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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I always thought of them as more cumbersome versions of Siri

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?"

They are a laugh for about 20 mins.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Ok,throw siri into the mix.

No idea what it/that does either.

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?"

I've often wondered this

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?

They are a laugh for about 20 mins. "

Still none the wiser

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

You speak and they reply.

You can say Alexa what is the weather today?

Or Alexa put on Radio 2 etc.

Think you can tell it to order stored things from your amazon account too.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Yes I see that on the adverts but as I can do that by visiting a website,what's the advantage?

What if it misinterprets what I say?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Amazon Alexa is probably the best product of its nature on the market.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"The Amazon Alexa is probably the best product of its nature on the market. "

Best for what though?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wrong kind of techno thread for me!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wrong kind of techno thread for me! "

Yes I thought it was going to be a music discussion as well.

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By *unandbuckCouple
over a year ago

Sheffield

Op, seems a waste of a thread. I don't think it's for you.

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By *inkyman1964Man
over a year ago

Stoke-on-Trent


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?"

Basically you can use Alexa as a voice activated remote control for lots of things in your house. But they must be compatible or a compatible plug can allow you to switch things like lights on and off.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have four echos.

Use them for music (Alexa play XXX) anything on Amazon prime music she will just play. Or radio stations too. Virtually any radio you can think of.

Use them to control my TV with a harmony hub too (Alexa turn on BBC 1. TV gets turned on. Bt box turned on. TV tuned to bt box and bt box turned to bbc1 all automatically).

Just brought some lights as well so can can control them as part of it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"I have four echos.

Use them for music (Alexa play XXX) anything on Amazon prime music she will just play. Or radio stations too. Virtually any radio you can think of.

Use them to control my TV with a harmony hub too (Alexa turn on BBC 1. TV gets turned on. Bt box turned on. TV tuned to bt box and bt box turned to bbc1 all automatically).

Just brought some lights as well so can can control them as part of it."

So basically it's a remote control,albeit voice controlled,but can only be used on gadgets with the same name?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Is for people who have developed that next level of laziness..why pick up your phone and go through all that trouble of actually doing something for yourself (even that isn't really doing something for yourself, that's being lazy and shopping on line and communicating with absolute minimal effort) when you can just move your lips..all these years and calories wasted moving your fingers slightly and having to look with your eyes is now over!

Now we have freed up the time to think about making thought controlled devices to save all that moving our lips and larynx's. One day though, full Tech automation! We shall free our brains from the pesky task of having a body you need to occasionally use parts of

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"I have four echos.

Use them for music (Alexa play XXX) anything on Amazon prime music she will just play. Or radio stations too. Virtually any radio you can think of.

Use them to control my TV with a harmony hub too (Alexa turn on BBC 1. TV gets turned on. Bt box turned on. TV tuned to bt box and bt box turned to bbc1 all automatically).

Just brought some lights as well so can can control them as part of it.

So basically it's a remote control,albeit voice controlled,but can only be used on gadgets with the same name?"

Sort of yes.

People develop apps for then (called skills) that allow them to do more too.

E.g. order take away. Check train times.

But I mostly use it for remote control type things. And music

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By *oxy_minxWoman
over a year ago

Scotland - Aberdeen


"I have four echos.

Use them for music (Alexa play XXX) anything on Amazon prime music she will just play. Or radio stations too. Virtually any radio you can think of.

Use them to control my TV with a harmony hub too (Alexa turn on BBC 1. TV gets turned on. Bt box turned on. TV tuned to bt box and bt box turned to bbc1 all automatically).

Just brought some lights as well so can can control them as part of it.

So basically it's a remote control,albeit voice controlled,but can only be used on gadgets with the same name?"

I don't think I can be arsed with these gadgets

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By *gnitemybodyWoman
over a year ago

Onestepoutofthedoor


"Is for people who have developed that next level of laziness..why pick up your phone and go through all that trouble of actually doing something for yourself (even that isn't really doing something for yourself, that's being lazy and shopping on line and communicating with absolute minimal effort) when you can just move your lips..all these years and calories wasted moving your fingers slightly and having to look with your eyes is now over!

Now we have freed up the time to think about making thought controlled devices to save all that moving our lips and larynx's. One day though, full Tech automation! We shall free our brains from the pesky task of having a body you need to occasionally use parts of "

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Let me just add this as thought for all you peeps that use these types of devices. Most, if not all of us use mobile phones and computers at home nowdays. Both fully track everything you do and report that back to base, be it Apple, Microsoft, Android or whatever. If you are happy with that fine, but at least with all the above the devices are secured with regular OS security updates and in the case of mobile phones regular Firmware updates as well.

Now lets move on to your Beko fridge that talks to "Alexa" to let you know that you need more milk. Do any of you seriously believe Beko or any other fridge/appliance manufacturer will ever bother updating the software or Firmware on your appliance if and when a security issue crops up ? Off course they won't, because it costs £M's to do that.

All these appliances are live on your internal network, how long do you think it will be before hackers start using your fridge, freezer, kettle, coffee maker,central heating system, lights and so on to actually watch your keystrokes as you log into your bank account or credit card ?

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By *itmanAndHerrCouple
over a year ago

st helens


"Wrong kind of techno thread for me!

Yes I thought it was going to be a music discussion as well."

Same

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I came into this thread expecting to read posts including names like Richie Hawtin, Luigi Madonna and Miniminds

I wont comment on your question OP, as its been cleared up in previous posts

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Is it a CIA monitoring device?

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By *rozacMan
over a year ago

london

Personally i use helena hauff or some paula temple

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By *ENGUYMan
over a year ago

Hull


"Wrong kind of techno thread for me!

Yes I thought it was going to be a music discussion as well."

Quite So!

OP. Techno is a musical genre.

Techie is what you want!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought this was about music

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By *inkyfun2013Couple
over a year ago

lewisham

When they upgrade it to respond to the instruction "Alexa, suck my cock" please will someone let me know?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?"

It's a high powered microphone array that listens to every sound in your home and records it on expensive power sapping servers, to help increase global warming.

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago


"Wrong kind of techno thread for me!

Yes I thought it was going to be a music discussion as well.

Quite So!

OP. Techno is a musical genre.

Techie is what you want! "

Thanks for clearing that up,oh,and the eye roll

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Wrong kind of techno thread for me! "

Yeah I thought 80s Hip Hop

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"What is a google home mini?echo dot? Amazon alexa?

What do they do?

Why should I need one?"

I have an Alexa. Its great. I use it mainly to play music/radio. It can also be used to control the heating and some lights which is great when im in a lot of pain and struggling with my mobility so cant get down and then back up 2 flights of stairs to put the heating on, i do it via Alexa.

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By *riskynriskyCouple
over a year ago

Essex.

It's one of those things that can be hacked so people know everything about you and can sell your holiday dates to burglars...

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