Amazon: "How many boxes of Tide do you need?"
Wife: "More, more, more."
Amazon: "Okay, more boxes have been ordered."

@scottalanmiller said in Questions That the Amazon Alex Cannot Answer:

@JaredBusch said in Questions that the Amazon Echo can't answer.:

Retitle to "Alexa" as it is not restricted to the Echo.

Done, and tagged.

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@Dashrender said in Amazon Echo vs Amazon Dot vs Google Home:

Considering the complete and utter lack of security in almost anything that actually allows remote control (i.e. JB and his cameras that demand UPNP open ports for the world - thank you NO) I currently refuse to use any of that stuff.

That said, I do have an Amazon Echo - after hearing Scott say how cool they are - and now I just sit back and wonder why. Sure I have it play Amazon music on it's crappy speaker (ok a dot could fix that) 1 time a month on average, I ask it the weather about 2 times a month on average... Otherwise I'm constantly annoyed, almost nightly by it saying "I'm sorry Dave I didn't understand the question I heard" while watching a show where no one said Alexia.

I guess my wife and I have asked it a question here or there, but it fails to know 9 out of 10 times and we fall back to google to get the answer.

That is the other thing I do like about the Google Home vs the Amazon equipment. Google seems to be much better at answering general questions, and you can ask it follow-up questions, something the Amazon Echo/Dot is lacking. Also, even if Google hasn't fully integrated all their services with it yet, I have zero doubts they will in the future. I'm leaning more towards the Home at this point, tbh.

Yeah at first I was wondering why someone would want a tap - but you hit the nail on the head - portable speakers.

@RojoLoco said:

@coliver yep, it's just a start menu that runs on top. Better access to your apps, loads / updates Kodi for you, but everything underneath is untouched. Instead of having to dive through 4 menu layers to get to apps, they are all right there on the start screen.

Nice.

That is so awesome. They have been trying to help her for so long! I never even thought of using it for her!

OK it didn't work for Salmon crested cockatoo either. interesting.

and no this isn't a slam, just a point of note.

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.

@Minion-Queen said:

Not really sure there isn't a ton yet. I do know that it works with IOS. So in theory I should be able to add things that and from that I can import easily into Exchange.

It has an app for iOS. I'm not sure if that qualifies as "works with iOS." My understanding is that it adds appointments to its own app, not to iOS or Android. Hopefully they expand that feature.

I just registered for one.