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right so today we just got echo spot and I'm going to unbox it
so right before I we got the echo spot I was debating between this and the echo
Cheryl and I almost wanted that one but I decided to go with the spot since I've
wanted the spots and some it first came out I thought it was a really cute
interesting design where it's a circle and you get to have a screen alright so
let's open it up the packaging shows there tells you various things that it
can do and various other things that you might not know about it and also it does
pair with other things such as Spotify and Pandora audible NPR and other things
that you can use her the spot so let's open this up
alright you open it up and your spot is right there so cute
alright into this box here you get your table your AC adapter and your
instruction mate box down all right so as you can see
this is a very small interesting shape it's like it's like 3/4 of a circle
maybe a little bit less and it's round the bottom is flat and I do see that
they have stands for this if you want to be a little bit more unique with how you
set this up on the top there's a plus/minus button for adjusting the
volume and there is a screen protector on the top I'm going to take off and
your audio outputs so if you want to connect this to a speaker and you can or
if you want to plug your phone in you can as well so let's get our neck of
spot plugged in all right so I just plugged it in and as you can see it hits
the loading and take
now it does have an instruction video like I just said early hello-o ready for
setup okay so first it'll ask you to select
the devices language so I'm gonna pick English and then I'm going to plug it in
the Wi-Fi and everyone's Wi-Fi passwords difference I'm gonna put mine in so now
I put my Wi-Fi in and we're gonna wait for it to connect its next you then put
your Amazon account in so I just confirm at the time zone wherever you are in the
in the nation or in the world it'll make sure it's correct so now it asks for
your device's name it gives you the standard of your name and then echo spot
you can of course change that in the Amazon app and then it has a nice intro
so I'm going to push play introducing Amazon echo spot a stylish compact echo
with a screen as designed to fit anywhere use room to rent calling to
check in on the family and now you can easily call most numbers of the US
Canada or Mexico from your echo device to their home or a mobile phone at no
additional cost you can automate your smart home using the Alexa app after
setting up your compatible devices just create a routine that will help you do
multiple things with one phrase for example say Alexa goodnight enjoy your
new echo spot alright so we just finished the intro so as you can see
that as the main clockface that we have you can't change the clock faces it's
very cool alright so if you want to change the face of your screen or any
settings just say Alexa show settings here's settings so here you can go to
scroll through and find your settings I'm gonna click display because I want
to change the face you can set a photo slideshow and the brightness and choose
adaptive brightness which automatically adjusts the screen brightness based on
the of the ophélie so don't think this is the setting I was looking for I think
I'm looking for home and clock that was my second home and Clark already seen
okay choose a theme for your clock and home screen so I'm going to click that
and there are five modes you got modern playful photography classic and personal
photos so let's see what the modern looks like okay there that's an analog
clock that's the second one third one
six and the last one so I'm gonna be honest I don't really like this so let's
see what else there is right now this is the standard one I have so I'm just
gonna keep that see what's in play full oh so you have a digital clock with
Flemyng goes in the background another digital clock an analog with the flowery
theme an analog clock that has the planets that's kind of hard to read not
gonna lie digital clock with mountains digital clock with the flowery theme
once again analog with an owl and a digital one that's pretty big actually
one with like a *** bladder in the back so now we're going to go to
photography see what they have so there's digital clock with deserts in
the background beach grass with another digital clock
I like the digital clocks a little bit better than analog so here's a close-up
of the peacock one with a digital clock a full mink low a close-up of a flamingo
with the digital clock blurred street lights with the digital clock and some
more lights I've noticed each of these different themes has about seven or
eight different faces that you can choose from which is very nice the
ability to customize is there so we're going to classic now which of course
seems to be a little bit more of analog clocks now that's an interesting with
you one like that one
yeah very analog clock like and then there's personal photos where you get to
upload what you background you would like through your phone from your Alexa
app that's a great way to customize add pictures of your family and enjoy
yourself so I'm going to go back to playful and
get to the garden one with a digital clock since I don't like that a little
bit better so we have used an Amazon echo since the first came out and we
also now have a couple Amazon thoughts around the house so I thought it was a
great time to be able to get one with a visual feature like the spot I mentioned
earlier I was going back and forth between that in the show and I decide on
the spot since it would be easier to fit in a kitchen or a family room might get
the show later but this one is a great unique pieced place in the kitchen I
think that's where I'm going to put it because it shows you just about
everything you need including the weather like you see right there the
weather is right there so I can walk in the kitchen know how it is outside
instead of having to ask alright so we're going to play some music through
the the spot
here in Shepherdstown I'm down to love this street
as you can see there's a great volume coming out of the spots and it almost
seems like you have a great speaker system coming out your song and cover of
that song is displayed on the spot as it's playing and you can see where it's
playing from as well Alexa go home so when you tell her that that's when you
get back to the regular face of your screen now when you get the spot it does
come with a booklet that does say ask Alexa so you can ask her anything
dealing with your smart home her skills voice shopping fun and games or use
music unlimited through Amazon or audible you can also call and message
anyone with a compatible echo device or the Alexa app on their phone you can
also use your echo spot to call most numbers for free so let's see if we can
play some jeopardy Alexa let's play jeopardy
this is jeopardy thanks Johnny and welcome players you want to start
the Jeopardy round yes hey I haven't seen you in a while
thanks for joining us again now let's see how well you do today today's first
category is poets and poetry in Harlan this poet wrote what happens to a dream
deferred does it dry up like A Raisin in the Sun who is Richard Allison no the
correct response was who is Langston Hughes do you want the next one no yes
soon exponent help with her skills you can add even more capabilities to her
you can order from dominos request a lyft or uber play jeopardy like we just
did or you can even could do that through the app call an uber lyft
through her oh my goodness that is so handy so let's get her to play a video
Alexa play a video playing top result
so Alexa does play some really clear videos unfortunately I'm afraid to put
me up here with without having a copyright violation but you are willing
you are able to watch many videos under this screen here and really click click
crystal-clear viewing it's it's amazing and as you if you can see now even the
display itself is really nice so with her you can do some voids shopping so
you can tell her to add stuff to your cart or order things so I'm going to ask
her where a few things I've ordered are Alexa where's my stuff
here are your shipments a shipment for an order place Friday August 3rd should
arrive tomorrow a shipment for an order placed Thursday June 21st should arrive
Thursday August 9th as you can see each item that is expected to come pops up on
the screen and it tells you in writing when it will
arrive I think that's really nice to see Alexa tell me a joke where did Napoleon
keep his armies in his sleeve ease her jokes are really bad I'm sorry but they
give you something to entertain yourself or something does come up on the screen
when you say when you asked her that as well you can also ask her to play a game
so Alexa let's play a game oh it's no I need degrees outside
Alexa let's play a game sure I have many types of games if you want to know more
about a game you can ask me for more information like what it is or what
ratings it has would you like to try Westworld
the maze or would you like to pick in Category kids games sure here are
some kids games do you want to try fries dancers what is that dancing lots of
funny ways and fries when the music stops great for kids and the whole
family would you like to try it yes great
here's fries dancers whammo welcome to fries dancers dance while the music
plays freeze when the music stops let's warm up with it easy one
start dancing ooh you got to pay more attention hold hands and dance together
Alexa go ah man gotta find some other freeze dancers Alexa tell me the news
here's your flash briefing from the New York Times
Alexa next in Fox News
understand I'm rich Dennison FoxNews elects are next in NPR news there's alia
Alexa next in weather right now in Lordan it's 90 degrees Fahrenheit with
partly sunny skies that's all from your flash briefing as
we mentioned earlier I was really trying to choose between the spot and show and
I had looked at a comparison turn online and we saw that oh the the show does a
lot of what the spot can do but the spot doesn't have Dolby speakers but you can
also play videos control smart home devices and make calls just like the
show so not much of a change there is a bigger screen when it comes to the show
but the spot is just as convenient where you can place it on your coffee table or
in the kitchen or a nightstand so that is all we have today for the Amazon echo
spot can't wait to continue using this product is that it's going to be a great
addition to our house check description for more information thanks for watching
guys