Amazon has finally updated its 2017-2019 smart clock with the Echo Spot, a new version with a screen on the top half of its circular face. The company says you can see the time, weather and even song titles on the display, which comes with a bunch of different clock faces.
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Set this on your nightstand and you've got a new clock that plays music and wakes you up in the morning. The new Echo Spot eschews an all-screen display for a half-screen, half-speaker configuration, and while the earlier version of the Spot had a camera, this iteration does not. Amazon told Lifewire that the camera in earlier devices only takes photos and videos when customers ask it to, and that it can be disabled with a dedicated camera button.
Alexa is also built in, so you can ask anything you'd ask your other Alexa devices, like what the temperature is outside, what movie shows are on, and (of course) "Where's Chuck Norris?"
The new Echo Spot is available starting today in black, white, and blue for $79.99. Prime members can also get it for more than 40 percent off, at $44.99.