T3 - UK (2019-12)

LENOVO SMART DISPLAY 10-INCH

Made by Lenovo but with exactly

the same Google Assistant

software as the Google Nest

Hubs, what the Smart Display

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no problem at all. Chromecast

functionality is built in as well, so

you can easily beam across music,

audiobooks, podcasts, television

shows and more.

£179, lenovo.com

This is the smaller Nest Hub from
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tighter space – and it doesn’t come
with an integrated camera either,
so you won’t feel so uncomfortable
about sticking it in the bedroom.
Even with the smaller seven-inch

touchscreen, it still excels at

showing YouTube clips, pumping

out audio, and doubling up as a

digital photo frame – and it works

as a Chromecast speaker and

display too.

£119, store.google.com

With a 5.5-inch screen, this is
one of the smallest smart displays
in the business, which makes it
perfect for sitting on your bedside
table and waking you up in the
morning – and maybe less than
perfect for binge-watching shows

on Amazon Prime Video (though

it can do that too). The audio

quality is better than you might

expect also. You can choose your

own clock face and use your own

photos on the home screen.

£79, amazon.co.uk

Something a little different here:

an Amazon tablet that turns into

an Echo Show when you plug it

into the accompanying dock. You

get the versatility of having a

device that can be both a smart

screen and a tablet when needed

• though the device runs the
  Amazon version of Android, so you
  don’t get any of Google’s apps on
  board. It boasts up to 10 hours of
  battery life, a 1.3GHz quad-core
  processor and 1.5GB of R AM.
  £119, amazon.co.uk

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BEST SMART SCREENS

These are the smart displays you want to

be bringing home with you

There aren’t quite as many smart screens available to buy as there are

smart speakers (the speakers had quite a head start, after all), but the

selection of devices with displays is growing all the time – and we’ve

chosen four of the very best for you to pick from here, depending on

what your requirements are.

What you need to decide first is whether you prefer making

friends and chatting regularly with Amazon Alexa or Google

Assistant (or perhaps which one you already know best); after that,

you can choose a screen size, which also directly relates to the price

you’ll have to pay too.

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