LaMetric Time Wi-Fi Clock for Smart Home, LM 37X8, Black

I've thought hard about whether to do a review for the LaMetric because of its very high price, but at the same time I think it's not nearly well selling as it deserves to be and I don't want to make that worse by giving it less than 5 stars. Elephant in the room first: it's _expensive_. Stupidly expensive for a clock, even a wifi one. I *would* be giving it four stars if I'd have had the slightest issue with it. It should be two thirds of that price at very most. Setup was easy for me, although your mileage may vary. You will need a free Android or iOS app for this, and strangely enough Android on tablet "isn't compatible", although it will work if you sideload it from a phone. I had no issues with wifi compatibility, but remember it isn't 5G. The LaMetric has a minimalist, retro, attractive look: it's a little chunk of matt obsidian with colourful, very noticable pixels (only the icon square to left of the device has coloured ones). The LEDs are vivid without flicker. The automatic brightness function works perfectly for however your room is currently lit, meaning you will still see it in bright sunshine; as does the "screensaver" option which dims the display to minimum when it's dark, so you won't get annoyed if you use it as a bedroom alarm clock. You can also switch that off and go with whatever brightness you prefer and time (or switch off) the screensaver instead. You can customise the function and appearance of the clock app, adding a coloured icon and time/date etc. if you wish. The alarm function is a little basic but functional (one alarm, with a snooze, or radio function). Radio is excellent and can play any internet radio channel with no switch-on delay, although not every station out there is built in to the app and you may need to add them manually. As a bluetooth speaker the clock isn't at all bad, but simply doesn't have the juice to be a party piece. It's good as a desktop radio and to attract your notice with notification chimes, not to replace your hifi system. I love the weather app as not only is it handy it looks pretty too. It'll tell you current weather, temperature, wind speed, humidity etc with colourful icons, but also today's (if it is before noon) and a forecast of tomorrow's. The app on display can be set to cycled in any order and with delays if this is what you need, but unless it is done as an office clock I'd find that distracting. I use it as a desk clock right next to me so prefer a fixed display and make heavy use of the buttons to cycle through apps, especially weather, radio and news. The functions I use it for most: - Clock (obviously), with time and date and day marker - Changing my LIFX lighting theme with a button press (IFTTT app) - Notifying me if it starts to snow or if the wind goes above 40 mph (IFTT app) - Notifying me and showing incoming gmails (gmail app) - Notifying me of any met office weather warnings (via RSS app) - Reading the news, traffic and met office weather feeds (via RSS app) There are plenty more apps that I don't use, including Twitter messaging (visit the website for full current list), and it has integral support for Amazon Alexa and NetAtmo. You can also make your own with a website-based builder; if you run a webserver at home then it'll be a sinch, if not then you probably won't be able to. What you can do is make your own icons (animated or otherwise) using the webpage designer, which is considerably easier; although there is already a very good selection. I haven't had any problems with the LaMetric and love it. Not only that, it's become a very handy tool for me and I don't regret spending so much on it at all. For that, I'm going to give it five stars purely to keep it from sliding into an undeserved obscurity - but if you're reading this it's just four if you factor in the price. Just keep it between you and me. ;)

When I first got this clock on an Amazon Flash Sale, I didn’t understand what all the fuss was about. I set it up and thought it was way too expensive for a glamourised clock. I wanted to send it back for a refund. I got lazy for a few days and then it grew on me... It does look amazing, but the feel is a bit cheap, especially considering the overinflated ridiculous price. However, I can’t live without it now and it’s a valid part of my household. I linked it to my Ring doorbell, Hue lights, iPhone X (texts, calls, WhatsApp, etc.) and Google Home Mini. There’s so much flexibility with this device, especially with the IFTTT protocol - the functionality is endless. It reminds me of my Apple Watch - you just glance at it. I can see what the weather is like, who’s calling, when the next train is, time/date/temp, countdowns, social media info, tube status, news flashes and so much more. It may be too expensive for what it is, but there’s no denying that it’s an astonishing product. Just don’t physically pick it up, because that ruins the magic with its cheap build quality. The screen is very vivid and the colours are excellent. The scrolling text is really clear and easy to read. Also the buttons have a nice click to them. I was actually surprised with the audio.. this obviously isn’t a speaker, but the sound is good for what it is. The alert sounds have a certain pleasurable ambience to them. I wish reviewers would stop comparing it to Bluetooth speakers - that’s simply not fair, because that’s not it’s purpose. This is no boom box and it doesn’t try to be. It’s primarily a notification device and a great one at that. I must say that this is the best of its kind on the market and really stands out with retro/modern style. I currently have Link from Zelda on my clockface, I swapped out Mario because he’s had enough time in my front room. You need the free iOS/Android app to manage the device and it’s simple enough. There’s a lot of functionality, especially when enabling IFTTT. There are a few bugs, but nothing that ruins the experience. I’m waiting for that next firmware update. If you have lots of smart devices, this is definitely worth getting, but if you don’t - think about it and whether it fits in your lifestyle. It is a cool device and will impress your visitors.

Cool item, great display, for internet radio I use my own speakers for better sound. Set up is easy mine shows time, weather and YouTube subs. Works with your Phone

If you have several smart home gadgets this is a excellent piece of technology to keep track of all the notifications. As other reviewers have said it is a expensive gadget made of plastic and with a retro look, but If you can buy it while on offer well worth the spend. When I bought it I thought: A- Why did I spent so much on a desk clock and B- this is going to be one of those things that sounds good in paper but then disappoint once you start using them. Well... I was wrong, I do actually like it very much and don’t regret buying it! I use it every single day without even realising that I’m using it! It is so easy to look at it and get the information you need at glance (specially notifications!). I use mine to keep track of different smart devices around home. I enabled different apps and automatically change between them to display the following: - Time and date (obviously!) - Weather (you can customise what information you want the clock to display) - Temperature and humidity at home (from Nest thermostat). Also notifies if the temperature is too high or too low - name of the song and artist of the song currently playing in my Sonos system (Which automatically displays it as soon as a new track starts) - Exchange Rate - RSS News (which I’ve configured to notify and give me the 5 headlines very hour) - Mirror the notifications on my phone (I really like this feature as I can see and read text or WhatsApp messages and email subject lines without having to pick up my phone) - Notifies and shows who is calling (again, this is great so you don’t need to grab the phone to see who is calling) - Notifies me when someone is at the front door (Ring Doorbell integration via IFTTT). - Set date and time reminders (I.e.: Put the bins out Tuesday evening! - You can even choose different wheelie bin icons!) I have the LaMetric time for over a year and only had a couple of issues with it so far. Both times an installed app was causing the device to freeze and just displaying a black screen. The technical support is great. Both times I had the issues I contacted support and sent them the logs. The display is quite bright and you can enable auto brightness so it changes based on the light in the room. You can configure a ‘Do Not disturb’ (they call it screensaver) so the screen turns off (or displays a dimmed clock) during the specified time period. I enabled this at night to stop notifications coming through. It has 3 large buttons at the top which they allow you to manually scroll between the enabled apps and make selections. The button on the right side turns off the device and on the left side there are two small buttons to increase or decrease the volume. If you are thinking to purchase this to listen to the music, don’t! You can play the radio or Spotify on it but the sound quality is terrible. To summarise, if you are looking for a smart display to keep track of notifications and other gadgets around the house, go for it - you won’t regret it.

My first impression of this device was its compact size. I was expecting something a little larger and box shaped. However I soon got used to that. The device comes with a mains adapter which has a USB outlet and USB to mini USB data cable. In my case I have not used the adapter and simply plugged the supplied data cable into a built-in USB outlet on my mains socket. I would have sooner the unit came with a power jack rather than a USB port. The standard cable is too handy for use with other devices, for example, it fits Kindles, Xbox controllers, some Sat-Navs and some mobile phones. My son or daughter may be tempted to borrow this cable if they learn about it. The unit itself has a power button, volume buttons, and other buttons on top. Until powered up it’s completely black and you can’t even tell it has a display. Once powered up I found the display a lot less sharp than I expected. This is a little disappointing given its cost. Whilst on one hand this device is supposed to harbour the latest Technology the display is like something from the eighties. Teletext and Ceefax spring to mind except not as sharp To set the unit up you have to download an App to your mobile phone and connect to your Wi-Fi. It seemed straightforward at first but I later got error messages when I tried to commicate with the unit from my phone. I ended up having to mess around with my Wi-Fi settings to get it to work properly - it took me a couple of hours and numerous setup attempts before I was successful. Now that I’ve got it working, I have the time displayed alongside a walking dog icon. I can see the temperature and wind speed and listen to radio 4 if I so desire. The most important feature, for me, is that the clock is not too bright at nighttime, I have been disturbed by my previous LED mains clock. To sum up, I am now £121.00 worse off for something that does little more than display the time. I was so close to returning it after the trouble I had with the Set-Up.

I bought the stationary alarm clock as the portable alarm clock wasn't really useful for personal use, plus it has only 6 hours battery life which isn't very useful. BUT getting the stationary version however, this is probably the best bit of tech i've had for a while! The clock came in a decent well packaged box, inside with the clock covered in protective film and adapters for European, UK plugs & USB. Also comes with instructions which is easy to read and different languages are available. Setting up it's just plug in into the mains or computer, download the app and follow the instructions either on the paper or your phone and presto it's all up and running! The app is simple and responsive with no problems, easy to navigate. Easy to customise your clock with it's tutorials on the start of the app, and browsing the store of apps it comes with is fantastic! All free so you don't have to worry about anything once you buy this. Easily customizable, automatic brightness to lower it during night if you so wish to have it on. Also the radio is superb! I know German and you can have access to any radio station in the world and been listening to German pod casts as well! I couldn't find Heart or Kiss which worked but it will come eventually! The only con with it is that when you plug the cable into the adapter its in the front, which means you can't fit it behind any tight spaces. You need at least about 15cm from the plug socket outlet to make it fit. But, that doesn't flaw the product itself. This alarm clock with all of these apps is brilliant. I recommend it and it comes with a 1 year warranty if you sign it up on the site and ALSO you can create apps on their site which is completely free and help contribute your creations to the community! In the end, brilliant product. Get it!

Very cool But a bit pricey. Decided to buy this for myself for Xmas, coz my wife was going to get me wallpaper as a Xmas gift. The apps for it are very good and the level of customisation is very good. The wifi is only 802.11n, so if it can't detect wifi, you'll need something on the 2.4GHz range. Going to the URL(once connected to the lametric) to download the iOS/android app is the only way I could find to download the program. There were no links to it on their website and [...] didn't work for me either. After checking this device using nmap, it seems as though port 22 and port 9001 are open. Port 22 I know what that is for, but I can't get access to the device (and their support team said they won't hand out credentials due to some BS security issue - it's my device, i want access to it!! Why the backdoor?!). TBH, it shouldn't be open in the first place!!! Why would you need it there? Port 9001 is a bit more insidious. From a quick google, port 9001 is for Tor traffic. Now why would that be open on a lametric device? I fortunately don't have any crap consumer router (I built my own linux firewall), but I suspect if I did it might use something like uPNP to open a port and forward traffic to the lametric to act as a Tor exit node. I am still awaiting a proper response from Smart Atoms customer service as to why that is open.... * Network wise, it pings developer.lametric.com (2 ICMP packets) every 10 seconds - not sure why though - this is fine though. * For NTP, it goes went to random servers, which I found odd. I would expect it to use pool.ntp.org, rather than a static address, but I didn't see a DNS lookup for pool.ntp.org (used tcpdump) - I think this is odd * It sends keepalive type data via MQTT to port 1883, so this is probably running an esp8266 with LUA so it's probably registering itself with their network to say "hey - i'm alive here's some data" - I think this is fine. * It also scans the local network (239.255.255.250 port 1900 for SSDP) - again - why does it do this?! This is uPNP/SSDP, but it seems as though port 5000 is not open on the lametric device, at least not during my nmap of it Port 9001 and scanning the local network scans are really dodgy on this sort of device.... why would you do that? I will update this review when I get more interesting info... ==================== UPDATE 2015-12-24 - smart atom customer support replied with this info: 1. Port 22 – SSH. We left that backdoor for support engineers to be able to help or find the problem in really difficult situations (via TeamViewer or similar software). But as we see our recovery mechanisms we have are sufficient and we will remove SSH access from our future firmwares. 2. Port 443 – HTTPS. Is used by a Web server on LaMetric that talks with LaMetric mobile clients (Android and iOS) over HTTPS. We also use client certificates, so no one except our clients can talk to LaMetric in the network. 3. Port 6001 – actually this is a default port for MPD (music player daemon). It is responsible for playing internet radio media streams. Actually this port is left open by mistake and will be closed in the next firmware versions. Thank you for finding that. 4. Port 9001. This is not TOR :). This port is used for communication between lighttpd (Web server) and fastcgi (interface between Web server and our software on the device). We should have been done this via linux socket, but we had troubles with that approach. And the funny thing is that the port had been chosen randomly :). In next versions we will try again to move to linux socket way of communication and close the port. 5. As for pings – this way LaMetric knows that there is no internet and can handle this case in more user friendly way by showing "no internet" messages. ==================== UPDATE 2016-01-03 They got back to me regarding SSDP: We use SSDP to find LaMetric devices on the network. In order to do that our client app sends (broadcasts) discovery packet to the network and LaMetric devices respond with some additional information, like IP address and device name. ==================== UPDATE 2016-10-25 They are on v 1.6.2 of the firmware, nmap shows the following ports open: 22/tcp open ssh 80/tcp open http 443/tcp open https 4343/tcp open unicall 8080/tcp open http-proxy 9001/tcp open tor-orport 9002/tcp open dynamid traffic seems to be a lot less 'chatty' and more inline with what i'd expect.

I've held off buying this device for several years due to its higher-than-expected price, but I decided it would be a great addition to my home automation setup. I mainly wanted the device to display notifications and "relevant" information on its beautiful screen. I have mine showing information regarding the music and videos I'm streaming via my Apple TV. It also shows my album and track information while streaming music via Volumio. Whilst this functionality is unavailable out of the box, it is possible with some technical knowledge, as LaMetric has an excellent app ecosystem. I believe the device represents a fair price for somebody like me, but I understand this might not be the case for everyone. It's a beautiful connected display that has excellent integration and extensibility.

Bonjour à tous, Alors tout d'abord j'ai vu cette horloge sur plusieurs tests vidéos YouTube et je me suis laisser convaincre. Et je ne suis pas déçu! Un affichage LED qui s'adapte à la luminosité ambiante, des applications dédiés à de nombreux usages... Personnellement j'ai trouvé mes favoris avec la fonction qui permets de les faires tourner en boucle : • Heure • Météo (Température / Conditions / Humidité / Vitesse du vent) • Compteur Facebook & Instagram (instantanée!) • Compte à rebours (pour mon mariage! :D) Évidemment toutes les autres fonctions basiques sont très agréables, le réveil, le minuteur, le chronomètre ou encore la radio (avec un son avec l'enceinte intégrée très raisonnable). Mais l'avantage pour moi ce sont les applications supplémentaires, comme les temps d'arrivées de Bus et métros avec la RATP ou encore le temps entre 2 portes sur le périphérique parisien avec Sytadin. Juste hyper personnalisable! Je vais en prendre plusieurs autres pour mes boutiques physiques du coup! ;)

Es gibt ziemlich viele Gründe, warum man sich für diesen WLAN-Radio-Hausautomations-Bluetooth-Streaming-Wecker begeistern kann. Dreh- und Angelpunkt ist die Möglichkeit verschiedene Mini-Apps auf der Uhr zu installieren. Es beginnt mit einfachen Funktionen bis zu Apps mit damit verbundenen ungeahnten Funktionsmöglichkeiten. Uhrzeit: schlank, einfach, simplifizierte Anzeige des Wochentages (sowie Wecker, Timer). Wetter: heute/morgen, wählbare Anzeigen wie Temp/Niederschlag/Windgeschwindigkeit Radio-App: einfaches Streamen von hinterlegten Sendern Philips hue: bestimmte Räume oder Lichter mit einem Klick dimmen/an/ausschalten ...und viele andere kleine Helferlein. Und das würde für meine Begeisterung schon reichen! (wenngleich auch noch nicht ganz den Preis rechtfertigen) Aber es geht noch weiter: Ganz viel ermöglicht die IFTTT-Anbindung, in deren Welt ich erst einen Abend eingetaucht bin. IFTTT verbindet über 100 Dienste wie z.B. Facebook, Dropbox, RSS-Feeds, Logitech Harmony, Heimautomation usw., die man dann mit Bedingungen ("If this then that") verknüpft. LaMetric ist dann einer dieser Dienste der entweder etwas auslösen kann (Button) oder der als Nachrichtendisplay (Notification) dient. Z.B. sinngemäß: Wenn <Button "Fernsehen" in LaMetric gedrückt> dann <Logitech Harmony Szene "Satellitenfernsehen">. Oder: Wenn <Auf Facebook-Foto verlinkt worden> dann <Benachrichtigung "Fotolink" in LaMetric zeigen> Oder: Wenn <BMW nähert sich Wohnung> dann <Benachrichtigung "Hallo Familie" in LaMetric zeigen> Oder: Wenn <Neuer Artikel in RSS-Feed XY> dann <Benachrichtigung mit neuer Headline in LaMetric zeigen> Die Aktionen sind in IFTTT ziemlich leicht einzurichten. Wer technisch versierter ist, baut sich am Ende seine LaMetric Apps einfach selbst (und wer möchte kann seine Apps auch der Community zur Verfügung stellen). Die LaMetric kann Notifications und Buttons nutzen, pushen, pollen, alles über eine dokumentierte Schnittstelle oder z.B. durch einfache URL-Aufrufe. Das werde ich beizeiten für ein paar einfach zu steuernde Heimautomationsaufgaben nutzen. Noch zum Gerät selbst: das Gehäuse sowie die oben liegenden Buttons haben eine angenehme Softtouch-Kunststoffoberfläche, das Display ist nahezu nahtlos integriert, nicht leuchtende Pixel sind auch nicht als solche zu erkennen. Das wirkt trotz des leichten Gewichtes und vielen Kunststoffes verhältnismäßig wertig. Positiv überrascht war ich von dem Klang. Natürlich ist es nicht entwickelt um das Küchenradio abzulösen. Es fehlen sämtliche Tiefen und auch die Mitten sind nicht besonders warm und ausgeprägt. Aber während ich damit so rumspielte, lief über Stunden ein Radiostream, der klar aber nicht aufdringlich klang und mich im Gegensatz zu manch anderen Apparaten nicht gleich dazu antrieb den Lautsprecher zu wechseln ;-) Apropos Lautsprecher: LaMetric lässt sich auch per Bluetooth als Lautsprecher ansteuern und kann den Sound auch über mini-Klinke weitergeben. Damit wird LaMetric auch zum stylischen Internet-Radio mit Anbindung an die heimische Musikanlage. Ein Wermutstropfen ist der hohe Preis, ansonsten hätte ich womöglich schon zwei in der Wohnung stehen. Je nach Standort mit dort passendem Funktionsumfang :-)

Reloj de sobremesa muy bonito y de buena calidad, aunque un poco caro, pero recomendable para los amantes de la tecnologia, la unica pega es que no tiene bateria y siempre tiene que estar conectado a un enchufe, pero no es una pega muy grande, ya que este reloj esta destinado a ser tu reloj de mesita de noche por ejemplo, ya que tiene funcion despertador, o puede ser tu reloj de mesa de trabajo o en el salon, ya que te muestra tus notificaciones de llamada, whatsapp, facebook, instagram... si eres apasionado de la tecnologia lo recomiendo sin duda!

Il prezzo sicuramente può spaventare (preso a 149€), ma vista l'assenza di concorrenza e quello che offre è considerato un oggetto di culto nella comunità "geek". Definirlo un orologio smart è MOLTO limitante, si tratta in realtà di un display (l'effetto pixel art è davvero accattivante e i primi 64 pixel -8x8- sulla sinistra sono a colori) su cui è possibile visualizzare una miriade di applicazioni personalizzate (scaricabili gratuitamente dall'app store di LaMetric). Si collega alla rete wi-fi di casa ed è controllabile in questo modo anche da una intuitivissima app per ios/android. Oltre al classico orologio (altamente personalizzabile, è infatti possibile mostrare anche il giorno della settimana, la data e soprattutto... applicare una simpatica icona 8x8, anche animata, scaricabile fra centinaia a disposizione sull'app e addirittura crearne una da 0, animazione compresa), il timer e il cronometro sono presenti applicazioni per conoscere il tempo/umidità/precipitazioni/pressione/vento/visibilità o previsioni (da ilmeteo.it), avere push notification per le ultime notizie o per le ultime gmail ricevute, collegarlo ai vari RSS feed, integrarlo con innumerevoli app social ed infine tramite l'integrazione con IFTTT si potrà eseguire virtualmente un'infinità di azioni. E' possibile anche streamare qualsiasi dispositivo bluetooth, sono presenti due piccole casse di qualità medio-bassa. Durante le feste natalizie è piaciuto a tutta la famiglia ^_^

Within 20 months, almost half of the leds have stopped working