Do You Have An Amazon Echo device?
I actually have 5, Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Tap, Echo Wand. I love them all. Use them mostly for home automation and news report briefings and music.
I have an Echo and an Echo Dot. Most of the lights in my apartment are Hue lights so I can control them through the Echo and Dot. I especially like the shopping list feature. I also like when I am cooking and need a conversion or a replacement for an ingredient... I don't have to stop what I am doing and wash my hands and look it up. I just ask.
I have the echo dot, it’s crazy, it will just start talking for no reason lol I’ll be sitting and reading, all is quiet and it starts saying it doesn’t know like I asked it a question. It happens way too often, but whatever it’s kinda funny.
I've been told that they're "haunted" LOL Go to the settings to make sure the latest upgrade have been applied. Sometimes the mic is too sensitive and also if there is a TV or stereo playing a little loud in the same room as your dot, it can get confused as to think the awake word :ALEXA" has been said, then it tries to act on what is said after the code word and is really confused. Mine does it too occasionally when I'm cranking up my stereo with some rock.
@TheLiberalGent it happens even when it’s quiet and I use the name echo instead of Alexa just because of the TV lol Plus last year on April fools Jimmy Kimmel pranked people by asking Alexa to order pool noodles lol! I had to go on Amazon and cancel the order, even though I had never given permission to the echo to do such things. I’ll check for the update thank you for that information.
I got my husband an Echo Dot as a gift. We love it! I'm planning on getting another one.
Maybe I've been living under a rock or something, but I don't know what any of them are.
Idk either?
Oh, I looked them up. An automated system that talks to you and plays music.
@Sarahroo29 it can also control your lights. All you need is a "smart" outlet. And you control them from anywhere. I like that feature because I don't have to walk into a dark house when I get home at night.
@BearsNPenn Cool.
Wouldn't have one even if they were giving them away for free.
I don't want that shit in my home.
Gee, don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel.
@TheLiberalGent I always do.