Wow we Love Amazon Echo Spot, Smart speaker and screen with Alexa and at the discounted price even better, Alexa turns our lights on and off and our security camera too so very very useful around the house also the photos can be shown on the screen

Really excited to receive the Echo Spot, but excitement turned to exasperation when I couldn't get it to connect to my BT wifi. After much research on line, I discovered there is a known compatibility issue with BT broadband but eventually, I found the solution was to switch off the 'smart set up'...

It does heaps, which is great. Given how much it does, the bedroom doesn't do it justice, so we put it in the lounge room. However, it's a bit small there, so one has to squint to see the screen. That's compensated by simply asking Alexa to tell you what you were wanting to know anyway.

With the smart speaker category has fetishizing audio quality as much as it does, it’s hard not to see the Amazon Echo Spot as an interesting rebuke to that arm-race. We could have made them look like anything, why do they have to look like speakers? Why not an alarm clock?

The Echo Spot feels like a smart speaker that’s definitely for someone - but one that's not going to be for everyone.

Display is neat; Audio output;

Webcam is creepy; Expensive;

Amazon recently launched the Echo Spot in India, making it the first major smart speaker with a display in the country. While the company is surely hoping to drive up sales of its Alexa-powered smart speakers by offering customers a varied selection of speakers, the Echo Spot, at its ₹12,999 price...

Of all Alexa's various enclosures, the Amazon Echo Spot is undoubtedly the cutest. Its body is spherical – larger than a baseball, but much smaller than an Echo Show – and fronted with a 2.5-inch circular touchscreen.

Most attractive Echo device so-far; Alexa is as capable as ever; Speaker is loud and mic-array works well; Cheaper than Echo Show; 3.5mm and Bluetooth audio options

Alexa Skills can look awkward on circular screen; No YouTube support (currently; Price difference with Echo Show is (currently) small; Circular display isn't ideal for video

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Has an attractive design; Its audio is good for the speaker's size; Built-in camera works well; Fits well on a nightstand

Screen is too small to be very useful; Needs more clockfaces

‘Alexa, are you watching me?'

Crisp; clear speaker for Alexa's responses; Bright display with large text that always shows the time; Microphones pick up voice commands well; Does all of the things other Echo devices can do

Do you really want an always-watching camera in your bedroom; Not the best for serious music listening; Expensive relative to audio-only Echo devices; Few third-party apps make use of the display

Affordable; decent sound quality; sleek looking

Screen needs some work; It's a camera for your bedroom

The perfect smart alarm clock

Sleek looking; Addition of display is great; Best smart alarm clock out there

Sound quality is lacklustre; Pricey compared to other Echo products; Not many Video Skills available in Canada