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The touch-sensitive surface between the volume buttons also remains to snooze or turn the alarm off (it requires a significant thwack, however).

(You can buy the clock without the dock for $20 less, but you lose a lot of functionality.) The physical volume up and down buttons are still here, as is the mute switch at the back. There’s a new color - fabric-wrapped blue in addition to gray or black (it’s all very drab, though would it have killed Lenovo to throw in a pretty pastel?), and a new, taller form factor to accommodate sitting on the new dock. The Smart Clock 2 has a few design upgrades over the original. Volume up and down and a mute switch are the only physical buttons on the clock. The screen also doesn’t give you extra visual information when you ask the Assistant questions, as Nest Hubs do, but you can pick a Google Photos album to rotate as your clock face throughout the day. But it currently only works with the old Google Nest cameras, not the new ones or any third-party cameras. It will stream video from Google Nest security cameras, which is handy at night if something’s going bump outside. You can’t watch video and, while I question why you would want to on a display this small, if you’re not going to watch video you don’t really need a display this big (it’s a conundrum, I know). The diminutive display also doesn’t do some of the main things you expect from a smart display. This is frustrating particularly in the bedroom, where you’re most likely wanting a bit of quiet. For example, I couldn’t turn the night light off with touch, I had to use voice. While I like having the clock to glance at, the display feels largely wasted, and the interface relies - as most smart displays do - too heavily on voice control. Functionally, this is more Nest Mini than Nest Hub it’s a smart speaker with some visual cues and a limited touch interface. They sound better than a smartphone but worse than a larger smart display.Īs a smart display, it’s less appealing. There’s no camera in the device, and the small speakers provide just enough audio quality for some nice bedtime music and to deliver your choice of seven different alarm tones to rouse you in the morning. The wireless charging and LED night light are excellent additions for keeping things tidy, although you’ll still need a bedside lamp as the night light is not for reading. It’s the smallest smart display footprint-wise, so a good fit for those with cluttered or tiny nightstands.

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With a few caveats (which I’ll get to), this is a great little bedside clock albeit a minor upgrade from the original. The Lenovo Clock 2 comes with a new charging dock that includes an LED night light. To be fair, no smart alarm clock offers this, which is why my husband resolutely refuses to use one. It still lacks any backup battery, so if the power is out, your alarm is off. Finally, you can corral all your bedside charging clutter in one space and have a fancy alarm clock (had you been waiting for that?). What’s new is a separate dock designed for the clock that brings a night light, a wireless charging pad for your phone, and a USB Type-A port for your peripherals. Of course, you can also ask about the weather and such, as well as control smart home devices with your voice.

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Building on its first iteration as the smallest smart display on the market (ideally suited for your bedside), the Smart Clock 2 is still a Bluetooth speaker with a touchscreen and the full power of Google Assistant on tap to stream all the audio you could want. It wants to be the Swiss Army knife of nightstands. Lenovo’s $89.99 Smart Clock 2 has crammed as much functionality as possible into its tiny, almost five-inch by four-inch frame. (When you do, can you send it my way? I’m looking for a Christmas present for someone.)īuy for $89.99 from Best Buy Buy for $89.99 from Lenovo No projectors, no night lights, no built-in radio, no Bluetooth, no charging ports - just the time and an alarm. Go on, try to find a battery-powered alarm clock that just tells you the time. In very real danger of being entirely supplanted by smartphones, the alarm clock has morphed into an all-singing, all-dancing smart display. Today, alarm clocks are going through a bit of an identity crisis, as evidenced by Lenovo’s newest Smart Clock that aims to be a nightstand multitasker. That clock made it through countless Hot Shot tours fighting wildfire in Nevada and Idaho, survived in a makeshift shack in the Alaskan wilderness where he worked as a fishing guide, only to finally surrender after a couple years on his bedside table in a Charleston firehouse. Remember when alarm clocks were small, battery-powered, and lasted forever? My husband relinquished his compact Casio after 13 years because the screen finally warped and he couldn’t read the numbers anymore.

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