Welp. I bit the bullet and got myself a fire hd 10. But only coz my husband insisted on getting me something. He wanted to buy me a galaxy tab but I honestly am happy with my 2 old cheap tablet. Only 1 I regularly use. But I remember the fire hd now has an echo show mode and it's way cheaper than Samsung so I told him, I prefer to have that.
So far so good. He did tell me there's no google play and I said oh I can put that. Then I search for my game in amazon app store and I can have it for free so I decided not to install google play services on my fire tablet.
And the reason why I woke this old thread is I actually just downloaded youtube app for free on amazon store. So, well I guess fire tablet is way better than the real echo show. LOL. Even if I don't have youtube app Alexa opens the youtube website when I want it to play youtube videos.
I also use alexa like I use cortana and open my apps via voice. I am still playing with it, one thing I want is for it to wake me up with a music video but alas, it is not supported. Even the wake me up to music function is a hit or miss. Ugh.