For those of us not blessed with the early-bird gene, getting up in the a.m. may feel like an arduous task. And quite frankly, that dusty box you’ve had since college isn’t really helping matters: ...

When narrowing down the best smart alarm clocks, we considered available audio features, phone connectivity, lighting options, and price. For example, if you want a smart alarm clock that can create ...

For most of my adult life, I’ve been waiting for something like the Ambient Dreamie smart alarm clock to save me from my own late-night scrolling impulses. After a month of testing, I can confirm it ...

Since Amazon recast it from being a speaker-slash-curiosity to a high-performing alarm clock, the pitch for the Echo Spot is a clock face that does more than show the time. The round 2.83-inch display ...

Maintaining a healthy sleep cycle is one of the most effective ways to lock in your hard-earned fitness—recovery is just as important as a good workout, after all—but how might you manage that when ...

What you see on the Echo Spot is deliberately limited: the time, the weather, the title of the song that is playing, and controls for smart home devices. The clock face and its colors can be changed ...

Managing alarms is also much simpler now. Once an alarm goes off, tapping the top of the Echo Spot lets you snooze it, and you can choose from alarm sounds made specifically for this device. There’s ...

Perhaps your cell phone does a fine job waking you up in the morning, but an alarm clock is a superior device. By now, it’s common knowledge that using your phone at bedtime—or even sleeping near it, ...

As we wake up from the collective Mandela Effect naggingly telling us that Daylight Savings Time shifts were permanently voted out, it is only natural to start thinking of a better way. Well, now at ...

It does everything your clock app does, plus a few things like starting a timer in the past.

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. I spent a week with the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential with Alexa on my bedside table, and I’m still ...