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Read more: [ Ссылка ] or [ Ссылка ] There’s a lot of new smart speaker-digital assistant products on the market these days. The latest to arrive is the 3rd Gen Amazon Echo Dot with Clock. This diminutive package features all the power of Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant with the added functionality of a bedside alarm clock. I had a chance to wake up with the Echo Dot with Clock for a week and here’s what I learned.
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What makes 3rd Gen Echo Dot with Clock different?
The key feature of the Echo Dot with clock, as the name implies, is the addition of a LED digital pinpoint display to the front of the Dot. The display can show the time, temperature or the status of a timer if you set one.
While adding some LED lights doesn’t actually change much about this device and its true core purpose, it does make it more appropriate to use beside your bed.
You can customize the sound Alexa will make as your alarm inside the Alexa app. There’s a handful of different sounds. Not a whole lot of difference between them, but you should be able to find something that won’t make you throw the Dot with Clock across the room.
When it rings, you can tap the top of the device to snooze it, or just ask Alexa to shut it off.
Amazon Echo Dot with Clock as a Speaker
With the smaller speaker, the Echo Dot with Clock is definitely less powerful than some of the other Echo devices, but that doesn't seem to compromise the sound quality overall. Plus, this is meant to be a supplementary or satellite to your overall system, in my opinion.
This speaker sounds quite good for its small size. It gets good and loud but the audio is also clear and crisp. The bass is actually pretty decent too on this speaker. The sound overall is big and clear and I was very surprised by how good it sounded. You’ll have a hard time complaining about this speaker’s quality, given its size and price.
Use Bluetooth for music or podcast play
Amazon Echo Dot with Clock as a Personal Digital Assistant
The real power of this device is as an Alexa Digital assistant and smart speaker. Like pretty much every other Alexa smart speaker, this one has voice control for your home and your life.
So what's it like using Amazon Echo Show on a day to day basis? I found myself using it in a few ways:
You can ask for a daily news briefing as you’re laying in bed, or while you get ready in the morning
asking Alexa for smart home control commands, like turning lights on and off
She can check the weather for you
Making audio calls with Drop In: instant intercom
If you have two Amazon devices, you can make audio calls using Drop In. By saying, ‘Alexa, drop in Echo Dot’, or Office, or Kitchen, or whatever you’ve called that Echo device, it will attempt a device-to-device call, which must be answered by someone on the other end in order to connect. In other words, no eavesdropping!
If you want to phone a friend, you can do that too. Just use the Communicate button on the bottom bar of the Alexa app.
Use Audible for Audio Books
If you’d rather listen to a book than hear canned news briefings, the Echo Dot with Clock can read audio books from audible.ca. it’s a bit of a process to get this all up and running, which I’ll save for a separate blog and video and blog, but it’s enough to know that once you are signed in to your Audible account you can just ask Alexa to play the title of the book and she’s all over it.
Overall review of Amazon Echo Dot with Clock
Overall this is another version of a very capable device. While I didn’t love the alarm sounds as I found them quite digital or technical (I prefer more natural sounding tones that don’t shock me awake) they do the job just fine.
The addition of the LED display certainly makes a lot of sense in the bedroom for the intended alarm clock configuration.
If you’re looking for a compact yet ultra smart personal assistant speaker that doubles as a capable alarm clock, the Echo Dot with Clock is a great choice.
Sells for $80CAD
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