Amazon Echo Look (2017)

Image quality is great ; Provides an honest image of how you look ; Style check feature provides valid suggestions ; App allows you to digitally organize your closet ; Multifunctional

App randomly closes sometimes ; High price ; Poor sound quality

Unique. Even if you end up not using its fashion features, it still functions as an Alexa voice assistant.

Pricey. You have to be comfortable with an always-on camera watching you change clothes. Not as responsive as other Echo devices in testing.

Bottom Line: If you're in the market for both fashion advice and Alexa voice assistance, the Amazon Echo Look is a unique camera that sees what you're wearing and offers an opinion on it.

Takes hands-free photos ; Works with Alexa ; Another portal to Amazon shopping

One-trick pony ; Weak speaker ; Style app needs work

The robots, they can only do so much.

Takes excellent selfies, even in the poorest of lighting conditions ; Between the photos and videos, you get a 360-degree look at how your fashion choices look to other people ; You can share your selfies and videos with friends to solicit feedback

The ballyhooed Style Check feature just isn’t very useful ; A physical lens cover would be more assuring than trusting electronics to turn off the camera ; Can’t perform all the functions that other Echo models can

If you’re completely into fashion, and an internet-connected camera in your bedroom doesn’t give you the heebie-jeebies, a $200 fashion-focused selfie-cam is probably a good investment. The Echo Look is also great if all you really want to do is take...

The $200 Amazon Echo Look lets you take voice-activated full-body selfies and short video clips that make it easy to catalog and keep track of your wardrobe. The hallmark feature, Style Check, provides input when you're comparing two outfits, and the...

The sound quality stinks. The app is missing features that would make it a more useful style adviser. It's more expensive than other smart speakers in the Amazon family. And privacy concerns? I have a few.

The Echo Look provides an objective second opinion on what you should wear. But if fashion's not your bag, opt for one of Amazon's cameraless, cheaper Echo speakers.

Easy to use ; Good photos ; Quick feedback ; Useful app features

Bad audio ; Style feedback is very general ; Creepy-looking

Amazon's Alexa-powered camera that tells you what to wear is a neat idea, but it's not for everyone.