Amazon Echo and Do

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Psychag
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Thought about giving in and getting an Amazon Echo and Dot. Echo for me, For for my son. Thoughts?l
AngelAg
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So close.
Unemployed
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If you have Spotify Premium, you can get Google Home device for free.

https://www.spotify.com/us/family/
MooreTrucker
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We have a Dot. It's fun but we don't really use it to its full potential.
GinaLinetti
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I have an echo and an echo show. I enjoy them. Only thing I really use them for is a speaker.
K Bo
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nice.
Geralt of Rivia
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I have an Echo that I really only use for playing music. My parents really liked it when they were staying with me for a couple of months, so I will probably get them one for Christmas.
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RealTalk said:

If you have Spotify Premium, you can get Google Home device for free.

https://www.spotify.com/us/family/
We have some friends with a Google device. Nothing funnier than watching the drunk wife yell "HEY GOOGLE" and try to get it to play a specific song she wants, but she slurs so much it can't understand her. Only "HEY GOOGLE" is intelligible.
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Geralt of Rivia said:

I have an Echo that I really only use for playing music. My parents really liked it when they were staying with me for a couple of months, so I will probably get them one for Christmas.
Just a friendly reminder that you'll then have to set it up for them. And re-set it up a couple of months later. And then a couple of months after that.
ThatOneAg
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RealTalk said:

If you have Spotify Premium, you can get Google Home device for free.

https://www.spotify.com/us/family/

Nice, thanks!
mike_ags_fan12
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Echo

we use it for Spotify, Pandora, and Vivint security.
Geralt of Rivia
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MooreTrucker said:

Geralt of Rivia said:

I have an Echo that I really only use for playing music. My parents really liked it when they were staying with me for a couple of months, so I will probably get them one for Christmas.
Just a friendly reminder that you'll then have to set it up for them. And re-set it up a couple of months later. And then a couple of months after that.
Yeah, I've taken that into consideration.
88planoAg
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My kid likes having a dot in his room.

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it, which I think takes the fun out of it because I want to call the damn thing skynet.
Bondag
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Geralt of Rivia said:

MooreTrucker said:

Geralt of Rivia said:

I have an Echo that I really only use for playing music. My parents really liked it when they were staying with me for a couple of months, so I will probably get them one for Christmas.
Just a friendly reminder that you'll then have to set it up for them. And re-set it up a couple of months later. And then a couple of months after that.
Yeah, I've taken that into consideration.



I got my parents a ecobee thermostat to pair with their echo. Have to go "fix" it about twice a year. Usually it just got disconnected from internet somehow.
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mike_ags_fan12 said:

Echo

we use it for Spotify, Pandora, and Vivint security.
Vivint Security? How does that work?
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88planoAg said:

My kid likes having a dot in his room.

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it, which I think takes the fun out of it because I want to call the damn thing skynet.
You can change to "Amazon" "Echo" or "Computer" but that's all.
88planoAg
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MooreTrucker said:

88planoAg said:

My kid likes having a dot in his room.

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it, which I think takes the fun out of it because I want to call the damn thing skynet.
You can change to "Amazon" "Echo" or "Computer" but that's all.
Yep. Originally I was very against owning one. My MIL gave it to me for Christmas at the urging of my husband. I wanted to call it Satan at first....
Bondag
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MooreTrucker said:

88planoAg said:

My kid likes having a dot in his room.

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it, which I think takes the fun out of it because I want to call the damn thing skynet.
You can change to "Amazon" "Echo" or "Computer" but that's all.
I don't think you can change dot, but you can change echo.

MooreTrucker
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I have a Dot.
Bondag
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MooreTrucker said:

I have a Dot.
You are right. I can't change it on the ecobee with alexa built in.
bac
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MooreTrucker said:

RealTalk said:

If you have Spotify Premium, you can get Google Home device for free.

https://www.spotify.com/us/family/
We have some friends with a Google device. Nothing funnier than watching the drunk wife yell "HEY GOOGLE" and try to get it to play a specific song she wants, but she slurs so much it can't understand her. Only "HEY GOOGLE" is intelligible.


"Friends"
mike_ags_fan12
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MooreTrucker said:

mike_ags_fan12 said:

Echo

we use it for Spotify, Pandora, and Vivint security.
Vivint Security? How does that work?


Just set up your vivint or home security account (if compatible) to the echo and you can use voice command to control the security device.

"Alexa, Tell vivint to arm the house."
"Alexa, Tell vivint to turn on lamp 2" and etc
MooreTrucker
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mike_ags_fan12 said:

MooreTrucker said:

mike_ags_fan12 said:

Echo

we use it for Spotify, Pandora, and Vivint security.
Vivint Security? How does that work?


Just set up your vivint or home security account (if compatible) to the echo and you can use voice command to control the security device.

"Alexa, Tell vivint to arm the house."
"Alexa, Tell vivint to turn on lamp 2" and etc
Good to know. Thanks!
TxFig
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rhoswen
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I have a dot. Four lamps, porch light, porch string lights all connected. Weather updates occasionally. Also good for fart noises.
BackwardsInBoots
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My dot is great for shopping lists, kitchen timers, music, and turning my tv on and off.
gigemags-99
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They are the same thing, right? Just different sizes?

We have the Dot. I only use it for the weather and news snapshots in the morning. Oh...and fart noises.
MooreTrucker
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Fart noises? That's something I haven't tried.
BackwardsInBoots
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The larger sized ones (echo, echo plus) have a few more features than the dot, but basically, yes, they are the same.
The Collective
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Kids enjoy the Dot. It's like $24 on cyber Monday, so there isn't much to decide.
txags92
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When Orwell wrote about universal surveillance and "Big Brother" listening to everything we do, I doubt he could have imagined that we would pay somebody to deliver the microphone to our house...
Psychag
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Yeah, 1984 definitely came to my mind. I guess I can unplug when not using it. Music will be my primary use. I assume my son's also. He may enjoy the "fart" feature.
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88planoAg said:

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it
Dammit that's what I've been known to go by.
MooreTrucker
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The Fife said:

88planoAg said:

Be prepared for Alexa to join in conversations if it thinks you say 'alexa'. And also, you cannot rename it
Dammit that's what I've been known to go by.
You can rename it to Echo or Computer.
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