Amazon Echo Glow review: A fun, kid-friendly smart lamp that works with Alexa

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The 8.6-ounce Echo Glow feels light yet sturdy enough to survive a short fall; I tried dropping it a few feet onto a tiled floor and the illuminated globe bounced and clattered around without shutting off or suffering any noticeable damage. You just plug in its power cord, press the Action button to turn it on, and then use the Alexa mobile app to discover it and add it to your list of Echo devices. You can set it to change modes at different times of the day, turn on or off in conjunction with a motion sensor, react to an Echo Button, or perform a routine triggered by a voice command. As I mentioned before, the Glow doesn’t have a speaker or a microphone, so it can’t (for instance) listen for music and then flash its lights in time to your tunes, a feature you might reasonably expect from a smart lamp aimed at kids. And because it only outputs a maximum of 100 lumens, the Glow isn’t suitable for lighting an entire room or a workspace, not that Amazon bills the globe as anything resembling a desk lamp.

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