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5 Echo Show settings to change to make your smart display less annoying

I love my Amazon Echo Show, but I find some of its behaviors distracting, triggering, presumptuous, and just plain pushy. Fortunately, there are easy fixes.

Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETTo avoid all food images, other content you might want to switch off include Explore Local Places and Popular Recipes. Screenshot by David Gewirtz/ZDNETYou can choose from these five wake words: Alexa, Amazon, Computer, Echo, or Ziggy. As a long-time Quantum Leap aficionado, however, I gave the Alexa device in my Fab Lab the wake word Ziggy.

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