![]() This certainly isn’t a device that you’d want to use for music, for this you would be better off with an alternative, such as the original Google Home. It’s perfect for alarms and the Google Assistant’s voice replies, but music sounds tinny and lacks punch. The Smart Clock has one 1.5-inch 3W speaker, which is loud enough but lacks bass and definition. In all other regards, the Google Assistant works in the same way on the Smart Clock as on other devices, responding in the same way to your voice commands. Although I understand that the display wouldn’t give the best experience, the fact that the Smart Clock can handle video, as demonstrated by live camera streams, means there’s no reason why these features should have been removed. With the Smart Clock, you can’t view YouTube video, and you can’t cast BBC iPlayer from your smartphone both are options on the larger smart displays. Other video playback options have been removed, too. You get less information on the screen than with other smart displays and sometimes get a Google logo only Yes, the display is small, but surely it’s possible to display something? Likewise, ask a regular smart display about a subject (‘OK Google, tell me about Avengers’) and the voice response is enhanced with information on screen with the Smart Clock, you get voice only. Ask for recipes on the Smart Clock, and you get voice-only descriptions with an animated Google logo onscreen on a larger smart display, you get video. There are other cases where the full smart displays do a bit more. And, if you have a Nest Hello, you get alerts and can answer the door directly from your Smart Clock. Neatly, you can still view video streams from your smart cameras. Given the small screen these changes make sense and keep the Smart Clock efficient and focussed on its primary job. If you ask the Smart Clock to control your lights, the display lets you adjust brightness, but you don’t get the colour and temperature controls that the full Google Nest Hub gives you, nor can you can control thermostats with the display. You get fewer smart home controls on the Smart Clock than with other smart displays The body sticks out a little further (it’s 79mm deep) than a regular clock, but I didn’t find it hard to accommodate the clock on my bedside table. With its 4-inch screen, the Smart Clock is no larger than a regular digital clock. Lenovo has nailed this with the Smart Clock. The most important thing for a device that’s designed to sit on your bedside table is that it’s the right size. ![]()
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