Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show

<2> Gaming Site Editor Jailbreaks an Amazon Echo Show

<3> A group of developers has discovered a way to turn Amazon Echo Show devices into open computers, giving users full control over their devices.

<3> The process involves wiping the device’s Fire OS and installing LineageOS and MindTheGapps, which allows users to turn the device into a traditional Android device.

<3> The hacked Echo Show 8 can control the user’s entire smart home, play back their local music library, and synchronize with other Echo Show devices in the house.

<3> The hardware is old and creaky, but the hack gives the device a second life, making it feel snappier than the stock hardware.

<3> The process is not without its challenges, but the end result is a smart speaker with a display that runs a stripped-down version of Android, giving users full control over their device.

<3> The article concludes that it should be against the law to not give an end user the ability to consensually load whatever OS or program they want on their device.