Lenovo smart clock series#

Swiping up from the bottom of the display lets you adjust the screen brightness, tweak the volume, enable a “do not disturb” mode, and visit the settings screen. There’s also an on/off toggle for all the connected smart lights in the room. Swiping down on the display reveals one-touch buttons for alarms, a nap timer, music (tapping the button will pick up wherever you left off on your default music service in Google Home), and the night light (which, as I detailed earlier, will stay on for up to five minutes. Not bad, but the interface on the Google Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max are far more elaborate. If you swipe the display from right to left, you’ll jump to a screen that lets you control any media you’re casting to the clock (Chromecast audio is supported, but not video), while the subsequent screens show active alarms, the weather, and other relevant activity, such as recent Spotify playlists and upcoming calendar events.

Rather than attempting to pair portrait-oriented photos together or merely blurring the sides of portrait images to fill the screen, the Smart Clock 2 wisely sticks with landscape-oriented photos only. On the main screen, you can choose from 11 configurable clock faces, or you can use the clock as a photo frame using snapshots from Google Photos. While it comes with full-on Google Assistant, the Lenovo Smart Clock 2’s display experience is a pared-down version of what you’ll find on Google Nest smart displays. Still, the Smart Clock 2’s more typical ambient light sensor did a fine job of dimming the display when the lights went down, and when the room went completely dark, the screen switched to a night mode with a dim clock face. Unsurprisingly, the Smart Clock 2 lacks the Ambient IQ feature on Google’s pricier Nest displays, which does a superb job of adjusting the color of the display according to the ambient light in the room. If you want to charge a second device at the same time, you can do so using the rear USB-A charging port. I was also able to remove my iPhone from the MagSafe charger without lifting the dock itself. Testing it with my iPhone 12 Pro, the handset snapped right into place and the screen displayed the MagSafe charging symbol, just as expected. To the right of the clock cradle is the Qi-compatible charging surface, which supports Apple’s MagSafe charging standard. The combination of the Smart Clock 2 and its optional charging dock has roughly the same footprint as the Google Nest Hub. On its own, the Smart Clock 2 is a compact device, but sitting in its charging dock, it has roughly the same footprint as the Google Nest Hub.

Lenovo smart clock series#

A pair of rubberized feet on the bottom help keep the dock from sliding, while a cradle on top connects to the clock’s base using a series of pogo pins. The optional charging dock, meanwhile, is nearly twice as wide as the clock itself, measuring 8.65 x 3.26 x 0.96 inches (WxDxH). Also in back is a switch that mutes the microphone.

In the rear is a barrel-shaped power port for the roughly five-foot power cord, which terminates in a chunky wall wart. Tactile volume buttons sit on the top of the Lenovo Smart Clock 2’s fabric-covered shell. Available in Abyss Blue, Shadow Black, and Heather Gray flavors, the Lenovo Smart Clock 2 arrives with a cozy fabric covering, with volume up/down buttons on top.