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. 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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