Spotify, for instance, can be your port of call if Amazon Music doesn’t cut it. You do get most of the options that Alexa offers on other smart speakers and smart displays, such as the choice of music streaming apps.
The power cable is long (by our reckoning, it’ll be at least 4 meters), which means you don’t need to worry in case the power socket is a bit further away from the bedside table.Īlso Read: Lenovo Tab P11 Pro: An eclectic mix of impressive versatility and curious choices No slick interface to surf around either.įull marks to Lenovo for not ignoring the basics. Mind you, this isn’t a colour display – it is monochrome, and it feels like it is made for a purpose. And as we mentioned, the auto-dimming screen simply takes care of itself once you turn the lights off, for the night. It is crisp, easy to read even when dimmed and has good brightness levels to tackle the mid-afternoon ambience on a bright and sunny day. Not everyone wants a smart device with a camera sitting in their bedroom. There are no front facing cameras on the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa Built-in, which is probably the reason you’d want this. Along with what is definitely a very usable alarm clock. Let us assume you want the smartness of Alexa in the bedroom. Logically, you’d expect more though with time. As a Lenovo Smart Clock user (that’s been around for more than a year now), there is the sense that the newest addition to the smart bedside screen portfolio adds precious little in terms of an upgrade. That neatly brings us back to the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa Built-in. And if you aren’t entirely convinced that it’s just the Amazon Alexa assistant that you need, there’s still the second-generation Google Next Hub (around ₹6,999) which continues to defy age with new functionality bolted on with updates – the new Home app and support for Matter smart home standard, being the latest in that chapter. The same ecosystem also has the Amazon Echo Show 5 (that’s priced around ₹5,499). This is now priced around ₹3,999 with your choices being Misty Blue and Clay Red colours. That true(er), at least in some parts of the world, where Alexa is still better recognised as a smart assistant than Google Assistant. This is the company’s first attempt at tapping the popularity of Alexa. The three aforementioned elder siblings rely on the Google Assistant for smartness.
It is Lenovo’s attempt to remove any ambiguity. That leads us to the newest addition to the line-up, which is the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa Built-in. Lenovo, in fact, has had some competent ones over the years (Smart Clock, Smart Clock Essential and Smart 2 being the recent ones). The generations of Echo Show 5 testify to that. Amazon has been doing these compact displays for a while now, and to good effect. A smart alarm clock for the bedside table, doing more than just alarms, isn’t exactly a novelty in smart homes.
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