Echo Dot with clock (5th generation, 2022 release) | Bigger vibrant sound Wi-Fi and Bluetooth smart speaker and Alexa | Cloud Blue

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In the bedroom, setting an alarm places a small circle next to the time and neatly lets you silence an alarm with a tap on the top, like the snooze functions of old. In short, the Echo Dot with Clock is everything you’d expect it to be and has the same pros and cons as before. Here, I’m in two minds: as I said earlier, Google Assistant is just far better at answering questions and hearing what you’re saying clearly.

Whether it’s Kindles, Fire Tablets or Echos, each new version brings small improvements that you weren’t aware you needed until they arrived.

The clock display will immediately dim to its lowest possible brightness level when you use that command. The LED display is extremely welcome offering little “glance details” without detracting from the screen-free charm smart speakers were supposed to offer in the first place. It can turn off the lights, saving me bumped knees trying to navigate the room in the dark, and it can play a series of sleep sounds to lull my unsettled mind to rest. Cards on the table: for me Google Assistant is streets ahead of Alexa in the smarts department but the Google Home Mini is severely hobbled due to its lack of 3.

You can adjust the brightness on your Echo Dot clock with voice commands or through the Alexa app on your phone. Months after release, this still hasn’t arrived on any of the other Echos dotted around my house but hopefully they’ll change to match eventually. Given the iPhone it used to house – a 2009 iPhone 3GS – has long since departed, it only exists to tell the time.The former is handy for cooking, as the clock is replaced with a visual countdown when a timer is set. Underneath that fabric is a segmented LED display capable of showing a digital clock and shows other things when required.