The alarm works well, is very easy to set up and as the speaker was connected to my network, the automated date and time were spot on, there was never any delay or drop in accuracy. The display is bright enough, it shows plenty of information and the album covers shown through Spotify are a nice touch. At first, I went and touched the screen, thinking it was a touch screen and not remembering it wasn’t. The screen is nice, although I’m not sure about the hinge. I set the volume to 15 and that gave a nice sound for waking up to. If you’re not keen on using the buttons, you can download the UNDOK app to your smart device and it will allow you to control the speaker that way.Īudio performance is ok, more than enough for bedside listening, alarm wake up or background music but when you turn the volume up to 20 or more, the bass is lacking, the sound is overly bright and a bit disappointing if I’m honest. This will then snooze for however long you want and you can adjust the snooze time within the menu. If you wanted to snooze, you press the same knob but just a press, don’t hold it down. Now you’ve set the alarm, when it goes off, you have to hold down the volume knob for two seconds to turn it off. If you don’t want radio, you can have a buzzer sound instead. You can set two separate alarms, select frequency of daily, once, weekends or weekdays only (I like that), You can select the time and select the audio source, DAB/FM/Internet and select either ‘last listened to’ or pick a station/preset. To set the alarm, head into the main menu, go down to alarm and then you have an array of options to choose from. Moving onto the alarm feature, which is an important one for me. There are only 4 preset buttons BUT you can have more presets, so you can assign a station to buttons 1 to 4 but then 5 to 40 can also have presets, but you need to hit the heart button, then scroll down to the preset you want. With the preset buttons, you can go find your favourite radio stations and save them to a number and then switch between them on the fly at any point. Also, at any point, you can raise or lower the screen and it won’t affect the content being played. Now if you wanted to use the speaker without the screen up, there are four preset buttons, volume and track controls outside of the screen area. Spotify is the only built-in direct service, if you want Apple Music, Amazon, or Tidal, these all need to be used via your phone or smart device. ![]() Pair your phone or another device to the speaker like you usually would and play any third-party audio source. Spotify Connect has it’s own option which will work if the speaker is connected to your network, or Bluetooth. Podcasts, browse and select, although there is a better selection via Spotify. Hit that source button and the other options appear too. Typing isn’t that fun with the controls but the choice is vast so it will be quicker to type than browse to find the one you want. You can browse and search for popular stations or type your favourite one to find it. There are various sources to choose from, standard DAB or FM radio, or internet radio once connected to your network. Run through the steps, connecting it to your local wifi and you’ll be good to go. Set up was straightforward, plug it in, turn it on and the setup wizard will begin. The display is very small, there are alot of buttons, could they have done something a little neater, a little more modern, perhaps a larger touch screen display? This is nearly a £200 speaker after all. I think it looks good but there is just something a little off. On the top, the lift up display, plus volume control and various buttons for control. To the rear is the power in and micro USB port for ‘service’, plus an extendable aerial which is just so old school. A non-removable mesh grille to the front, with four rubber feet to the bottom, plus the bass port. Plastic in construction, tall but the footprint isn’t too big so when it’s on my small bedside table, it doesn’t swamp it and I’ve got space for other stuff. The Evoke Spot comes in two colours, a very dark brown, almost black, or white, so you can pick whichever best suits your decor. Taking the speaker out of the box, I’m a little bit surprised by the weight of it, it’s lighter than I expected but that’s not necessarily a bad thing but more on performance later. They’ve just sent over their new Evoke Spot, a smart speaker/radio/alarm combo and I’ve had it on my bedside table for the last couple of weeks, and here are my thoughts. ![]() It has been some time since we last had anything from Pure land on our desk but that’s all changed. 25th September 2022 – Written by Nick Rowe
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