-Plays all your music from Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn and more using just your voice
-Fills the room with immersive, 360º omni-directional audio
-Allows hands-free convenience with voice control
-Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even in noisy environments or while playing music
-Answers questions, reads audiobooks, reports news, traffic and weather, provides sports scores and schedules, and more using the Alexa Voice Service
-Controls lights, switches, thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, Nest, tado° and others
-Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills
Amazon Echo Dot
Reduced from £49.99
Black or white
-Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms and more
-Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music, Spotify and TuneIn
-Controls lights, switches, thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, Nest, tado° and others
-Hears you from across the room with 7 microphones for far-field hands-free voice control, even in noisy environments or while playing music
-Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled device
-Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills
Top comments
Firefly1
25 Nov 166#15
I'll clarify my statement :stuck_out_tongue:
For a Prime member - on Black Friday - you shouldn't be expected to pay more than it was merely a few weeks ago. And not just a little more, £20 more! Especially when I am already paying £79/year anyway as you so rightly point out.
Or, you know, Amazon should rightly have this deal voted cold as it is a poor price for what is meant to be a day of "fantastic" deals.
Awaken to owencutaja
25 Nov 164#28
Woot! Amazon customer service chat adjusted the price for me, got 6 for £199~ :smile:
scottishgamer to Firefly1
25 Nov 164#14
cool let me borrow your time machine
jouster to markpj777
25 Nov 164#38
So you missed the launch and that's their fault. I think it was great that they did the launch offer at all.
Latest comments (101)
starman0147
1 Dec 16#101
Normal price now, was going to order one, so much for cyber week finishing on 4th Dec..
deany76
29 Nov 16#99
Hi Chris
I was only thinking yesterday how helpful The Dot / Echo would be to someone who was visually impaired.
Once setup there is nothing else required and the benefits are frankly endless, all I would say it budget for two say bedroom and main living room area.
In the next post I will copy and paste a list of helpful questions, integration with Nest and Wemo is fantastic (for underblank in bedroom - for warm bed).
"Alexa turn Nest to x degrees"
"Alexa turn Nest UP x degrees"
"Alexa turn Nest DOWN x degrees"
"Alexa turn Dining Room light ON/OFF"
"Alexa turn Bedroom Room light ON/OFF*"
*Underblanket and or light
deany76 to deany76
29 Nov 161#100
Time and date
• Set an alarm: "Alexa, set an alarm for 7 a.m." or, "Alexa, wake me up at 7 in the morning."
• Set a repeating alarm: "Alexa, set a repeating alarm for weekdays at 7 a.m."
• Set a timer: "Alexa, set a timer for 15 minutes."
• Set multiple timers: "Alexa, set a second timer for 5 minutes."
• Check timer status: "Alexa, how much time is left on my timer?"
• Ask the time: "Alexa, what time is it?"
• Ask the date: "Alexa, what's the date?"
• Ask when the next alarm is: "Alexa, when's my next alarm?"
• Cancel an alarm: "Alexa, cancel my alarm for 2 p.m."
• Snooze alarm: "Alexa, snooze."
• Check dates: "Alexa, when is [holiday] this year?" News and weather
• Ask for your Flash Briefing: "Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?"
• Check headlines: "Alexa, what's in the news?"
• Check weather: "Alexa, what's the weather like?" or, "Alexa, will it rain today?" or even "Alexa, will I need an umbrella today?"
• Get a weather forecast: "Alexa, what's the weather going to be like this weekend?
• Get traffic information: "Alexa, what's my commute look like?" or, "Alexa, what's traffic like?" Maths
• Convert units: "Alexa, how many [units] are in [units]?"
• Convert units: "Alexa, how many [units] are in 2 [units]?"
• Basic math: "Alexa, what's 5 plus 7?" or, "Alexa, what's 56 times 33?"
• Advanced math: "Alexa, 70 factorial." (Warning: Alexa will list numbers you didn't know existed for about a minute.) Definitions and spelling
• Get the definition of a word: "Alexa, what's the definition of [word]?"
• Get the spelling of a word: "Alexa, how do you spell [word]?"
Search
• Get Wikipedia information: "Alexa, Wikipedia: [subject]."
• Tell Alexa to continue reading a Wikipedia entry: "Alexa, tell me more."
• Ask a general question: "Alexa, how tall is [person or object's name]?"
• Ask a general question: "Alexa, how many people live in America?"
• Alexa when is the next bank holiday
• Alexa how many days till Christmas
• Alexa snooze - snoozes for 10 mins
• Alexa cancel or stop
• Alexa tell me a joke
• Alexa turn volume up / down
Ideal for Amazon Music
Alexa play 'The White Album'
> Please feel free to ask - if I can help any more.
deany76
28 Nov 16#97
Hi
Could you provide link to bluetooth reciever and does the bluetooth reciever need recharging?
thanks
chrisredmayne to deany76
28 Nov 16#98
Would this be easy enough to use for someone who is visually impaired ? Once its set up do you need to use the app much or is everything done by voice commands after, think it would be really good for her to set up reminders and alarms etc
hottoast
28 Nov 161#96
Hi.
My mom has a Bose Soundwave. I bought a Bluetooth adapter, plugged it into the Bose.
It works a treat.
Bose one side of the room. Dot where mom sits.
She has had it one day and loves it. In fact she has another on order for her bedroom.
Degeneratemoo
28 Nov 16#95
Can't get the echo to see my events (birthdays) on my Google calendar. I added a new test event via the echo and that showed up but for all existing events I just get told there is nothing scheduled.
Degeneratemoo
27 Nov 16#92
First time I tried it I got an orchestral version. lol
poopscoop to Degeneratemoo
28 Nov 161#94
I've got the Play 5 V2. It's been out for a while. I'm using my Dot connected directly to the Play 5.
Hi
Try
"Alexa play the album sergeant peppers"
Worked first time for me just tried it.
I think browsing the artists and albums on amazon music app then saying "Alexa play the album sergeant peppers" etc should work well.
Degeneratemoo
27 Nov 16#90
Picked up an echo today. Rather disappointingly amazon prime music doesn't integrate that well with the alexa app.
I was expecting to be able to browse the prime music app and send it to the echo.
Instead I can either try to get it by voice (which doesn't always work.. it can't seem to find Sgt Peppers album by the Beatles even though it is on prime music) or there are limited browsing options in the alexa app but those are stuck to play lists primarily.
As I said in my other post I won't know the name of artists or play lists to choose by voice so this is a disappointment for me.
deany76
27 Nov 16#89
Managed to get Alexa to work with Nest, I find it very good.
I had to go through the normal setup in Alexa and created a group called Nest, with a tick on the Nest.
This now works:
I'm made up with my Dot, have ordered another at this price.
Also have set one up in the Office we are a weather dependent company so think
• weather tomorrow etc
• alarms / timers to ring customers etc
• spelling
• definition
• wikipedia
will help make the day easier for Office staff - like a PA for under £40.00
knack
26 Nov 161#88
Just had a look and it seems that this was enabled when the Dot was released. Prior to that it was reordering only. It's prime items only and, as you suggest, requires 1 click settings. Another bonus is that items ordered via Alexa are eligible for free returns.
knack
26 Nov 161#87
I had it working but not used it much because the nest is in the same room as the Echo and it's easier to just get up and turn it. You have to be quite specific with the requests which put me off a bit.
kingchris
26 Nov 161#86
No. You can buy anything.
It reads the price of the top search item.
I have one click setup with a default card stored so might enable direct purchasing.
knack
26 Nov 16#85
That's good to hear. Think Alexa will only orders items previously ordered though?
deany76
26 Nov 16#84
Anyone having problems with Alexa and Nest.
Alexa app recognises Nest but does not play ball at all.
Also the feedback on the Alexa app for Nest is riddled with complaints.
Anyone got it working?
Thanks
kingchris
26 Nov 161#83
I just asked it to order something and it just put the order through.
I checked after and it was an add on item.
jouster
26 Nov 16#82
That's very interesting, is there any special settings to do that
kingchris
26 Nov 162#81
Interesting you can bypass the Add On Item restriction by ordering via Alexa.
It orders cheap things (with Prime) without forcing you to spend £20.
jouster
26 Nov 16#80
Might have to give this a try before Sonos
/Dot testing starts
jouster
26 Nov 161#79
As you rightly stated the Sonos beta does indeed have an NDA in place. So it's a bit like Fight Club
jouster
26 Nov 16#78
[well Amazon managed to let me down today. Was due to have two Dots delivered but had an email
mid afternoon saying that due an unforeseen error my Dots won't be with me for between 24-48 hours.
Not happy at all. Have them a call to complain and as usual Amazon came up with the goods for me. Ordered me two more that will be here tomorrow and then proceeded to give me a full refund on the 2 Dots so I actually got them for free.
Sometimes when you get the right supervisor you really can get things done right.
deany76
26 Nov 16#77
Hi
Loving the Dot I bought from JPL in the end will almost certainly buy another for the bedroom.
Can I ask have in a 'non-disclosure' with SONOS Beta
if not can I ask how you are finding it mid week?
thanks
Degeneratemoo
26 Nov 16#76
That's good to know as I have no idea of the names of some of the music so wouldn't stand a chance requesting it by name!
deany76
26 Nov 16#75
Yes, amazon prime music integrates with Alexa.
Degeneratemoo
26 Nov 16#74
Can I browse the prime music app on my phone and then choose for the echo to play it?
Degeneratemoo
26 Nov 16#73
I currently have an old mobile into a dock and then via a 3.5mm jack into the bose. From experience the bose never seems to turn off..
Folks wouldn't want the Dot speaker to work when attached to Bose etc as it would cause confusion - double mono etc thats why Dots speaker switches off.
Degeneratemoo
26 Nov 16#71
Bose also has battery so I think the only way to turn it off is via the remote.
Disappointing it does not have google music integration. It seems the only way to play your local library is through bluetooth NAS or pay for Amazon music library, which i would fine with if it was a one off payment, not yearly especially when Google Music is free upto 50,000 songs and am already paying for prime....
markpj777
25 Nov 16#68
Agreed. I'm very disappointed this year.
mykisemi
25 Nov 16#67
Cold, same price at John Lewis with extra year guarantee.
owencutaja
25 Nov 16#66
Just to close the loop on this. I went ahead and bought 6 last night, then sent an email to support stating that the DOT6PACK code didn't work. They sent me a promotional voucher for £50 which I used to buy another 6 pack (and cancelled my original order). So yeah, £50 discount, which was even better than 1 free :smiley: Happy days!
Degeneratemoo
25 Nov 16#65
I purchased the echo dot but I didn't realise that the 3.5mm jack disables the internal speaker. Since I won't be having my speaker (a bose soundock) on all the time this kind of defeats the purpose of going for the dot.... disappointing and I guess I'll be sending it back without opening it.
AcidJiles
25 Nov 161#64
Amazon deals have been consistently terrible this year, none that have really wowed and some ridiculous including 2 lightning deals 3 days apart of £5 on the same £635 Sony TV claiming 30% off when in reality it was less than 1%.
kkthomask
25 Nov 161#63
Not worth even for the original offer to the Prime members for £99. i bought it for £99 and returned it after a couple of weeks because of extreme moron brain. Its a toy with great muscle(hardware) with little brain(software). You can impress your guests cor a couple of minutes and then it will be exposed. I am accomplished if it helps somebody.
thekanester
25 Nov 16#62
Cheers for the heads-up.
Annoyingly they neither deliver to my address nor do they accept Amazon gift cards, which I have hundreds of.
Prime Now, can still get one for £35 if it's your first order.
thekanester
25 Nov 16#60
Where were they for £29.99?
The_Hoff
25 Nov 16#59
Especially as you could have bagged one for £29.99 :smiley:
thekanester
25 Nov 16#58
Yep, they've pulled the 6 & 12 pack promos now. They appeared to be live this morning when I got in to work as we were hoping to do a bulk-purchase for a dozen.
£33.33 each and £40.00 is a significant difference and I reckon most folk will pull out now.
Oh well. Between that and the Dell laptop fiasco last night, it's been a pretty disappointing Black Friday.
Asura
25 Nov 16#57
It works with a few other music services Spotify etc. and radio stations, you can also upload 250 (I think) songs to amazons servers and stream those songs for free.
itm2
25 Nov 16#56
Are these any use for voice-controlled music playback if you don't have Amazon Prime memberships? (and not just as a wireless speaker controlled from your phone)
jouster
25 Nov 16#55
X. From this post it sounds like you are exactly their target audience so I'm a little confused.
I would say a lot of this voice activated tech is quite new to the mass market so it's ALWAYS going to take some tinkering, I appreciate that's not for everyone, but that's just tech nowadays. Like you say, recipes need setting up and if you want to get the most from anything a certain amount of testing and playing about is required nowadays.
When Sonos integration comes in next year it will be fantastic for me.
I have WeMo plugs, nest heating, hue lights and harmony remote, all of which can be controlled but I KNOW there will be some messing about required.
gsusx
25 Nov 161#54
I've got six of them. Love them. Excellent bits of kit.
The_Goon
25 Nov 16#53
Who exactly is the target audience? Genuinely curious not trying to be facetious. We are big Amazon users, listen to music, have a fair amount of smart home devices - would seem that we fitted the mould quite well frankly. Just found it a bit useless from a usability standpoint.
daymouse
25 Nov 161#52
Ordered the Fire & seeing as the HD8 hasn't been disocunted :disappointed: and a dot this morning on Prime Now and its on it way for delivery now
jouster
25 Nov 16#51
Sounds like you were never their target audience. And this is the 2nd gen that's. It log been out not sure there's a new one round the corner just yet
The_Goon
25 Nov 16#50
We returned our Echo. It was a fun novelty but that's it. Biggest gripes were that the speaker is fairly mediocre and functionality/usability was fairly limited. Having to install "skills" and trigger them correctly is a pain frankly - having to remember to ask the National Rail app to tell me about my trains rather than just asking the question really dampened the experience for me. Also if I remember correctly it couldn't alter colours on Hue lights (a minor point but a lack of functionality nonetheless). Further, it struggled with simple queries that other personal assistant apps could handle easily. Lastly, I had read that a new version is on the cards in the near future so all in, it wasn't worth it. Just my experience though.
Moka-Bear
25 Nov 161#49
To be fair, isn't this your fault for not waiting until Black Friday? Amazon always reduce their own branded items on major sale days.
papasb
25 Nov 16#48
Not quite true. I called this morning. Had the whole "speak to echo team". Spoke to Echo team and got it sorted as I was a "valued customer".
"We don't price match but will assist on this exception..."
Otherwise just return it and buy one for JL.
knack
25 Nov 16#47
It probably does! I've signed up to the private beta but only on public beta just now. I wonder if the hardware one is different to the private one.
jouster
25 Nov 16#46
I got signed up after chatting to someone On a support forum. Anyone can join the software beta from their app but I believe the hardware beta testing is by invite only. Got to test the Play 5 V2 too which was cool. Not sure if having 14 speakers helped or not.
knack
25 Nov 16#45
Jealous! Did you do anything to get on the programme besides signing up for the private beta?
fireman1
25 Nov 161#44
I think you miss the point. Black Friday is promoted as a day of amazing or unbeatable prices. This product was cheaper only a few weeks ago at the same shop. The very shop that makes them, and the very shop that introduced black Friday to the UK.
They are either merely price matching other stores on there own product or price controlling at the other shops. I would assume the latter as it can't be coincidence that all shops leaked the exact same price.
keith43
25 Nov 16#43
What Sonos/Dot beta?
jouster
25 Nov 161#42
Amazon fraudulently (can't think of another way to say it) signed me up for Prime on a different email account the their week. I received an email about it and then cancelled it straight away for a full refund. Then just yesterday I got another remain saying as I recently subscribed to prime at full price (cant remember if it was before or after the price drop) they sent me a £20 voucher.
So actually better off by £20 and they had previously given me £7 for the grief of setting up an account for me anyway.
Quids in
jouster
25 Nov 16#41
So you bought a six pack and sold the ones you never intended to use and that's a problem why. You still got them cheaper than buying three. Some people are NEVER happy
paulj48
25 Nov 16#40
how loud are these, can the fill an average sized living room with music, are they similar in volume to a Sonos play 1?
deany76
25 Nov 16#27
Voted for the Dot as has never been this price in the UK.
I couldn't resist with SONOS integration a few months away, fantastic price for a heck of a lot of technology.
Already works with Nest and Wemo, was holding out for Google Home but could be waiting a while plus reviews for the 'Google Home' are not as good as expected.
I've tried my best to justify the purchase!
jouster to deany76
25 Nov 161#39
I've ordered a few and as I'm on the Sonos/Dot Beta I'm really looking forward to trying these out as soon as. They have amazing potential
markpj777
25 Nov 162#32
Shame really. I was hoping that they would have reduced it back to £99. Like they did on launch. I'm sure there still would have been enough margin to line their greedy pockets. I would have taken the plunge. So for that reason I'm out.
jouster to markpj777
25 Nov 164#38
So you missed the launch and that's their fault. I think it was great that they did the launch offer at all.
Mr_Mister
25 Nov 16#37
Same price at Argos
gcthompson
25 Nov 16#19
I bought one on tuesday at full price and am trying to get amazon to give me the difference back. They are offering to "transfer me to the echo team to resolve my query" rather than just giving me the difference back. Can anybody advise?
I don't want to pay postage to send it back to them and buy another one.. Seems dumb that they'll not honour this difference.
The echo team will take 24-48 hours to respond.. i.e. after black friday :smile:
jouster to gcthompson
25 Nov 16#36
Buy a new one at this price and return the old one. Amazon are stupid sometimes and can't see the sense in a refund over two extra courier trips
gibblesuk
25 Nov 16#35
or at least extend a 100£ deal to those existing Prime members who paid the full price for membership. knocking 20£ off joining Prime a short while ago has left a bad taste for those who paid 79£
BubaMan
25 Nov 161#34
Would I be right in saying that the dot is the same thing but without the speaker?
If so, that's clearly the one to go for as most reviews say that the speaker quality isn't all that anyway.
Sid Harper
25 Nov 16#33
annoyed the dot is cheaper than the price for buying six a while back - oh well - sold three and kept three so only a fiver out of pocket
Goldeneye243
25 Nov 16#31
How did you contact them - By phone or electronically? EDIT- I found live chat and sorted it :smiley:
ian18
25 Nov 16#29
Been cheaper
Awaken to ian18
25 Nov 162#30
The dot hasn't - especially with the 6 pack = ~£33
owencutaja
25 Nov 16#17
Hmm .. trying to get the Echo Dot pack (by 5 get one free), but it's not accepting the promo code ( DOT6PACK ) saying 'The promotional code has expired'. Anyone managed to use this?
Awaken to owencutaja
25 Nov 16#25
Ditto, and I'm having the same problem :disappointed:
Rather crap if you can't combine, as if you were intending on 6, it's almost no cheaper today than any other!
Awaken to owencutaja
25 Nov 164#28
Woot! Amazon customer service chat adjusted the price for me, got 6 for £199~ :smile:
Firefly1
25 Nov 16#8
Still £20 more expensive than a few weeks ago? If I'm right, BRRRRRR freezing.
rodman to Firefly1
25 Nov 161#13
for prime member only, the prime is not free.
scottishgamer to Firefly1
25 Nov 164#14
cool let me borrow your time machine
Destard to Firefly1
25 Nov 161#26
Can I have a go in your time machine too? Plenty of deals from the past that I missed out on which you can help me with.
knack
25 Nov 16#24
Yes, I expect that's the case. Doubt a return costs them very much. The proportion of returns due to a price reduction is probably very small compared to true returns and I imagine they will have favourable postal arrangements.
gcthompson
25 Nov 16#23
The support guy said they would but it turns out that it was a free return... waste of my time and their's but a tenner is a tenner :smiley:
kingchris
25 Nov 16#22
Did they say they would charge? Just quoting a price difference has got them to trigger a label being emailed as recently as last month.
gcthompson
25 Nov 16#21
Wonder what triggers free returns or not
kingchris
25 Nov 161#20
Amazon stopped this a while ago. They now force you to return and replace. They seem to offer a free return most of the time.
I guess they think making it harder will stop you bothering.
FTCom
25 Nov 16#16
Is this actually any good? I keep reading mixed reviews, any thoughts?
jaydeeuk1 to FTCom
25 Nov 161#18
Love mine. Got a big echo in kitchen, have music on whilst cooking and does timers too, conversion etc, got a dot in lounge, main Bedroom and top of stairs, good to control lights, find out what events I have in calendar for that day, listen to news. Kids can listen to stories from audible (doesn't read Kindle books yet), my 4 year old loves asking it questions too. Bought a hive heating controller, and have several raspberry pi which I'll be connecting to my air con unit, robot vacuum, curtains and observatory for the full star trek experience.
Firefly1
25 Nov 166#15
I'll clarify my statement :stuck_out_tongue:
For a Prime member - on Black Friday - you shouldn't be expected to pay more than it was merely a few weeks ago. And not just a little more, £20 more! Especially when I am already paying £79/year anyway as you so rightly point out.
Or, you know, Amazon should rightly have this deal voted cold as it is a poor price for what is meant to be a day of "fantastic" deals.
robot1000
25 Nov 16#12
Also available on the PrimeNow app for delivery today
Asura
25 Nov 163#9
shame, I thought it may go back to down to £100
knack to Asura
25 Nov 161#11
Yes I'm a bit disappointed it's not lower. Will probably get a Dot or two though.
matengawhat
25 Nov 16#10
I thought would be less, maybe deal during the day
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Opening post
Reduced from £149.99
Black or white
-Plays all your music from Amazon Music, Spotify, TuneIn and more using just your voice
-Fills the room with immersive, 360º omni-directional audio
-Allows hands-free convenience with voice control
-Hears you from across the room with far-field voice recognition, even in noisy environments or while playing music
-Answers questions, reads audiobooks, reports news, traffic and weather, provides sports scores and schedules, and more using the Alexa Voice Service
-Controls lights, switches, thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, Nest, tado° and others
-Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills
Amazon Echo Dot
Reduced from £49.99
Black or white
-Amazon Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms and more
-Connects to speakers or headphones through Bluetooth or 3.5 mm stereo cable to play music from Amazon Music, Spotify and TuneIn
-Controls lights, switches, thermostats and more with compatible connected devices from WeMo, Philips Hue, Hive, Netatmo, Nest, tado° and others
-Hears you from across the room with 7 microphones for far-field hands-free voice control, even in noisy environments or while playing music
-Includes a built-in speaker so it can work on its own as a smart alarm clock in the bedroom, an assistant in the kitchen, or anywhere you might want a voice-controlled device
-Always getting smarter - Alexa updates through the cloud automatically and is continually learning, adding new features and skills
Top comments
For a Prime member - on Black Friday - you shouldn't be expected to pay more than it was merely a few weeks ago. And not just a little more, £20 more! Especially when I am already paying £79/year anyway as you so rightly point out.
Or, you know, Amazon should rightly have this deal voted cold as it is a poor price for what is meant to be a day of "fantastic" deals.
Latest comments (101)
I was only thinking yesterday how helpful The Dot / Echo would be to someone who was visually impaired.
Once setup there is nothing else required and the benefits are frankly endless, all I would say it budget for two say bedroom and main living room area.
In the next post I will copy and paste a list of helpful questions, integration with Nest and Wemo is fantastic (for underblank in bedroom - for warm bed).
"Alexa turn Nest to x degrees"
"Alexa turn Nest UP x degrees"
"Alexa turn Nest DOWN x degrees"
"Alexa turn Dining Room light ON/OFF"
"Alexa turn Bedroom Room light ON/OFF*"
*Underblanket and or light
• Set an alarm: "Alexa, set an alarm for 7 a.m." or, "Alexa, wake me up at 7 in the morning."
• Set a repeating alarm: "Alexa, set a repeating alarm for weekdays at 7 a.m."
• Set a timer: "Alexa, set a timer for 15 minutes."
• Set multiple timers: "Alexa, set a second timer for 5 minutes."
• Check timer status: "Alexa, how much time is left on my timer?"
• Ask the time: "Alexa, what time is it?"
• Ask the date: "Alexa, what's the date?"
• Ask when the next alarm is: "Alexa, when's my next alarm?"
• Cancel an alarm: "Alexa, cancel my alarm for 2 p.m."
• Snooze alarm: "Alexa, snooze."
• Check dates: "Alexa, when is [holiday] this year?"
News and weather
• Ask for your Flash Briefing: "Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?"
• Check headlines: "Alexa, what's in the news?"
• Check weather: "Alexa, what's the weather like?" or, "Alexa, will it rain today?" or even "Alexa, will I need an umbrella today?"
• Get a weather forecast: "Alexa, what's the weather going to be like this weekend?
• Get traffic information: "Alexa, what's my commute look like?" or, "Alexa, what's traffic like?"
Maths
• Convert units: "Alexa, how many [units] are in [units]?"
• Convert units: "Alexa, how many [units] are in 2 [units]?"
• Basic math: "Alexa, what's 5 plus 7?" or, "Alexa, what's 56 times 33?"
• Advanced math: "Alexa, 70 factorial." (Warning: Alexa will list numbers you didn't know existed for about a minute.)
Definitions and spelling
• Get the definition of a word: "Alexa, what's the definition of [word]?"
• Get the spelling of a word: "Alexa, how do you spell [word]?"
Search
• Get Wikipedia information: "Alexa, Wikipedia: [subject]."
• Tell Alexa to continue reading a Wikipedia entry: "Alexa, tell me more."
• Ask a general question: "Alexa, how tall is [person or object's name]?"
• Ask a general question: "Alexa, how many people live in America?"
• Alexa when is the next bank holiday
• Alexa how many days till Christmas
• Alexa snooze - snoozes for 10 mins
• Alexa cancel or stop
• Alexa tell me a joke
• Alexa turn volume up / down
Ideal for Amazon Music
Alexa play 'The White Album'
> Please feel free to ask - if I can help any more.
Could you provide link to bluetooth reciever and does the bluetooth reciever need recharging?
thanks
My mom has a Bose Soundwave. I bought a Bluetooth adapter, plugged it into the Bose.
It works a treat.
Bose one side of the room. Dot where mom sits.
She has had it one day and loves it. In fact she has another on order for her bedroom.
https://www.cnet.com/uk/how-to/yes-you-can-stream-anything-to-amazon-echo/
Try
"Alexa play the album sergeant peppers"
Worked first time for me just tried it.
I think browsing the artists and albums on amazon music app then saying "Alexa play the album sergeant peppers" etc should work well.
I was expecting to be able to browse the prime music app and send it to the echo.
Instead I can either try to get it by voice (which doesn't always work.. it can't seem to find Sgt Peppers album by the Beatles even though it is on prime music) or there are limited browsing options in the alexa app but those are stuck to play lists primarily.
As I said in my other post I won't know the name of artists or play lists to choose by voice so this is a disappointment for me.
I had to go through the normal setup in Alexa and created a group called Nest, with a tick on the Nest.
This now works:
Alexa turn/set Nest to x degrees"
Also Wemo switches work great:
"Alexa turn Dining Room light off"
"Alexa turn Bedroom Room light off"
I'm made up with my Dot, have ordered another at this price.
Also have set one up in the Office we are a weather dependent company so think
• weather tomorrow etc
• alarms / timers to ring customers etc
• spelling
• definition
• wikipedia
will help make the day easier for Office staff - like a PA for under £40.00
It reads the price of the top search item.
I have one click setup with a default card stored so might enable direct purchasing.
Alexa app recognises Nest but does not play ball at all.
Also the feedback on the Alexa app for Nest is riddled with complaints.
Anyone got it working?
Thanks
I checked after and it was an add on item.
It orders cheap things (with Prime) without forcing you to spend £20.
/Dot testing starts
mid afternoon saying that due an unforeseen error my Dots won't be with me for between 24-48 hours.
Not happy at all. Have them a call to complain and as usual Amazon came up with the goods for me. Ordered me two more that will be here tomorrow and then proceeded to give me a full refund on the 2 Dots so I actually got them for free.
Sometimes when you get the right supervisor you really can get things done right.
Loving the Dot I bought from JPL in the end will almost certainly buy another for the bedroom.
Can I ask have in a 'non-disclosure' with SONOS Beta
if not can I ask how you are finding it mid week?
thanks
http://products.bose.com/pdf/customer_service/owners/og_sounddock_portable.pdf
As it says "When running on battery power, the SoundDock Portable system becomes inactive when your iPod is off or silent for 10 minutes." I assume that includes Dot 3.5 input as well
Folks wouldn't want the Dot speaker to work when attached to Bose etc as it would cause confusion - double mono etc thats why Dots speaker switches off.
OSS at present but amazon are usually good once order placed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Switch-Control-Lights-Appliances-Amazon/dp/B009SA9Z6S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480156851&sr=8-1&keywords=wemo
Not sure what Bose you have
https://www.bose.com/en_us/support/article/standby-mode-sounddock-10.html
Annoyingly they neither deliver to my address nor do they accept Amazon gift cards, which I have hundreds of.
Prime Now, can still get one for £35 if it's your first order.
£33.33 each and £40.00 is a significant difference and I reckon most folk will pull out now.
Oh well. Between that and the Dell laptop fiasco last night, it's been a pretty disappointing Black Friday.
I would say a lot of this voice activated tech is quite new to the mass market so it's ALWAYS going to take some tinkering, I appreciate that's not for everyone, but that's just tech nowadays. Like you say, recipes need setting up and if you want to get the most from anything a certain amount of testing and playing about is required nowadays.
When Sonos integration comes in next year it will be fantastic for me.
I have WeMo plugs, nest heating, hue lights and harmony remote, all of which can be controlled but I KNOW there will be some messing about required.
"We don't price match but will assist on this exception..."
Otherwise just return it and buy one for JL.
They are either merely price matching other stores on there own product or price controlling at the other shops. I would assume the latter as it can't be coincidence that all shops leaked the exact same price.
So actually better off by £20 and they had previously given me £7 for the grief of setting up an account for me anyway.
Quids in
I couldn't resist with SONOS integration a few months away, fantastic price for a heck of a lot of technology.
Already works with Nest and Wemo, was holding out for Google Home but could be waiting a while plus reviews for the 'Google Home' are not as good as expected.
I've tried my best to justify the purchase!
I don't want to pay postage to send it back to them and buy another one.. Seems dumb that they'll not honour this difference.
The echo team will take 24-48 hours to respond.. i.e. after black friday :smile:
If so, that's clearly the one to go for as most reviews say that the speaker quality isn't all that anyway.
Rather crap if you can't combine, as if you were intending on 6, it's almost no cheaper today than any other!
I guess they think making it harder will stop you bothering.
For a Prime member - on Black Friday - you shouldn't be expected to pay more than it was merely a few weeks ago. And not just a little more, £20 more! Especially when I am already paying £79/year anyway as you so rightly point out.
Or, you know, Amazon should rightly have this deal voted cold as it is a poor price for what is meant to be a day of "fantastic" deals.