Our Amazon Echo Just Shipped
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dash, want to trade that pill for something?
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@thecreativeone91 said:
These types of devices scare me a little. at least it's made by amazon rather than a data mining company like google.
That's why I am comfortable with it. Google doesn't worry me much, but Amazon very little.
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So far:
Works great as a Bluetooth speaker. The voice recognition is really very good for all 3 of us here. Love the to do and shopping list features. The reminder/alarm feature will be handy for me. The remote allows me to have the Echo in another room and just use the remote to activate it (ok I will revise that I am going to smack @Mike-Ralston he has the remote somewhere in the house with him). -
How does the remote work? Can you talk into it?
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I was just wondering that.
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Yes there is a microphone button you have to manually press on it to activate it.
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So you talk into it and it talks back to you?
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The microphone doesn't no. Alexa does (can't change the name as of yet hopefully you will be able to with firmware updates at some point).
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So it needs to shout from the other room?
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LOL well my son (fun guy that he is) stole the remote and keeps turning Alexa (echo) on an off next to me. I don't hear it saying anything unless he asks it a question. I don't think you would really use the remote for more than turning it on and off or adding to a shopping list.
