Amazon Echo going for £20.00 cheaper than the RRP with a John Lewis 2 year guarantee . It's a virtual assistant with a decent speaker that can knit together all the smart-tech in your house.
Heat! Purchased last black one yesterday from JL Leicester Highcross.
myapps
14 Dec 16#7
It's a good deal, I missed out on the Black Friday one but my 73 year old Dad bought one and loves it.
Whilst a completely different device I ended up buying a Roberts 93i Radio to allow me to DAB, Stream and DLNA of my server. Just wondering if I should send it back and get one of these instead.
epic mushroom to myapps
15 Dec 16#19
I sometimes listen to BBC Radio 5 which is played through the pre-installed TuneIn app and it regularly disconnects, This used to be an issue with all BBC national radio stations, although its worth googling to see if its been fixed IF you going to listen to BBC a lot.
I've never had a problem with Music playback or other internet radio stations & podcasts though.
InTheKnow444
14 Dec 16#18
Ask it - what is the mass of our Galaxy in Milligrames?
daskapital
14 Dec 16#17
Ask it to open the pod bay doors. Alexa has a good sense of humour :wink:
Interacts with my nest and my philips hue... I love these things. got four of them now (a cylinder and 3 dots)
smackos
14 Dec 161#16
You can use the Amazon Music app on your phone to save songs to playlists, like you can on Spotify. It's nice that you can just walk in your room and just say "play my Christmas playlist", "old favourites playlist" etc etc. The music aspect alone is worth it to me. In fact, there are times when I think it's possibly the only thing in our house that actually listens to a word I say.. :neutral_face:
You CAN also queue up songs etc using the Alexa app itself on your phone, in a similar way you would with Spotify connect. (If that makes sense.)
Alternatively of course, if you are a paying Spotify Premium subscriber then you have full use of your Spotify setup via the Echo anyway. Just say "play my (insert playlist name) on Spotify."
trott3r
14 Dec 16#15
Is there a separate application for reddit rather than using a browser BTW?
I like things separate like my email in eudora
jaykaygeetoo
14 Dec 16#14
Bought it and love it. Cant live without it now.
DexMorgan
14 Dec 16#1
Is the Echo the same as Alexa and do I need one?
trott3r to DexMorgan
14 Dec 161#3
Yes
smackos to DexMorgan
14 Dec 162#8
I did a quick Video Demo for a friend at work the other week of just a few things that it can do. I just use the Echo Dot paired with a Bluetooth speaker I already owned, it's plenty good enough for my needs. I subscribe to Amazon Music via the Device itself, which gives 40 million tracks on tap for £3.99 a month.. an absolute bargain. I wouldn't be without mine now.
Its a good device, but i still warn people that its a Work In Progress. Some apps & services get updated on Fridays but, like the Amazon App store, there is a lot of crap "skills" that make it hard to find anything decent. Also, a lot of the Skills are already available through Alexa.
If i didnt have Amazon Prime i don't think i would have bought one but since i've owned mine (and a Dot) they're pretty much streaming Amazon Music most of the day & night.
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Opening post
Guardian review the Echo here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/21/amazon-echo-review-the-best-combined-speaker-and-voice-assistant-in-the-uk
Latest comments (20)
Whilst a completely different device I ended up buying a Roberts 93i Radio to allow me to DAB, Stream and DLNA of my server. Just wondering if I should send it back and get one of these instead.
I've never had a problem with Music playback or other internet radio stations & podcasts though.
Interacts with my nest and my philips hue... I love these things. got four of them now (a cylinder and 3 dots)
You CAN also queue up songs etc using the Alexa app itself on your phone, in a similar way you would with Spotify connect. (If that makes sense.)
Alternatively of course, if you are a paying Spotify Premium subscriber then you have full use of your Spotify setup via the Echo anyway. Just say "play my (insert playlist name) on Spotify."
I like things separate like my email in eudora
Quick Video Demo
alexa.amazon.co.uk
https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/
If i didnt have Amazon Prime i don't think i would have bought one but since i've owned mine (and a Dot) they're pretty much streaming Amazon Music most of the day & night.
A good price, heat added.