Lenovo Smart Clock / Smart Clock Essential

shovel wrote: »

No flicker on the screen. I bought the grey. I have black speakers on a surround system and they really show any speck of dust.

I replaced a clock radio with this and found it ideal.
we have echo dots and one echo show in other rooms in the house and this is the best for a bedroom.

Can you set a Mon to Friday alarm, (ie does not go off at weekends)

feet of flame wrote: »

Would you really want a device thats constantly listening and recording what it hears in your bedroom????

It only sends the audio of the command after the keyword is spoken (Hey Google or OK Google).

k123456 wrote: »

Can you set a Mon to Friday alarm, (ie does not go off at weekends)

Yes, or separate one(s) for whichever day you like, to reoccur weekly.

drogon. wrote: »

Anyone know if this can be set to turn off the display at 10pm and turn back on at say 6am ?

Would hate to have it on all the time, even if was at a low brightness.

Not possible from what I am reading, the display just dims when the room gets dark as it has a light sensor built-in.

You can however ask Google to turn off the display at night and turn it on in the morning.

JDxtra wrote: »

On the Google hub, it can be configured to turn off the display during low light or 5 minutes after activity. This may have similar options.

The only thing I could find online was from a verge article
https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/3/18647606/lenovo-smart-clock-review-specs-price-features

It also does an excellent job of automatically adjusting the brightness 
of the screen for the available light in the room, so it doesn’t become blinding 
or distractingly bright in the middle of the night when you’re trying to sleep.

I would hate having something that can't be turned off automatically, hence went with the essential clock

Deleted User wrote: »

From a quick Google it seems you can have the screen turn completely off automatically in low light.

https://old.reddit.com/r/googlehome/comments/gz7ru8/can_you_turn_off_the_screen_of_the_lenovo_smart/

Having had the Smart Clock for a year... this I did not know; yes, that setting is there. When it's dark I have it set to go to the dimmest setting, and the "mono" clockface (white numbers on black) automatically appears. This is very, very dim and doesn't bother me at night at all, yet the time remains legible.

I kinda don't see the point of a bedside alarm clock that turns off showing the time at night, but that's just me

The price for either of these is very good value. I thought the full-fat Smart Clock was an excellent buy at twice the price.

nephster wrote: »

I kinda don't see the point of a bedside alarm clock that turns off showing the time at night, but that's just me

Bare in mind, this is a IPS panel. So even if you have a dark watch face there is going to be white light bleeding from the backlight.

Can you view your Ring Door bell on the screen?

garyfleming7 wrote: »

Can you view your Ring Door bell on the screen?

Ring is owned by Amazon, so most likely No.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.