazing. Visitors to the house always remarked on the frame and how brilliant (in the truest sense of the word) the photos looked. The photos are backlit, which made both the frame and photos really stand out on our shelves. Yes, this frame is a bigger ticket item but it’s a quality one. Talking of which, this frame comes with a gifting function, so you can have it all set up and ready to go with photos, without having to unbox everything first. This makes the Aura mason a really lovely gift – perhaps for grandparents and loved ones who live far away. You can also share this app with friends and family, so they can add photos too. Once plugged in, it’s easy to set up via the very user-friendly app. The stand is built into the back of the frame, which was great for saving space on shelves. It’s sleek and smart, and looks like a good-quality photo frame. We can’t recommend this Aura mason highly enough.

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