Amazon Echo Spot Generation 3 Review, The Super-Smart Alarm Clock

A smart alarm clock, a smart speaker with a display and an alarm clock, a small communication device for the bedside table, bathroom or kitchen? The Echo Spot 3rd Gen is all that and it’s also a kind of Amazon Echo Show with a small display and basic communication capabilities.

We have been trying it in these few days since its launch to accompany and replace the previous model that accompanied our house in many mornings and some late nights in the many months since it entered the house: it is not by chance that we put the predecessor on the cover of this article of the Echo Spot which frankly originally looked like a slightly “improved” version of the Spot with a very simple LED matrix display capable of communicating only the time, temperature and humidity in the room.

We find the same possibilities in the third generation but here a 320 x 240 pixel screen that makes everything more fun and less cold or with many options in the field of connectivity. In fact, this is more of a great photo gallery than a review, where we will review all the control and interaction screens of the small Amazon speaker.

Open the box

the design

Very simple, it’s based on the more modern Echo Pop with a flat interface.

Installation, interface and comparison with previous generation

If you enjoyed scrolling through the long gallery, you will notice how convenient the customization options of the new third-generation Echo Spot are, and even if we can’t play with a wide range of colors, the small screen is capable of using very expressive pictograms and obviously you can manage its brightness or turn it off directly at night.

The audio output seems quite comparable if not slightly louder than that of its predecessor but we can’t help but notice the lack of an audio jack on the back which makes it less versatile in some situations.

The three on-board microphones, clearly visible at the top, provide excellent command acquisition including a pause request even when the music is very loud.

Echo Spot 3 can directly display the maximum and minimum temperatures, information about other Echo devices’ alarms and countdown timers in a clear way. The best thing for those who use it as a music player is that the album covers are represented by animations that represent the flow of music. This will help us associate the image with the track we are listening to, even from a random selection.

Amazon Echo Spot Generation 3 Review, The Super-Smart Alarm Clock — Screenshots

The representation of home automation devices is also great, as lights and thermostats can also be controlled with their levels on the screen. Size constraints limit the number of devices that can be controlled to just one, but even Amazon’s more well-equipped Echo Show interface doesn’t accommodate this.

For the rest we find a voice interface with a sufficiently intelligent engine and much more equipped than that of Siri that Apple users will get used to well. Finally, it is possible to connect a smartphone or iPhone to the speaker via Bluetooth to use it as a small amplifier.

Conclusions

The third-generation Echo Spot is available at the full price of €96.99, putting it in competition with the Apple Homepod mini. The sound quality seems to be lower than Apple’s smart speaker, which also has Thread connectivity among its other features. The price seems a bit steep to us, whileOffer with discount For 54.99 euros For prime day Makes it a blind buy: An alarm clock with this much potential, this simple and effective design at this price is truly a gift.

Through our photos, we hope to make it an eye-opening purchase.