Echo Spot: 'smart clock' launched as Amazon seeks to lock rivals out of home

Firm hopes to extend its market dominance further as Alexa-powered, 2.5in-screened smart speaker comes to UK Tue 16 Jan 2018 04.00 EST Last modified on Tue 16 Jan 2018 04.04 EST Amazon is launching its small clock-like Echo Spot in the UK, as it continues to cement its market dominance. The Echo Spot is small sphere with a 2.5in circular screen, camera and clock face that's capable of showing the time as well as other at-a-glance information, similar to the larger Echo Show that launched earlier in the year. "The Spot is to the Show what the Dot is to the original Echo," said Rich Suplee, head of Alexa for Amazon in Europe. "So this is a smaller, stylish and more affordable version of an Echo with a screen." Amazon found great success with its Echo Dot, which was a smaller, cheaper alternative to the full-size Echo speaker – effectively an Echo with a less powerful speaker.