Amazon Echo Spot: Alexa comes to the bedroom as company reveals new smart alarm clock in UK

Amazon today announced the UK release of its latest smart speaker, the Echo Spot. It's a small speaker with the same voice-controlled virtual assistant, Alexa, found in other Echo products and beyond. This is a smaller gadget – just as the Echo has a smaller sibling called the Echo Dot, this is the littler version of the Echo Show and, like the Show, it has a video screen. The Echo Spot is spherical, save for a flat screen and a flat base to stand on. It has a 2.5in circular display and is about the size of a baseball.