Amazon’s Echo Spot is back with better sound and no camera

Jul 09, 2024 12:29 AM - 4 months ago 91142

Ahead of Prime Day 2024, Amazon has launched an updated type of its Alexa-connected smart speaker / siren clock, nan Echo Spot. Similar to nan 1 that launched successful 2017, it’s designed to beryllium connected your nightstand and connection power via a mini touchscreen aliases pinch sound commands, but Amazon has addressed our biggest gripe astir that device by removing nan camera.

It’s besides launching astatine a little price. While nan 2017 type costs $149.99 astatine launch, nan 2024 Echo Spot has a $79.99 regular price, and from now done Prime Day (July 16th–17th), it’s disposable for $44.99 for Amazon Prime members.

Echo Spot shown successful 3 colors - blue, black, and white.

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Amazon promises that nan caller semicircle has upgraded hardware each over, pinch “even amended visuals and improved audio quality.” It’s besides capable to group up and power Matter devices successful your smart home, conscionable for illustration nan Echo Dot and Echo Pop, positive connections complete Wi-Fi (2.4 and 5GHz), Amazon Sidewalk, and Bluetooth Low Energy Mesh.

There’s a hardware fastener to move nan microphone off, too, on pinch beingness measurement power buttons, and this clip around, it adds a bluish colour action to nan mix, on pinch achromatic and black. The show tin beryllium group successful 1 of six colorways (orange, violet, magenta, lime, teal, and blue), on pinch customizable timepiece faces.

Animated image showing Alexa animation connected nan surface of nan Echo Spot.

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It besides has a number of animations tied to responses to questions astir things for illustration nan weather, saying bully greeting / bully evening, and different prompts.

As usual, nan Alexa tie-in is nan prima here, pinch routines that tin trigger aggregate actions among compatible smart location devices, audio drop-ins from different Alexa devices, and alerts from compatible smart doorbells.

The squared-off 2.83-inch, 240 x 320-pixel touchscreen show connected this 1 isn’t built for things for illustration videocalling aliases streaming video. However, it tin still power euphony playback aliases pop-up immoderate pat controls erstwhile you want to move a ray connected aliases disconnected pinch Alexa.

We’ll request to get our hands connected it to cognize if this is simply a worthy return for nan instrumentality that vanished aft 2019, but astatine slightest this clip around, you don’t person to determine astir putting a camera successful your chamber if you want to bargain one.