If you want to go larger, consider Aura’s Carver frame, while the original Mason frame appeals to a smaller, more quiet and artistic overall presentation. Aura Mason Luxe Frame review: Verdictįor a mid-size tabletop digital photo frame, the Aura Mason Luxe is the best you can get if you crave beautifully detailed, high resolution photos that are rich and dynamic without being flashy. Even if you disable Smart Suggestions, Aura retains access to the metadata of the photos you share, but does not upload data about unshared photos. Metadata is not shared or sold, and photos are not uploaded without your permission. It’s designed to group your photos according to similar metadata, so similar times, places, and people appear in close proximity in the frame’s photo rotation. This is used for the app’s Smart Suggestions feature, which we are not overly impressed with. It can also be programmed to work with Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.Īura’s app accesses your device’s photo library to collect metadata, including facial recognition, and uploads this data to the cloud.

You can also add images from your Google Photos, control images on your frame from Aura’s web uploader, crop images using the positioning tool, and even move or share images between multiple Aura frames, if you own or control more than one. You can invite friends and family to contribute to the frame via the app as well as comment and favorite images. You can set slideshow timing in intervals anywhere from 15 seconds to 24 hours with 13 choices. The app lets you crop and rotate images for the best view. You can also manually upload the photos or videos you want the frame to display. It syncs with your device gallery and connects via its own server so there’s no storage limit on the number of photos the frame can display. We found Aura’s proprietary mobile app easy and efficient. Like the other Aura frames we looked at, the Mason Luxe relies on a mobile app for most of the uploading and image tracking chores. While you can choose either random or chronological presentation, you cannot otherwise specify photo or video order. If you own more than one Aura frame, the app lets you share photos and videos between all of them so you can pick and choose who gets which pictures and save time by not having to re-upload multiple shots. If you rotate the frame, images will rotate with it automatically.

You can set the overall speed, rotation, and crop. The app’s setup panel gives you some flexibility in photo presentation. However, you can also schedule on-off times, which gives users more scheduling and energy saving options. A dark room doesn’t mean it’s not occupied. I would much prefer a motion detector, as found in our favorite Pix-Star frame, because that governs frame operation when there’s actually someone to view it. Screen brightness adjusts automatically based on ambient light, but at night when the lights are off, the frame automatically goes into sleep mode. The frame accepts only cloud input - no SD cards or thumb drives, and no internal storage.įriends and family can add photos to your frame (with permission) via email, their own app, or the website. You can also like a photo from the slider.

The side touch bar, when swiped, reveals minimal metadata like location, date and time shot, and photographer. A long press lets you close the menu, remove an image, or turn the frame off. The top bar lets you advance photos until you find the one you want to view.

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