It dims the screen and reduces volume at night, so not to disturb those around you, and sounds pretty good for music, too, but does not have a camera. You can watch video on it, from YouTube (which is handy for recipes and how-tos), BBC iPlayer, newsclips and Netflix. It can act as a viewer for any smart cameras you have or a touch-control centre for smart home devices, too.
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You get all the usual Google Assistant features, plus visual answers such as song lyrics, pictures of people you have asked about, week-long weather forecasts and so on. It plugs into Google Photos to show your snaps, automatically picking highlights or displaying specific albums, making it a brilliant digital photo frame. The 7-inch screen is great, matching the tone of light in the room with a special sensor, so pictures look good. Google’s Nest Hub (previously Home Hub) is the best balance of screen and price, available from about £60.
Photograph: Samuel Gibbs/The Guardianĭo you want a screen with your voice assistant? That’s where smart displays come in.
The Google Nest Hub gives Assistant a screen for displaying your favourite photos. Verdict: A small, simple and smart Alexa alarm-clock replacement.įull review: Echo Dot with Clock review: Amazon’s cheap Alexa alarm clock replacement Best mid-range speaker: Amazon Echo It can be grouped with other Echo devices for multiroom audio, too.
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It sounds good for the money and is perfect for radio, or can pair with another Bluetooth speaker or output via a standard 3.5mm socket. Amazon’s assistant, Alexa, is highly capable and can do things such as creating routines – you can, for example, set it up so that when you say: “Alexa, goodnight” it can trigger actions such as turning off all of the lights and setting your alarm. The light ring at the top shows when it is listening to you. Four buttons on top take care of volume, mute and actions. Otherwise it is the same as any Echo speaker. It displays the time and your alarms when set. The LED display glows through the smart speaker’s mesh and dims with ambient light, so it is never too bright at night. The best alarm clock replacement is Amazon’s Echo Dot with Clock.
Verdict: Cheap, sounds good and puts Google Assistant in any room you like.įull review: Google Nest Mini review: better bass and recycled plastic Best bedside speaker: Amazon Echo Dot with ClockĪmazon’s Echo Dot with Clock is a smart alarm-clock upgrade. Google Assistant is packed with things to entertain the children, too, from riddles and Disney games to quizzes and game shows. It can be wall mounted and has a touch-sensitive top for adjusting the volume and pausing and playing music. It is made of recycled plastic and looks like a small fabric pincushion. It sounds good for radio and can be used as a Bluetooth or Chromecast speaker. Available for as little as £29 (sometimes less than £20), it will put Google in any room, with improved voice recognition that’s faster and cuts down on accidental activations, which is better for protecting your privacy. The Nest Mini is the second generation of Google’s smallest and cheapest smart speaker. It has better understanding than rivals, an enormous range of knowledge and – importantly – the ability to choose between male and female voices, even on a user-by-user basis as Google can distinguish between the individuals giving instructions. Google’s Assistant is the best voice system on the market.
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