https://qz.com/1335164/lenovo-smart-display-review-its-everything-the-amazon-echo-show-shouldve-been/

Since the Amazon Echo first became a sleeper hit in 2014, Google has fought its way to 30% of the US smart-speaker market on the strength of its Home and Home Mini. But Amazon continues to lead, last year debuting the Echo Show and Echo Spot, both of which feature display information beyond what Alexa tells you. (If you ask about the weather, for example, Alexa will tell you the day’s forecast, while the screen shows the forecast for the whole week.)

Google hasn’t made anything like it—and now it might not need to. On July 27, Lenovo will release the Smart Display, a cross between a smart speaker and a tablet that runs on Android Things, a version of Google’s mobile operating system designed specifically for smart devices. I spent the past week with a Smart Display, and found it a useful addition to my daily life—far more so than an Echo Show.