Alexa, what do you do?

[ImJustKCClone]

I will probably be the last person on earth to have one of these. I don't need help being lazy and i don't need more people watching/listening to me .

You & me both, friend!

 

[ImJustKCClone]

We got my father two Dots. He has started to have issues getting up and down his stairs. Put one upstairs and one down. So now if he falls he can just tell Alexa to call me. He probably never uses it otherwise

That might be the only reason I would get one. But we're a long way from that stage yet.

 

[ZJohnson]

I've had one for two years and I basically only use it to play Jeopardy every day. Occasionally I will ask her the temp and talk **** to her just to hear the response. -edit- HER, wft. I hate that I think of this stupid thing as a being...

 

[1100011CS]

The search engine it uses is Bing. Siri was Bing for a long time as well and just recently switched to Google

Bing is Microsoft. Amazon and Google do not play nice.

 

[1100011CS]

And there's this: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/04/nfl-launches-voice-powered-football-guide-for-amazon-alexa.html

 

[Bobber]

These things seem a bit redundant to me. My smart phone does pretty much all that.

Last year I found a small 40 year old transistor radio on a garage sale and actually have been using that a lot more than steaming on my Bose speaker. Eats no data and get local news to boot. Great little radio and no static when you change the volume or station like a lot of the newer radios do.

Along the same line have always questioned the value of a smart thermostat. I have an old fashioned programmable one that has 4 different settings for weeks and weekends and am pretty sure save just as much on my utility bill and the thing costs $100 less and eats no data..

 

[clonebb]

I have two HomePods. I use them for music, reminders, timers and home automation - lights, window shades and thermostat. it is nice in the winter to come home to a warm, lit house just by saying “on the way home” just by hitting the Siri button on my truck.

I assume you could do the same.

 

[clonebb]

We got one for Christmas last year along with a compatible outlet/switch. The wife plays music on it alot. We plugged our under cabinet lights into the outlet because they didn't have a switch. Now we tell Alexa to turn them on and off. Other than that, our son mostly uses Alexa to find out NBA scores.

When I'm at someones house that has a smart speaker I go up to it and say things like "bomb, militia, government overthrow, assassination" then tell them they're going to be on a special list.

This is why Amazon, Google and Facebook will never be allowed in my house.

 

[urb1]

My wife, who mumbles incessantly and accused me for years of not listening to her, takes two or three tries before Alexa responds to her. I'm waiting for Alexa to say, "Stop $*&#ing mumbling!"