Smart alarm clock1/10/2023 ![]() The ambient light sensor is really good at dimming the screen in the dark and preventing the Lenovo from being a distraction while you sleep. It does the job, but you're not going to be playing any music through this unless you hate your ears. It's just a 1.5-inch speaker with 3W output. There's no camera here, and the sound quality is less powerful than the Echo Show 5. Designed purely as a bedside clock, the Lenovo is a 4-inch display ensconced in a fabric-coated speaker. More of a Google user? Echo Show 5 still too big for you? Meet the smallest member of the wake-up gang, the Lenovo Smart Clock. It's a great balance of discreet integration, top control and better privacy that makes it highly recommendable for smart homes. Its diminutive size is much nicer to have in your home than the full-size Show, and the new control panels means there are more ways to use Alexa. Where we've found Alexa a little deaf when using the Echo Show 5 in other parts of the house, it's close enough by the bed to hear your half-awake mumbles to play the news or announce the weather forecast. Again, an essential requirement for a bedside companion.Īnd of course you've got built-in mics for summoning Alexa, whether it's to set a morning alarm, turn off the house lights, or read you a bedtime audiobook. The display is vibrant but will adjust to its surroundings, dimming when the lights go off. Read this: The best Echo Show and Spot skills That's important if you're going to use this as a bedside clock, and its inclusion suggests Amazon expects people to. Yet it packs a lot in a tiny package: a 4W speaker that's surprisingly good, a built-in camera and even a 3.5mm jack.īefore you worry about that built-in camera, there's a physical shutter that slides across the lens and kills the power, ensuring total video privacy. If you're used to the 10-inch Echo Show, like us you'll probably be taken aback by just how much smaller this is. The smallest member of Amazon's Show family is perfect for placing on a bedside table. Read our full Nest Hub 2 review Amazon Echo Show 5 Something none of the other sleep tracking devices we've used do. The built-in microphones, ambient light sensor, and temperature sensor will keep an eye and ear out for disturbances like coughing and snoring, and light and temperature changes.Ĭombining its metrics - duration of sleep and quality of sleep - with tracking your schedule, its smart alarm clock features and smart home integrations, the Nest Hub provides a pretty unique all-in-one sleep aid device. It's a completely contactless experience just angle the screen towards where you will sleep and the Soli chip will watch your chest rise and fall and monitor your movement. ![]() ![]() Looking much the same as the original, the big change is under-the-hood, with increased speed and performance, plus a brand new feature that will thrill many and - conversely - spawn yawns from those who don't give a hoot about quantified self: sleep sensing thanks to Google's Soli technology. The 2nd-gen Nest Hub is the first redesign of the Google's flagship smart display since it was launched three years ago. How to use your Amazon Echo with Alexa as the perfect alarm clock. ![]()
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