Sling TV is getting native support for the Amazon Echo Show line of smart displays, which should give the No. 3 streaming service a decent leg up.
Tucked away amid Amazon’s myriad announcements on Tuesday — between the cameras and the robots and the excellent-looking Echo 15 — was a small but not insignificant item: Sling TV is coming to Amazon Echo Show. That’s a big deal for a few reasons. First is that there are a lot of Amazon Echo Show devices out there. How many, we don’t know for sure. But it’s certainly a nonzero number, from the Echo Show 5 at $85, all the way up to the Echo Show 10 at $250. Smart displays aren’t getting any less popular with time, and Amazon makes some excellent ones. It’s a big deal in terms of competition in the livestreaming television space.
