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Amazon Echo

LargeAddick
LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
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anyone got one? worth the money? what do you use it for?
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  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,027
    @DaveMehmet take a bow, that was genius. Proper laughing at my desk.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 21,320
    DaveMehmet said:

    anyone got one? worth the money? what do you use it for?

    DaveMehmet said:

    anyone got one? worth the money? what do you use it for?

    The simple ones are always the best.
  • Valiantphil
    Valiantphil Posts: 6,411
    They only print local news - all jungle fires and tiger attacks, also the sport coverage is poor.
  • oohaahmortimer
    oohaahmortimer Posts: 34,185
    shame on me what a div , i couldn't work out what he meant by repeating it once then twice ... i ,as usual, went for the double entendre route cos it was Mehmet
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,813
    Got one at home, paid the pre-order price which I believe was £50 off. For the price alone it's a decent speaker for music in the living room if you have Spotify or Amazon Music, but to get the full value I'd say it depends on what other "smart" devices you have in your house.

    I've got some lights & sockets which it has connected to without any issues and despite it making me incredibly lazy, it's fairly useful for things like dimming the lights, switching a lamp on / off, etc. Hopefully it won't be long until they sort out "if this then that" controls so I can connect it up to my harmony remote so I can control the TV, surround sound, etc.

    There is a hell of a lot it can do outside of this and personally not scratched the surface with it's other stuff, but has been worthwhile for me so far.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
    thanks cafcpolo for a useful reply
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,597
    Amazon Echo's UK owners can now shop just by talking

    https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/20/amazon-echo-alexa-voice-shopping-uk/

    Dear god best not let the Wife know about this... She'll never shut up!! ;)

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  • Pedro45
    Pedro45 Posts: 5,833
    Yes, we got one this week. A bit of a toy just now - what's the time, what's ten plus ten, what will the temperature be tomorrow, etc. Lovely having it switch from radio four to TMS without having to move a finger this morning! My wife is sorting out all the extras, and telling me what it can now do with more links added each evening so far...sadly we don't have smart lights, heating, etc, as it would have been good to get it to control those. Only poor thing so far is that it doesn't recognise Charlton yet so can't tell me how badly we are doing this season (though it does know we are a league 1 football club). The best thing is its miaow conversations with our cat!
  • CostaFortune
    CostaFortune Posts: 404
    Try swearing at it.
    It says "That's not a nice thing to say"
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,284
    This is going to be another of those threads that may as well be written in Flemish until about 2 years time for me when everyone else has moved on.

    Are you saying Amazon will send someone around to turn the lights off???

    ;-)
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Will be purchasing one.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    CostaFortune said:

    Try swearing at it.
    It says "That's not a nice thing to say"

    That was the first thing I did the other night when my missus picked up her new car; it has some voice recognition gadgetry in it, "Ask it something?" she said...

    I sat there for a few seconds wondering what I should ask her car, before blurting out "Go f*ck yourself.".
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Dave Mehmet, one of these is right up your street, it can sign you into Pornhub whilst turning the TV over to Babestation while leaving your hands free for................ :wink:
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
    eaststandmike said:

    Dave Mehmet, one of these is right up your street, it can sign you into Pornhub whilst turning the TV over to Babestation while leaving your hands free for................ :wink:

    seriously, if my TV is linked to my wifi will the Echo let me tell it to turn the TV to BBC One and do it?
  • Carter
    Carter Posts: 14,261
    LargeAddick said:

    eaststandmike said:

    Dave Mehmet, one of these is right up your street, it can sign you into Pornhub whilst turning the TV over to Babestation while leaving your hands free for................ :wink:

    seriously, if my TV is linked to my wifi will the Echo let me tell it to turn the TV to BBC One and do it?
    If you have a smart tv this is a possibility
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,813
    LargeAddick said:

    eaststandmike said:

    Dave Mehmet, one of these is right up your street, it can sign you into Pornhub whilst turning the TV over to Babestation while leaving your hands free for................ :wink:

    seriously, if my TV is linked to my wifi will the Echo let me tell it to turn the TV to BBC One and do it?
    It is possible, but not without additional equipment.
  • The_President
    The_President Posts: 14,280
    Do you need any subscriptions to play music? Amazon Prime/Spotify etc?

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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
    The_President said:

    Do you need any subscriptions to play music? Amazon Prime/Spotify etc?

    think you do for those two but can play music from itunes
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,040
    edited November 2016
    They tested it on TV today. The presenter shouted at it twice to get the light turned on.

    I can't see the benefit, as I only have to shout at the wife once :wink:
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Covered End said:

    They tested it on TV today. The presenter shouted at it twice to get the light turned on.

    I can't see the benefit, as I only have to shout at the wife once :wink:

    You shouldn't even have to ask. You need to train her better mate.
  • SWEnglandAddick
    SWEnglandAddick Posts: 877
    Anyone had any success linking echo to a harmony hub and controlling TV/AV Receiver etc...? Might treat myself.
  • cafcpolo
    cafcpolo Posts: 3,813
    edited November 2016
    SWEnglandAddick said:

    Anyone had any success linking echo to a harmony hub and controlling TV/AV Receiver etc...? Might treat myself.

    Yep, got it working but not natively at the moment. Logitech have recently added support for it, but only in the States. UK coming soon.

    Can be done though...I use an app on my phone called Yonomi which acts as a bridge between the Echo & Harmony Hub. You add the activities from Harmony to the app. Give it a name. Sync it to the Echo. Jobs a good'un.

    Only allows you to run activities though. Volume, channels, pause, play, etc etc don't work.
  • SWEnglandAddick
    SWEnglandAddick Posts: 877
    Yeah I downloaded Yonomi a couple days ago just to get a feel for it, seems pretty straight forward.

    Think I'm going to go for it!
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,751
    I don't think Amazon have imparted all of their knowledge into this product. I asked it how do I avoid paying tax and it couldn't answer!
  • Anna_Kissed
    Anna_Kissed Posts: 3,302
    Am searching for a 'Replacing a duvet cover' app.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    I got a dot, well two actually, and have paired them to my phone, headphones, wireless and sound bar, will get my nephew round to help getting it sorted for the telly.
    If anybody asks what I want for Christmas I tell them a lightbulb (a voice commanded one).
    I am far from technological but I must admit I love this bit of kit.
    Does anybody know the best link up in order to ask it about the next train (proper Charlton) or bus?
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,618
    Regarding trains can't you do something in the app where you can put in your regular commute train and if you ask Alexa nicely she will check with National Rail to see if your train is running to schedule. That is what I understood. My Echo is in a box upstairs not to be opened until Xmas Day.

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