And that’s just the beginning - the Echo Spot has many tricks. You can also create a slideshow of personal photos to set on the home screen and change the sounds you hear. In addition to turning on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, you can choose what kind of theme you want to set on the display, whether you want to look at your clock in digital or analog format, and how loud and bright you want the device to be. The settings menu features some fun stuff to customize. From there you can adjust brightness, turn on do not disturb, or access the settings menu. Like the Echo Show, you can use your finger to pull down a menu from the top of the screen. The display screen is clear, and the default screen is an analog clock. When you turn on the device, you’ll have to manually turn on the microphone by pushing the button on top. If you already have an Alexa App, connecting your device to it is extremely easy – just open the app, sign in to your Amazon account, and the device will automatically sync. If you haven’t already downloaded the Amazon Alexa app, you’ll need to. After a short boot time, Alexa says the device is ready for setup. It does all the things the other Echoes do - control your smart home devices, make calls, and tell you who the 12th president of the United States is (answer: Zachary Taylor).Īmazon created a beautiful, rounded piece of hardware that is somehow sleek, cute, and fun at the same time. It weighs 14.8 ounces, and looks a bit like a high-tech softball cut in half. The Echo Spot – available in white or black – is about four inches by four inches in size and has a 2.5-inch screen. But how does it perform as an Echo device? Spot on: beauty and brains We got our hands on the device to test the functionality, and found ourselves glancing over at the device not just to catch the time, but admire its beauty as well. It’s one of Amazon’s best-looking Echo devices to date. It’s a beautiful, rounded piece of hardware that is somehow sleek, cute, and fun at the same time. The Spot, available for $130, is different. The all-new Echo was smaller and cuter, but still retained its cylinder-like shape, and left us hoping for more in the looks department. The original Echo Show – Amazon’s first device with a screen – was also blocky, and resembled a small TV. The original Echo was a large cylinder that resembled some sort of mechanical pillar. Before the Spot came along, Amazon’s Echo devices weren’t much to look at. When we got our first look at the Amazon Echo Spot, we were intrigued and inspired by how attractive it was.