Amazon Echo Show Bug will make the devices use data gigabytes

Amazon Echo Show Smart screen recently found an unpleasant mistake that consumed large amounts of bandwidth. The error has been paveled since then.

The problem was first marked by former Microsoft engineer Dave W. Plummer, who noticed in x That their two echo exhibition units had burned through an amazing 4 GB of data in less than 24 hours. Online reactions deviated rapidly in the territory of conspiracy theory, but Plummer offered more grounded explanations: a software error, a considerable update or video in cache.

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At that time, there were many explanations about the table. Some users speculated The characteristic that is always given was the fault, with the device constantly carrying audio fragments for processing. Others indicated to Amazon’s sidewalkThe company’s mesh network that allows smart devices to connect through a neighborhood. But that theory did not have much weight either: the sidewalk is designed as a low bandwidth service with a strict monthly lid of 500 MB.

Amazon has since confirmed Tom hardware which was in fact a storage error in cache. What was happening, it seems that the devices were downloading unnecessarily huge photos. Normally, Echo Show extracts images to obtain backgrounds and screenshots that have between 1 MB and 4 MB of size, which is large enough for the device screen. In this case, it was obtaining ultra shots, high resolution much larger than the 1080p panel of the screen could handle.

Fortunately, the mystery (and error) is resolved now.