Omg we just got Alexa

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Tell me what fun things she does

This is freaky!

Ask her to sing you a song :)

My neighbour just gave birth and named her daughter Alexa, very odd choice IMO given the popularity of the echo/dot/spot. Feel for the kid!

10 year old DS ordered my mum's Alexa to self destruct. Thankfully she didn't oblige! Quite a funny response if you try it though.

My husband is forever asking me to remind him of shit he could just put in his phone and I do not have the capacity to remember everything for everyone in the household Can I ask all of those with Alexa, has it improved some of the bickering with your DPs?

Anyone got the one with the screen??

thegreylady You don’t need anything else.

I've come to the conclusion Siri is much more serious than Alexa.

It will soon be able to do a lot more. A lot of fintechs are developing apps for Alexa

Alexa. Open the pod bay doors

Ask her to download the skill trivia hero, or if you have the app add it. I have sat for (ashamedly) hours playing it feeling like I'm on a quiz show 😂

I just like to check the app and see what stupid stuff my OH has been asking her when I'm not around!

What's the difference between the Echo and the Echo Dot? Just the size?

Marking my place.
The dc's want Dots for Xmas.
I assume they're just fancy alarm clocks that answer questions? We don't have on line music accounts and I'm not sure I want to go down that route. Neither do they have smart phones to link them to.
I hate tech these days 😫.

Flash briefing every morning.
Regular reminders (put the bins out at 7pm on a Sunday)
The alarm and timer

Mainly music though. ‘Play me music from musicals’ is a fab mix. And you can ask for fairly specific lists like ‘R&B from the Noughties’ or ‘Music good for cleaning’.

There is an app called Anypod which I use to listen to podcasts.

We like the trivia hero game.

And I am currently using it to play ambient sounds which will help me get to sleep in a minute when I get off here.

Oh can’t believe I forgot the shopping list! We add to it periodically and then just buy everything on the list (the app on your phone) when we’re at the supermarket.

I genuinely don’t understand why you would invite a multinational corporations listening device into your home? I get it can be funny and sometimes helpful but the purpose of these gadgets is to gather information for Google and amazon so they can better target adverts and use the data make bigger profits. Why do you think the gadgets are all on sale for less than what they would cost to produce? The companies don’t make money from the devices- they want them in your home to gather data. I know phones do this to a certain extent but why would you want a device whose sole purpose is to listen to your conversations waiting to hear it’s name?

CarolDanvers The Echo has better speakers than the Dot. That’s pretty much the only difference now - with the older models, only the Dot had a line out connection for external speakers but that’s no longer the case.

I’ve just asked Alexa if she’s a Jedi

Her science fiction pop culture references are pretty good.

Question of the day!!

I use her relaxation technique before bed 15 mins and I’m dead to the world. She also plays a lovely selection of relaxing noises waves rain trains etc.

Such fun eh.

DH: Oh, do you know who I met today?
Me: Alexa, drumroll please.
Alexa: does a drumroll
DH: never mind

DS1 likes asking her to make dinosaur noises when he is playing with his toy dinosaurs. She does better ones than we do.

Ask Alexa to play thunderstorm sounds when you go to bed. My husband and I couldn't sleep without it.