Amazon's latest Echo Frames are my new favorite WFH accessory
For better or worse, I focus better when playing music, white noise, a podcast, or even mindless TV in the background. Usually, my favorite in-ear buds or over-ear headphones remedy my audio fix, or — one of the privileges of remote work-- even blasting from my favorite speaker. However, spending nine hours a day behind a screen takes a toll on my eyes, often resulting in a desperate Renpho Eye massager session. While my prescription Warby Parker glasses have a blue light filter built-in, the added pressure from the glasses arms along with in-ears or the headband from over-ear headphones, I end up with a headache all the same or simply feeling claustrophobic. For all these reasons, I was eager to try Amazon's blue light 3rd-Gen Echo Frames.
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And you can preorder them right now.Using open-ear technology, Amazon's Echo Frames have speakers built-in and connect via Bluetooth, acting almost like open-ear buds while simultaneously protecting my eyes, so I don't have to compromise more blue light exposure for lack of audio or vice versa. And thanks to Bluetooth multipoint, once paired to both my laptop and phone, it makes for a seamless switch when I have to quickly jump in a Slack huddle or meeting without fumbling to pause my music — or when I’m using my speaker — embarrassingly play music out loud.
Helpful, functional, and also quite stylish, these glasses have become my WFH essential for the past two weeks and have surprised me in more ways than one.
Amazon Echo Frames (3rd Gen, 2023)
RecommendedPros- Lightweight, chic design
- Quality sound, speakers, and microphone
- Easy fashion-forward alternative for bone conduction or open-ear buds
- Blue light is effective
- Bluetooth multipoint offers seamless connection and effective communication
- Battery life could be better
- Charging is finicky
- Bass isn't the most powerful
Design
Smart style to match function
It might be vain, but style — or lack of it — is a reason I've been hesitant to adopt tech wearables in my daily accessory rotation. The 3rd-Gen Echo Frames look more or less like a pair of Warby Parker glasses I'd pick
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