Amazon Alexa - Show Mode for Lenovo

The original version of the app works reasonably well for me, but once the app updates, it starts crashing every few minutes when docked. I rolled it back as I have found advised online, and it worked fine, until, of course, it auto updated. So not I've got the tablet set to manual updates and will just update other apps manually occasionally. Kind of a pain, but I like the device otherwise. Hope the developers get a more stable update out there.

Updated Review! I'm using it on a Lenovo Smart Tab P10 with the Smart Dock. There were many glitches with the app and then an update became stuck in a loop. An extremely nice and helpful Amazon Alexa tech worked with me and referred the case to an engineer. I left the tab off overnight. Next day I restarted and it went through the update and Alexa set up again and now works great. There are still some limited settings, but I really was impressed with the fast response. 👍

knowing I was buying a first gen product I've tried to be understanding and patient. While the hardware seems solid, this software simply is not and we're many months into using now. Granted some issues have been resolved with updates, but the constant disconnecting/reconnecting of Bluetooth while in dock is awful due to the noises made each time. If it didn't chime I wouldn't even be aware 99% of the time. Will happily modify rating to be higher if Lenovo can get their stuff together and fix

When it works its ok however it misses the mark in so many ways. I bought two intending for my wife and I to use at night and then dock and use for music clock alarms ECT. No matter what I try in BT settings I can't get either tablet to ignore the wrong base and always connect to the right base. They both constantly fail to connect because they see both and stop. I eventually had to move one to the living room so can't use as intended. Number two is once connected it becomes dumb device.

Needs work. Have all the toggles turned on to display trending topics, upcoming events etc. but it shows none of that instead sticking to a generic background with a generic tip at the bottom. These settings are totally ignored. I am able to set a custom background from my Amazon Photos... until the tablet is powered off or rebooted when it "forgets" this setting and reverts back to the default backgrounds again.

Issues, issues, issues! In addition to the bluetooth and other problems highlighted by others below, the latest update has also broken Alexa's timers so they no longer work ( looks like some sort of conflict between the version of this app and the latest update of the actual Alexa app). They could at least keep up with the release cycle of the real Alexa app. This is just utterly useless. LENOVO - PULL YOUR FINGER OUT! I'd give it no stars if I could.

It's ok - got around the Bluetooth disconnects. If you enable developer mode and use Bluetooth 1.5 it helps. Disconnects still happen, but much less frequently. Don't know why Lenovo can't do like everyone else and just keep it connected while in range. Other than that, it's an ok tablet. Not very fast. But not super slow either

Had mine for a while but have always had the disconnect re connect problem, to be honest as an Alexa show its pretty useless. If l remove the tablet from it's dock and play music or video on the tablet the sound comes out of the dock like a Bluetooth speaker no problem but try playing music or games or anything that requires the tablet to be in it's dock and it just disconnects.

Great idea from Lenovo but the app and software poorly executed. For one, like others said, the app even shows up on Play Store as not optimized for this device. And I have an Echo Show 5 at home and the features included compared to the show mode on lenovo is night and day... no automatic card switching, no home automation page, settings is very basic.... Just wish they did a better job designing the software front to compliment the good hardware. Overall the tablet is still a good purchase.

This app is completely broken, last few weeks the show more does not stay on and am left with blank screen and am now suffering with the tablet refusing to connect to the Alexa dock with the notification of such and an always on frozen screen. Am quite concerned this will cause hardware problems with my tablet. Used to work well but in it's current state is broken and useless. Have also tried all methods to fixing these issues but to no avail

This update does not work. after receiving the update my show mode stopped working and the Bluetooth will not stay connected. All of my calendar, news and events that are saved in the home cards setting will not show on the screen. I have asked Amazon about this and they have not addressed this is not has Google.

Alexa experience has been degraded on Show Mode: - main screen background pictures have disappeared. Only full white background is available. - it doesn't recognize my voice commands all the time, nor does it reply as expected. - it doesn't play Amazon Music directly, but plays Tidal and Spotify. Some times even plays tunes without being asked. - videos are hardly working, and when they do videos often freeze or are abruptly ended. - lots of skills are not working on Show Mode without reason.

Got this on a Lenovo Smart Tab bundle and the tablet (P10) itself is excellent. However as a long time Alexa user, I find the Alexa software on this tablet is sadly limited. From little things like being able to change the wake word, to getting reliable connections with my Arlo cameras, to having communication features like joining groups and drop-in, a software update is needed to make this a real, as described bundle.

Absolutely awful. Constantly takes over screensaver. Constantly tries to connect to dock when on a different floor ofnthe house. Dock will not work without it, but i dont want it, especially when it overrides custom tablet settings. Will never make this mistake again. Not a good product. Disappointed in Lenovo.

The app Amazon created for the Lenovo Alexa enabled devices says this app is not optimized for it, and apparently that's the truth - Show Mode no longer changes cards on its own, you have to manually swipe through the cards to see any different home screen cards, and Amazon has no idea why that is after chatting with at least a dozen different people! I have factory reset this tablet and no change, it is a problem with this update itself. March 2020 update, STILL not fixed!

The constant connect and disconnect of the Bluetooth to the dock has made me regret ever purchasing this tablet. If it worked right it would have been a great purchase but I have learned from this experience that I won't give the little guys a chance anymore. I'll stick with the big name companies that fix problems asap.

Terrible! Can't get Alexa to respond without tapping the screen each time then Alexa stops and I have to tap the screen again. Worse again when I accept the update (dated Aug 2019). It's now 2020! The forum suggests downloading v507 but I can't find that anywhere. I'm fed up so will uninstall Show Mode and Alexa too if possible. Sent a help request but no response! Lousy service.

When prompting Alexa to control my home, before I have finished speaking she goes back to sleep so have to wake her again to execute the task, this doesn't happen every time but regularly. I know video calling etc is due with future updates and for me that is all that is letting the Show mode down at present

Terrible... blue tooth malfunctiones, Alexa stops working constantly, Google home comes up and won't go away and even the battery charge fails sometimes . Constantly need rebooting delete it all and start from scratch and you maybe have a decent out of date tablet 😂 that Bluetooth stinks to use

This app is buggy as hell. I try disabling it, and it continues to pop up. I've taken away all of it's permissions and it STILL pops up. I force quit it and you guessed it- it STILL pops up. On a good day this app will pop up five times to tell me it broke somehow. If I can't uninstall this app then please fix it so it leaves me alone.

This software just doesn't work, it fails to understand basic commands and there is not enough of the Alex's customisation options available. There is great potential here, the hardware is good but please can you make it all work well?

Works and does not work, very hard to connect and stay connected to the dock. After each upgrade expects problem. I used to love it now I hate it, cannot no get it to work.

It gets stuck, or does not respond or keeps asking you to connect every 3 minutes (even if you are using any other app and interrupt it). When working properly it's good, but it's less than 50% of the time

The device itself is great i have the Lenovo Tab M10 10 Inch 16GB FHD Tablet & Alexa Smart Speaker, i understand its a new model so there are bound to be some teething problems, but the constant beep sound when losing blue tooth connection on the the Smart Speaker of which should have the option to disable sound of this as i leave the tablet on Alex Show during the night and the beeps seems to wake me up :-( , the re connection is not problem as connects quickly (however this should not happen anyway in regarding B/T connecting) other then this please in the next update for this can you fix issues and will change to 5 stars when fixed...