Lenovo Smart Clock / Smart Clock Essential

dinneenp · 25-11-2020 10:52am

Hi again,

Answer is probably no but are there any alternatives for around the same price (even a little bit more) that have better sound?

Thanks,
Pa.

nedd · 25-11-2020 10:55am

Google Nest Hub, €69

https://store.google.com/product/google_nest_hub

drogon. · 25-11-2020 11:04am

kaahooters wrote: »

from your google account photos.

Unless any recent updates it doesn’t seem possible per this article https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18647606/lenovo-smart-clock-review-specs-price-features

Doesn’t display Google Photos albums

25-11-2020 11:07am

drogon. wrote: »

Unless any recent updates it doesn’t seem possible per this article https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18647606/lenovo-smart-clock-review-specs-price-features

Doesn’t display Google Photos albums

Such a thing did indeed occur.

"Continuous conversation and Google Photos album were recently added via OTA."

https://old.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/cvm6de/lenovo_smart_clock_3_months_review/

dinneenp · 25-11-2020 11:07am

Hi yet again,

Last question. I read a review that said for Essential you have to go into your phone to change alarm volume. Is this the case with Smart Clock (non-essential version) as well?

Thanks,
Pa.

25-11-2020 11:10am

dinneenp wrote: »

Hi yet again,

Last question. I read a review that said for Essential you have to go into your phone to change alarm volume. Is this the case with Smart Clock (non-essential version) as well?

Thanks,
Pa.

Nope.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Smart-Display-Lenovo-Smart-Clock-with-Google-Assistant/Volume-issues-with-my-new-Smart-Clock-with-google-assistant/m-p/4449230?page=1#4450926

dinneenp · 25-11-2020 11:20am

Deleted User wrote: »

Nope.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Smart-Display-Lenovo-Smart-Clock-with-Google-Assistant/Volume-issues-with-my-new-Smart-Clock-with-google-assistant/m-p/4449230?page=1#4450926

Cheers, so probably worth paying the extra €10 for the non-essential version.

curranbaz · 25-11-2020 12:09pm

PreCocious wrote: »

Good price drop on these:

Smart Clock (€34.99) https://www.lenovo.com/ie/en/smart-clock/

Smart Clock Essential (€24.99) https://www.lenovo.com/ie/en/smart-devices/smart-home/smart-home-series/Smart-Clock-Essential/p/ZZISZSDCD05

Thanks OP! Very quick turnaround on these! Ordered Essential yesterday & delivered this morning...... from Germany!!

Kintarō Hattori · 25-11-2020 12:39pm

A fantastic little device, I bought 3 ages ago and put one in the living room, one in the bedroom and one in my daughters room. The display is lovely and clear and the auto dimming is great, it isn't intrusive at night. Sound quality is OK, it's not something you'd want to listen to music on for any length of time. I got them as I just wanted something to show the time, control smart lights, give me a feed from Nest camera's and in the case of my daughters unit, playback a Spotify playlist when putting her to bed.

randomname2005 · 25-11-2020 1:06pm

Currently the smart clock (more expensive of the two) is OOS

Caranica · 25-11-2020 2:27pm

My essential came this morning. Very happy with the turnaround time.

Agent_47 · 25-11-2020 2:40pm

All out of stock (:

budgemook · 25-11-2020 8:57pm

Reserved one yesterday in Curry's and picked up it today. Thanks to the poster for letting us know Curry's have them.

Agent_47 · 25-11-2020 9:53pm

Ordered two from the Curry shop, at least you can order them in black!

BBMcQ · 25-11-2020 10:16pm

Would recommend anyone seriously looking at the Lenovo models to also consider the Google Nest Hub. This is approx €60 currently but has 7inch screen, camera and better down, also better google assistant integration.

_Kaiser_ · 25-11-2020 10:17pm

Agent_47 wrote: »

Ordered two from the Curry shop, at least you can order them in black!

I caved and bought one on Currys there now. It was the black version that tipped me over the edge!

coldfire1x · 25-11-2020 11:31pm

BBMcQ wrote: »

Would recommend anyone seriously looking at the Lenovo models to also consider the Google Nest Hub. This is approx €60 currently but has 7inch screen, camera and better down, also better google assistant integration.

Where its available for €60?

august12 · 25-11-2020 11:51pm

coldfire1x wrote: »

Where its available for €60?

Someone posted a link on page 5, is approx. 68 euro. A waiting list I think.

coldfire1x · 25-11-2020 11:54pm

august12 wrote: »

Someone posted a link on page 5, is approx. 68 euro. A waiting list I think.

I know about that. When you said 60, I thought its a different source.

yabadabado · 26-11-2020 12:03am

I was going to buy my dad the Echo Dot with the clock but think one of these will do the job just as well ?

It will be used for clock alarm and tunein radio ,I might add a smart light for him at some stage .

What ye folks think,just go with the essential or is the cheaper one going to do the job required just as good ?

beauf · 26-11-2020 12:36am

BBMcQ wrote: »

Would recommend anyone seriously looking at the Lenovo models to also consider the Google Nest Hub. This is approx €60 currently but has 7inch screen, camera and better down, also better google assistant integration.

Camera would put me off tbh.

Caranica · 26-11-2020 12:37am

yabadabado wrote: »

I was going to buy my dad the Echo Dot with the clock but think one of these will do the job just as well ?

It will be used for clock alarm and tunein radio ,I might add a smart light for him at some stage .

What ye folks think,just go with the essential or is the cheaper one going to do the job required just as good ?

I got the essential for my folks as that's all they'll use it for. It also has a nightlight option that I think they'll appreciate

curranbaz · 26-11-2020 12:51am

beauf wrote: »

Camera would put me off tbh.

Google Nest Hub doesn't have the camera, only on the Max which is over €200 last time I checked!

Briain O Loinsigh · 26-11-2020 6:21am

Caranica wrote: »

My essential came this morning. Very happy with the turnaround time.

Hi ,
Sorry to ask but just wondering who shipped the order.
I got a tracking number on Tuesday but it doesn't work on ups.

Thanks.

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 26-11-2020 9:43am

Briain O Loinsigh wrote: »

Hi ,
Sorry to ask but just wondering who shipped the order.
I got a tracking number on Tuesday but it doesn't work on ups.

Thanks.

Same issue here

Charlie-Bravo · 26-11-2020 10:07am

Briain O Loinsigh wrote: »

Hi ,
Sorry to ask but just wondering who shipped the order.
I got a tracking number on Tuesday but it doesn't work on ups.

Thanks.

That always happens coming from Lenovo. It'll take a couple of days from that notification until it arrives.

Caranica · 26-11-2020 10:27am

Briain O Loinsigh wrote: »

Hi ,
Sorry to ask but just wondering who shipped the order.
I got a tracking number on Tuesday but it doesn't work on ups.

Thanks.

It was UPS. Got a text yesterday that it would be delivered today but then it arrived about an hour later.

_Kaiser_ · 26-11-2020 12:11pm

Mine hasn't even arrived yet but I'm already curious.. I'm guessing there's no play store of course, but can you sideload apps?

People mentioned TuneIn above but I much prefer the RadioPlayer app.. plus it's free.

JDxtra · 26-11-2020 12:14pm

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Mine hasn't even arrived yet but I'm already curious.. I'm guessing there's no play store of course, but can you sideload apps?

People mentioned TuneIn above but I much prefer the RadioPlayer app.. plus it's free.

Think of it more like a Chromecast - they are no apps to install. When you say "OK Google, play XYZ" - it will look across the services available to you to see what it can find to play (either TuneIn, YouTube Music, Spotify etc.).

BTW, TuneIn is free - I know their mobile app nags you to subscribe but it's 100% free.

dinneenp · 26-11-2020 12:54pm

Genghis wrote: »

Yes Newstalk the same. Probably a Communicorp thing, I don't think it happens with RTE or BBC, albeit nearly sure have heard it on some other UK stations too.

So I presume these ads will happen, regardless of if I use TuneIn or another one- correct

_Kaiser_ · 26-11-2020 1:08pm

dinneenp wrote: »

So I presume these ads will happen, regardless of if I use TuneIn or another one- correct

Happens with Newscorp stations on Radioplayer as well. Not any of the other stations though.

shnaek · 26-11-2020 2:22pm

Can anyone tell me how to change the time format on the smart clock essential to 24hr? I've asked it a few different ways and it just sets alarms and timers. Other than that it's very nice. Small, bright, sound isn't bad at all. Just arrived 10 minutes ago so no real time to test it properly yet.

drogon. · 26-11-2020 2:46pm

shnaek wrote: »

Can anyone tell me how to change the time format on the smart clock essential to 24hr? I've asked it a few different ways and it just sets alarms and timers. Other than that it's very nice. Small, bright, sound isn't bad at all. Just arrived 10 minutes ago so no real time to test it properly yet.

Same issue here. There is a thread on the Lenovo forum but doesn’t seem to be available for me. Maybe it will be pushed out in the future.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Smart-Display-Lenovo-Smart-Clock-with-Google-Assistant/Smart-Clock-Essential-24h-format/m-p/5046857

Also hate that it has a leading 0 in the hour field and lack of showing the date

shnaek · 26-11-2020 3:09pm

drogon. wrote: »

Same issue here. There is a thread on the Lenovo forum but doesn’t seem to be available for me. Maybe it will be pushed out in the future.

https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-Smart-Display-Lenovo-Smart-Clock-with-Google-Assistant/Smart-Clock-Essential-24h-format/m-p/5046857

Also hate that it has a leading 0 in the hour field and lack of showing the date

For sure. It's a serious irritation. How can it be difficult to set it to a 24 hour format? And that leading 0 is also annoying and purposeless.

Ush1 · 26-11-2020 3:26pm

Tracking working for anyone?

budgemook · 26-11-2020 3:45pm

Kinda sorry I haven't got one of these for myself now. Maybe someone will get me one for Christmas!

wiz569 · 26-11-2020 4:08pm

Ush1 wrote: »

Tracking working for anyone?

Nope didnt work at all but it just arrived at the door in the last hour

Curb Your Enthusiasm · 26-11-2020 5:48pm

Same here. UPS site didn't recognise the tracking they gave, but it showed up today, 3/4 days after ordering.

Briain O Loinsigh · 26-11-2020 6:15pm

My two arrived today , no hassles .

Wouldn't fancy not being able to track a laptop or something of value.

Are Lenovo generally safe enough with off the shelf items ?

Caranica · 26-11-2020 7:05pm

Briain O Loinsigh wrote: »

Are Lenovo generally safe enough with off the shelf items ?

I have a Lenovo Chromebook that's 5 years old and it's perfect. Never had an issue with it.

unklerosco · 26-11-2020 8:02pm

https://shop.bt.com/products/google-nest-hub---charcoal-ga00515-gb-bt1-FVPM.html?ReferrerID=TO01

Nest Hub for £39

deiseindublin · 26-11-2020 8:44pm

Must have been a pricing error? It's showing £79 for me.

26-11-2020 8:51pm

deiseindublin wrote: »

Must have been a pricing error? It's showing £79 for me.

Nah, BT have had it at that price a few times.

drogon. · 26-11-2020 8:53pm

deiseindublin wrote: »

Must have been a pricing error? It's showing £79 for me.

Must have gone up. I did check it when it was posted and it showed 39

unklerosco · 26-11-2020 8:53pm

deiseindublin wrote: »

Must have been a pricing error? It's showing £79 for me.

I managed to order one, interesting to see if it turns up.

Dr_Colossus · 26-11-2020 9:23pm

Nice catch/find if it does turn up at that price. I bought one last night from UK Google Store for £59 (contacted Irl Store early this week when a potential purchase there was showing a delivery date of 31-Dec to 04-Jan and yesterday was waiting list only)

26-11-2020 10:23pm

Those still looking for something similar, you can get a 2 pack of Echo Show 5s for £70 with code ECHOSHOW2PCK.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KD7TJD6?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

dinneenp · 26-11-2020 10:54pm

As mentioned before, check Currys.

Ush1 · 26-11-2020 11:02pm

Arrived today, model with screen. Very impressed. Decent sound, works as a picture frame and can answer nest hello doorbell.

unklerosco · 27-11-2020 8:41am

My nest has shipped from BT. Happy with that.
Picked up two of the Lenovos from Currys yesterday too. Main use is to answer a nest hello doorbell... Missus loves it, nicked one of them for her bedside locker.

Lenovo Smart Clock / Smart Clock Essential

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