Amazon Echo Spot Review

Home automation and smart assistants are a burgeoning category of products that not everyone will find value in. There's no denying that they work better in concert with existing connected devices. How much utility you get out of them completely depends on how much of your life lies on the internet and the kind of investments you've made in building out a smart home.  The initial launch of the Echo Spot had me excited. As someone who has dabbled in smart assistants and speakers ever since the first generation Dot, the gorgeous design, display of the Spot seemed like the perfect way to aesthetically integrate such an assistant into your living space. Turns out, the Echo Spot does indeed excel at it. First, the design. Amazon essentially kick started the display enabled smart speaker category with the Echo Show but its fair to say that the Show isn't really a looker. Enter the Echo Spot. Sitting at the cross section of Bauhaus minimalism and a very distinctly 60s aesthetic, the Spot takes heavy inspiration from old school alarm clocks which in turn is a genius stroke by Amazon. Hardly anyone uses a dedicated alarm clock anymore but the sheer aesthetic of having a bed side ...