The Nixplay Touch 10 digital photo frame is the perfect gift – and for Labor Day it’s $70 off

What’s the deal?

The Nixplay 10-inch Smart Frame is currently discounted for $130, which is $70 off as a Labor Day deal. Offer is valid on the classic black color only.

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ZDNET’s key findings

• The Nixplay Smart Frame retails for $200 and is available in classic black or black.
• Setup is easy, and you can invite family and friends to add photos to your frame (even if they don’t own a Nixplay).
• The frame is expensive, especially since horizontal photos appear pixelated and cut off.

Remember digital picture frames? They were all the rage in the late 1990s and early 2000s – when parents and grandparents alike had to own one. Their popularity seemed to wane, but I’m here to say we should make digital picture frames “in” again.

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I got my hands on a Nixplay Touch 10 Smart Frame and I’m impressed. As a millennial, I take hundreds of photos with my phone but rarely print them out to display in my home. Although digital photo frames are usually associated with older adults, I think everyone should treat themselves to one – or at least the Nixplay Touch 10 Smart Frame — an attempt.

First impressions

The Nixplay Touch 10 Smart Frame is available in black, classic matte and wood. It has 4.7 out of 5 stars on Amazon and over 22,000 reviews – so digital photo frames aren’t completely out of style.

Setting up the frame was surprisingly easy. First, I downloaded the Nixplay app, connected the frame to my home’s Wi-Fi, and then paired it with the app. I used the standard free plan for the frame, which includes unlimited cloud storage, 5GB of videos, and the basic photo editing suite.

You manage your photo playlists in the app. Here you can add, reorganize, or delete photos and videos. The app connects to your phone’s media files, or you can upload them via cloud services like Google Photos or Dropbox.

You can also invite friends or family to add photos to your playlist. They don’t need to have a Nixplay frame to do this. I haven’t invited my friends to add photos yet, but I will – because I’m sure they have some great stuff (including embarrassing pictures of me).

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On the frame itself, the convenient touchscreen lets you control brightness, auto-off timer, slideshow time, display mode, activity sensor timer (which turns the frame off after a certain amount of time without anyone walking in front of the frame), and notifications.

Forgotten digital memories

It was such a beautiful feeling to see photos that had been stuck on my phone for years in my living room. I got married last October and only printed out six of the 2,000 wedding photos from that day, so it was really special for me to see our entire wedding album come to life in a frame. (I just sat in front of the frame for 20 minutes and relived the day.)

I’ve also created a playlist of our travels over the past few years that’s great to watch. Walking past the frame and glancing at my memories becomes the moment I look forward to most all day. The Nixplay’s niX-Spectre HD IPS 1280 x 800 display is bright and all of my photos (even those taken with an iPhone in 2019) appear vibrant with no distracting pixels visible.

The perfect gift

After having the Nixplay Touch 10 Smart Frame in my home, I’m officially a fan of digital picture frames. Maybe millennials don’t print as many photos as we should, but with the Nixplay digital picture frame, we can relive hundreds of memories in a single frame.

The frame normally costs $200, but It is on offer at Amazon for $130So now is the time to try out a digital photo frame yourself or give one as a gift to a loved one.