Amazon Echo is taking over your home, and from the looks of it, the invasion is a welcomed one by most consumers out there. After the intuitive Fire TV Cube, the Echo Dot, and smart speakers like Echo Plus and Echo Show, all governed by the soothing voice of Alexa, we are now greeting a new household gadget from the Amazon: the Echo Spot. This stylish and compact video hub fits on your nightstand and responds to 2nd generation far-field voice recognition.

Get Video Briefings Anywhere Around The House

According to Amazon, Echo Spot should be your go-to device for the latest news updates, weather forecasts and to-do lists for the day. It is small, portable and hands-free. You can carry it around the house and tell it to provide you with video briefings via its Alexa commands and an inbuilt app compatible with Android, iOS and Fire OS.

The design on the Echo Spot is quite straightforward. It looks like a half-cut orange fruit if oranges came in black or white colors. It displays three simple buttons for volume control and a 2.5” screen with 480 x 480p video resolution. Measuring just 4.1” x 3.8” x 3.6”, and weighing 14.8 ounces, this device is easy to place anywhere you like from the nightstand to the kitchen counter to the bathroom shelves.

Amazon Echo Spot has almost everything you need from an in-house assistant. It’s a cool gadget that can easily replace your alarm clock or your go-to resource for music lyrics, shopping lists, and audiobooks. It can stream directly from Spotify and Pandora, as well as read the news, and control every smart device in your home. From dimming the lights to securing the doors to turning on the baby monitor in the nursery, this gadget seems to be the butler you never had.

Special Features

Amazon Echo Spot is a highly reliable device for anything hands-free. You can establish video calls and web browsing without stopping your house chores. For example, if you get stuck mid-cooking, you have your hands full, and you need assistance, you can ask Echo Spot to look the recipe online and read it to you, or even establish a video call with your mom to get a quick, gratifying answer.

Things You Need To Consider

Echo Spot works great in keeping you up to date with the latest news and waking you up in the morning for work. However, you will have to configure it mostly with voice control. So, if you are the kind of old-school user who feels more secure pressing a lot of buttons to set it up, you will have to clear your throat and adapt accordingly.

Pros

• Hands-free control for numerous tasks
• Elegant design
• Crystal-clear video

Cons

• Not enough physical control buttons

The Bottom Line

Amazon wants us to have a wide variation of devices and gadgets around our home, which is not necessarily a bad thing. With Echo Spot, you get some of the features available on Echo Show, but on a smaller screen and with more practicability. If you want a slick, ergonomic smart device that acts like a butler who works pro bono, then this video hub is perfect for you.

Amazon Echo Spot

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