Thread: Amazon echo

Have you talked to Alexa? I have a warm fire crackling. She is a nice wench.

I've got the new version with the latest update, but I don't like it as much anymore....

My buddy has one and I spent a few days at his house.
He uses it a lot. asking it to play certain music etc. Or who one the world cup last time.
But the main advantage I see is when he tells her to remind him to take the pizza out of the oven.
Shit like that.
Worth the money?
Not to me.
NOt until you hook up all your lights and appliances and shit to it, and then tell it you are going to bed and to make sure the TV, computer, lights are off and the security alarm on.
Stuff like that.

Spyware gimmick for lazy fucks

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Spyware gimmick for lazy fucks

Cool. I'll take six!

I did buy one and had it brought to Thailand last year.
Stupid thing kept telling the time in Britain. I put Amazon Music unlimited on it but soon bored of it. Its with the ex wife now

Originally Posted by Dillinger

I did buy one and had it brought to Thailand last year.
Stupid thing kept telling the time in Britain. I put Amazon Music unlimited on it but soon bored of it. Its with the ex wife now

I bet she hasn't even noticed you've gone

I do pity the poor fucker at Amazon whose listening in on her constant moaning

Originally Posted by Dillinger

I do pity the poor fucker at Amazon whose listening in on her constant moaning

for those of you who want to get alexa to second base

If you've just introduced one of Amazon's Echo devices into your home and feel a little lost, you're not alone. The promises made by Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa are vast, and it's difficult to know where to start when you want Alexa to do something more than set a cooking timer or tell you tomorrow's weather forecast.

Aside from Alexa's basic features programmed by Amazon, there are thousands of Alexa skills to choose from; skills are features made by third-party developers that help Alexa do more than just the Amazon-sanctioned basics, and many of them integrate with other services, apps, and products. Each skill has to be enabled in the Alexa mobile app (or from your account on Amazon.com) before Alexa can use it.

Enabling a skill is almost like installing an app on a mobile device—simply enable a skill you want and Alexa will be able to use that skill until you disable it. There are more than 25,000 Alexa skills now, and while Amazon has improved the interface through which you can search for and discover skills, it's still not the easiest to work with. Here, we've outlined Alexa's main features and the best third-party Alexa Skills that you can enable now to use with Amazon's virtual assistant.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017...lls-to-enable/