Amazon launches the all-new Echo Spot in celebration of Prime Day

Echo Spot is an Alexa-enabled smart alarm clock with a compact colorful display that makes it easy to see the time, weather, and song titles from your nightstand. Prime members can get it now for more than 40% off.Lee este artculo en espaol.Introducing the all-newEcho Spot, the latest addition to Amazons lineup of Alexa-enabled devices. Echo Spot is a sleek new customizable smart alarmclock, featuring a variety of custom-designed clock faces and fun colors. Its built for the nightstand, with a display that makes it easy to set and view alarms, see the time, weather, or song titles at a glance, and a directional speaker that delivers vibrant sound.Echo Spot is available now in Black, Glacier White, and Ocean Blue, for $79.99but Prime members can get it for just $44.99 through July 17, in celebration ofPrime Day.The all-new Echo Spot builds on what our customers loved most about the original productlike the semi-spherical shape, access to Alexa, and the compact and vibrant displayand reimagines it with even better visuals and improved audio quality.Echo Spots display can be customized to fit the aesthetic of your bedroom. Choose from six different colorwaysorange, violet, magenta, lime, teal, and blueto select a vibe that fits your style. You can also mix and match colors with a variety of clock faces.Simply ask Alexa to set alarms on Echo Spot, by saying things likeAlexa, set a weekday alarm for 7 am with soft jazz. Or, wake up to one of four new custom alarm soundsAurora, Daybreak, Endeavor, and Flutter. And, if you want a bit more sleep when your alarm goes off, just tap Echo Spot to snooze.

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Read moreEcho Spot includes a 1.73 front-firing directional speaker that offers vibrant sound with clear vocals and deep bass. Ask Alexa to play your favorite song to enjoy a new colorful visual animation when music plays. When you want to skip a song, you can either ask Alexa, or quickly tap the display.

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Read moreIf you love an easter egg, try saying things like, Alexa, how are you, or Alexa, good evening to see Alexa’s personality shine on Echo Spot’s screen. There are 10 unique response animations:

• Alexa, thank you.
• Alexa, I love you.
• Alexa, good morning.
• Alexa, good afternoon.
• Alexa, good evening.
• Alexa, good night.
• Alexa, hi/hello.
• Alexa, goodbye.
• Alexa, how are you.
• Alexa, tell me a joke.

Customers love asking Alexa for informationin fact, Alexa answers multiple requests every millisecond, with customers asking for the weather, to set a reminder or to set an alarm tens of millions of times every day.And, with Echo Spot, requests like weather reports are even more fun. Just ask Alexa for the weather to see the temperature, along with an illustrationlike a sun, rain cloud, or snowflakeappear on the screen.You can also connect Echo Spot to compatible smart home products and set up Alexa Routines to help automate daily tasks. For example, set up a Routine that turns on your bedroom smart lights, starts playing the morning news, and turns on the smart coffee pot in the kitchen. Or, set an evening routine that turns on the porch lights, lowers the thermostat, and plays music.

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Read moreAsk Alexa to call loved ones, make household announcements, audibly Drop In on other Alexa-enabled devices in your household, or get alerts and audio from your compatible smart doorbell.

As with all of our devices, Echo Spot is built with multiple layers of privacy controls, including a mic off button, the ability to view and delete your voice recordings, and more. Visit theAlexa Privacy Hubto explore how Alexa and Echo devices are designed to protect your privacy.