An ideal gift, the option to send images from a mobile app is particularly impressive.
Sending photos online is far easier than it was when you had to print them out and post them.
But physical images that can be picked up and admired feel more authentic.
Frameos Wi-Fi Picture Frame could be the answer, a happy medium between the two options.
All they need to do is unpack and mount the frame.
What Is a Wi-Fi Picture Frame?
Picture frames displaying single photographs are yesterdays news.
The results were surprisingly good, providing a slowly-rotating slideshow of memorable photos.
In fact, it was better than anything you could buy.
Frameos new Wi-Fi picture frame offers a similar experience.
But while this is an all-in-one plug-and-play experience requiring very little setup, it has an amazing extra feature.
With the Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame, you might remotely dispatch photos to the frame via a mobile app.
Need to subtly remind your loved ones that its your birthday?
Just send an image of you wearing a party hat and wait for it to be noticed.
Or even a video; it will play those too, complete with sound.
Is It Secure?
The Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame offers a simple setup and mobile app for remote management.
But what about the risk of adverts popping up between photos?
Can anyone see the photos youre sharing?
It requires the Frameo mobile app and a unique 10-digit code.
Using this ensures that the correct picture frame is the recipient of images sent in this way.
There are no ads.
At first glance, looks like it’s a traditional picture frame.
It runs on a modified Android 6.0.1.
If for some reason this is not enough, the storage can be expanded up to 64GB through microSD.
The Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame ships with a USB mains adapter, a stand, and a manual.
For testing purposes, we were sent a 32GB Kingston microSD card and adapter.
The Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame also features a wall mounting hole.
This requires you to create a profile and allows you to manage one or more Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frames.
when you obtain established a target gear, the app lets you browse through all images on your phone.
It will also include video files, as these can also be shared.
Powering up the Frameo for the first time prompts a love is sharing legend and accompanying animation.
Youre then warned not to disconnect power when Frameo is running, before commencing with the setup procedure.
Once this is done, the Frameo must be named.
There is no obvious way to disable this.
With the basics set up, you get to choose who can send photos to the equipment.
This employs a code generation system that you could share with friends and family.
This is quite a good system that underlines the secure philosophy behind the Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame.
Note that videos can also be sent in the same way.
Clips are limited to 15 seconds and naturally take longer to send.
How Easy Is it to Manage Photos on the Frameo?
Remotely sending photos to the Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame is the easiest option.
As long as the machine is connected to a wireless web connection, it will work pretty seamlessly.
But other options are available.
You may also find that accessing the SD card is more successful after rebooting the digital photo frame.
Note that images cannot be opened directly from inserted media.
Overall, I found the manual sharing of photos from SD card and USB to be sluggish.
Beaming the chosen photos from your phone across the internet to the target photo frame is far more efficient.
When photos are being displayed, they can be swiped through, left-to-right or right-to-left.
Behind the scenes, brightness can be adjusted, sleep mode timings revised, and slideshow parameters managed.
Where Can You Place the Frameo?
However, the length of the kickstand makes it less suitable for situating on a fire mantelpiece.
It is adequately positioned to be useful in both portrait (upright) and landscape (horizontal) modes.
The Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame will automatically rotate the image when required.
For narrower ledges and mounting on walls, the Frameo has a mounting point.
It is also worth placing it somewhere that is easy to reach.
The lack of a battery is a bit of a problem.
After all, who wants an unsightly cable running up the wall?
Placing the Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame within easy reach of a power source seems the best option.
A modern Android release or even a custom OS would have felt more polished.
While sending images over mobile is excellent, videos are slower and dont play instantly.
Meanwhile, importing images from attached storage is slow, sadly.
While images look good on the IPS display, some user interface choices are odd.
Suitable for all ages, the Frameo Wi-Fi Picture Frame is the best digital photo frame Ive seen yet.
