16:9 aspect ratio display with 1920 x 1080 resolution auto adjusts to portrait or landscape placement; Motion sensor turns the frame on/off when you enter/leave the room; Works with Amazon Alexa, just ask for the playlist you want. Send photos and photo playlists to your loved ones’ frames and invite others to share pictures to your frame; Create a photo-sharing network for your family that’s private, secure, and GDPR and CCPA-compliant. A great gift for new parents, grandparents, newlyweds, college kids or families separated by distance. Find more in Nixplay Seed Wave 13.3 smart speaker reviews.
Specifications – Nixplay Seed Wave 13.3 smart speaker
Size and Weight
- Width:13.23 inch (336 mm)
- Height:8.38 inch (213 mm)
- Depth:1.48 inch (37.7 mm)
- Weight:960 g (0.96 kg)
Display
- Screen Resolution:1920×1080 FHD
- Aspect Ratio:16:9
- Brightness:250 cd/m2
- Supported Photo Format: JPEG / JPG
Storage 8GB
*Available memory is less due to pre-installed software
Sensor
- Infra-red Sensor
- Hu-Motion Sensor (active range: 2.5m)Speakers2 x 5W speakers with bass and amplifier
Supported Nixplay OS
NixplayOS 7
Card Ports—
Wireless802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 4.0 Certification
In the box
- Nixplay Seed Wave WiFI Cloud Frame
- Rubber Stand
- Wall adaptor with UK and UE plug
- Infrared Remote
- Quick Start Guide
Nixplay Seed Wave 13.3 smart speaker comparison
| Nixplay Seed 10.1 Inch Widescreen (Wi-Fi) Color: Black | Nixplay Smart Photo Frame 9.7 inch (Wi-Fi) Finish: Metal | Nixplay Seed Wave 13 inch Widescreen (Wi-Fi) Color: Black | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit Dimensions (WxHxD) | 10.20×6.69×0.98 inch | 8.78×10.75×1.34 inch | 13.22×8.39×1.48 inch |
| Net Weight | 1.10 lbs. | 1.74 lbs. | 2.12 lbs. |
| Display Resolution | 1280×800 | 2048×1536; 2K | 1920×1080; FHD |
| Display Aspect Ratio | 16:10 | 4:3 | 4:3 |
| Supported Photo Format | JPEG/JPG | JPEG/JPG | JPEG/JPG |
| Sensors | Infrared Sensor, Hu-Motion Sensor (active range:2.5 m) | Light Sensor ; Activity Sensor ; G-Sensor | Infrared Sensor, Hu-Motion Sensor (active range:2.5 m) |
| Speakers | 2 x (2W) | 2 x (2W) | 2 x 5W speakers with bass and amplifier |
| Wireless | 802.11 b/g/n | 802.11 b/g/n | 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Supported Nixplay OS | NixplayOS 7 | NixplayOS 7 | NixplayOS 7 |
Nixplay Seed Wave 13.3 smart speaker reviews
Build and stand
This frame uses Nixplay’s woven cable-stand design. This is a very thick, woven power cable that connects to a very thick, bendable cable connector attached to the back of the frame. The result is a stand that keeps the frame securely at whatever angle you want, and in whatever orientation — landscape or portrait — you wish. It works well, and the woven power cable has a premium look
Display
The 13.3-inch display has a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 1,920 x 1,080 (FHD) resolution for a crisp picture akin to many laptops, and photos shot in 4:3 — which is what most DSLR and phone cameras use — show without bars on the side. It has wide viewing angles for an undistorted picture no matter how you’re looking at the frame, but glare can be an issue due to the rather glossy finish on the display and the fact that brightness is cut down to 250 nits from the more common 350.
App
Nixplay’s app for sharing and uploading photos is available for Android and iOS. Recently updated, it’s pretty easy to use. The expected functions are there — primarily the ability to select photos and share them with a frame. You can also do this with a computer and Nixplay’s website, and can choose to upload photos from your social media accounts like Facebook.
Storage
Setup involves not much more than choosing a language, connecting to local Wi-Fi — there are no ports so wireless internet is a must — and setting up the app on your Android or iOS device. A browser can alternatively be used, though the app is much more convenient. You get 8GB of internal storage, of which 4.5GB is usable, allowing you to drop photos from your phone or PC as well as Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox, Flickr, and Google Photos into the frame. Linked to your Nixplay account is also 10GB of cloud storage, giving you the ability to hold photos for later without deleting them completely.
Remote
With small remote control in hand, you can quickly adjust transitions, playback, shuffle, and motion-sensor settings, as well as pick from a few preset color profiles (cool, warm, and normal). If the picture doesn’t look quite right, you can adjust individual RGB sliders. Menus are easy to navigate and everything is readily apparent, so don’t feel like you need to a tech wizard to get everything set up.
Nixplay Seed Wave 13.3 smart speaker performance reviews
The Nixplay Seed Wave is Bluetooth enabled, and I had my phone connected in just a few seconds. I didn’t really know what to expect from the 5W speakers — they are, after all, on the back of a photo frame — but I was floored the first time I queued up a playlist on my phone. Sound gets very loud without distorting, and it doesn’t seem to be muffled at all despite the rear orientation. In my office, I didn’t need to turn the volume up much past halfway, and testing elsewhere, audio still filled up much larger rooms. Rather than just being a tacky add-on, these are bonafide speakers that could easily be used while entertaining. An additional silicon footing is included, which sits between the frame and whatever surface it’s on to prevent rattling and to keep the frame in place.
Downsides
Most cameras don’t natively shoot photos in that aspect ratio. Some of my photos ended up with black bars on the side (even when Pan & Zoom are enabled), although you can choose to replace the black with a blurred background based on the photo being displayed that’s less noticeable. You can see that effect in my photo of the Seed Wave displaying a shot of the Chateau Frontenac.
Easy to use and perfect gift for our Mom!
I originally bought this for my husband and me – we wanted to be able to display more of our photos of family and vacations, and I love the idea of having different playlists. Seemed expensive at first, but the quality and features are worth it. Love being able to set the hours (like Do Not Disturb hours on cell phones) so that it isn’t on all night, plus being able to pause with the remote, change the amount of time pictures display, the ability to email photos to it – this is so much better than a cheap digital frame!
In fact, it ended up being the perfect Mother’s Day gift since none of us have been able to travel to visit Mom this year (thanks, COVID-19!!) so I had my brother and sister, nieces, etc. upload photos to a shared cloud drive, then I added them to different playlists for her to pick (or play all) and shipped it to her! It’s not even set up on her wifi yet, but she can still use it – we just can’t send pictures or videos to it until one of us goes to visit and helps her connect it to her wifi. But regardless, this is an AWESOME frame, and now we just need to buy another one for ourselves!
Also, the frame is really sturdy, looks great, the “kickstand” is very sturdy while still being flexible, and the motion sensor works great. Definitely a high quality frame! I wish it could hang on the wall, but the kickstand/power cord makes that kind of a non-issue, unless you want to drill through your wall and come back out near a plug, which seems like a hassle. It’s great the way it is.
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