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why in the hell would you possibly want to spend 250 dollars on the lenovo smart display it's not a tablet you can't download apps you can talk to Google assistant but you can do that on this $50 puck if you want visuals use Google assistant on your phone we have the same issues and questions with a similar Amazon echo show like the show the lenovo smart display combines a simple touch screen with the functionality of a smart speaker you just plug it in and go and you can fully control it with your voice or with simple intuitive gestures but what's the point you know what let me show you by the way if you have a Google home you might want to pause the video here and mute it otherwise I'm gonna be triggering that a lot hey Google show me recipes for chicken tikka masala sure here are some recipes the lenovo smart display is a great kitchen assistant you can scroll through recipes here you can find recipes on your phone and send them to the display pick one you want Google will give you an overview with the ingredients the steps you can start cooking it'll show you a list of the ingredients there are 24 ingredients that you can then scroll through once you skip to the instructions then it really gets good there's 14 steps so it'll read them out loud you can scroll through them with a touch or with your voice you can scroll through the ingredients over here I'm not much of a cook but these instructions are so clear and helpful that I think I could even make this myself and then let's say you get to a step where you don't know what to do hey Google how do i saute onions ginger and garlic and the website still did a comm see it'll pull up instructions from another recipe or maybe play a video on youtube and that's so clear that not even I could screw that up well maybe I could screw that up but then it's just gonna go right back to the recipe and you can multitask while you cook so the lenovo smart display is a great cooking assistant but is it actually better than the amazon echo sure time for a lightning round both smart displays sound great but the show speakers are a little bit louder point Amazon the Lenovo smart display actually gives you a physical interface to control smart home devices point Lenovo the Amazon echo show will display song lyrics while it plays music point Amazon Lenovo has access to YouTube point Lenovo the mics on the show are just a little bit better point Amazon the Lenovo smart display doesn't look like it's a TV from 20 years ago point Lenovo the show has more gains that take advantage of the screen point Amazon Lenovo will actually automatically send you driving directions when you're searching for a place point Lenovo I'm adding its high breaking point for that detailed recipe assistance which the show can't match because it truly does make a big difference both devices can make video calls pull up the weather and search the web both devices are fun and competent but the echo show isn't great at anything and the smart display is game set and match the Lenovo smart display is a better device than the Amazon echo show if you want a visual assistant in the kitchen that can also entertain while you cook it's worth the price