Amazon Echo going for £5.00 cheaper than the RRP with a John Lewis 2 year guarantee . It's a virtual assistant that can knit together all the smart-tech in your house. You should get the Dot if you don't want the speaker in the Echo.
Say goodbye to any privacy you thought you had in your home as MI5/NSA listen to every conversation.
jayjayuk1234 to Q-Tec
14 Dec 165#12
Paranoid much? why would anyone care what i was saying in my own home? every conversation?? hey if someone has nothing better to do than listen to my ramblings at home then good luck to them!
of course, if i was a terrorist or planning other crimes then yeah i would probably not have one of these. :laughing:
Besides, any smart phone is capable of the same thing
-BA-
14 Dec 163#14
Alexa what would you charge to assassinate Donald Trump?
Knock, knock!
raggedy to Q-Tec
14 Dec 163#13
They must have incredible staffing levels!!
Latest comments (39)
cossy3
21 Jan 17#39
Are you able to link me how to set it up with Kodi?
They will be late to the party by about four years, it won't be intuitive or user friendly, they'll then claim it's aimed at Enterprise, not home users, then after two years they'll throw in the towel.
gari189
15 Dec 161#37
You're welcome. You might want to think about a free trial of Audible books on Amazon - you get a month for free but you also get 1 free download which you keep if you cancel. If you have Amazon Prime membership you get 3 month trial for free and 3 books to keep. I just tried asking Alexa to read one of the books I had from a free trial and it worked!
gina2010
15 Dec 16#36
the video has just sold it to me, i can't believe I haven't got it him already, he's going to be SO happy, thank you!! x
gina2010
15 Dec 161#35
the video has just sold it to me, i can't believe I haven't got it him already, he's going to be SO happy, thank you!! x
atc28uk
15 Dec 161#34
I love my Echo Dot.. I find it really useful controlling the Hue light setup I have etc.. If anyone knows of any sites which allow you to expand on its capabilities please share... Thanks..
Oh and regarding this deal, I am gonna buy some as gifts so thx...
bigbak
15 Dec 16#33
Love it. More time spent setting it up than you'll ever save.
Sounds like me.
I've got Hue lights to set up, but I just can't be bothered. It is less hassle just getting up.
gina2010
14 Dec 16#15
does anyone know if this would be good for someone who's visually impaired? my son loves anything that talks to him as he's blind, but is there alot you have to do visually? he's only 6 so not great with all voice over etc at the minute.... thanks. x
BeneCog to gina2010
14 Dec 162#16
Hi,
A reviewer on Amazon.co.uk bought this for his blind father and gave it 5 stars. He seems rather pleased with it - just scroll to the bottom:
I have the dot. I think its great for music, you can ask it to play a specific song, artist, album or genre (eg pop music from a particular decade etc). If you don't like a song you can ask it to skip to the next.
It will happily tell you the weather or news headlines, you can ask it to tell you a joke, ask the time, set a timer or set a wake up alarm. Once you have plugged it in and installed the app - everything is controlled by voice.
I think it is also capable of reading aloud Kindle books and Audible books if you subscribe to that but its not something I have really investigated.
I think your son would love it - you could always try it and return it.....
joetootell
14 Dec 161#7
whats crack with these then? they look pointless.
montana78 to joetootell
14 Dec 16#31
Can talk to it if you're gome alone
gina2010
14 Dec 161#30
thank you so much x
cburns
14 Dec 16#29
Never buy new concept gear.....till the all the faults have been ironed out.......and for the Chinese
to copy/improve and produce it faster and a lot cheaper..... :wink:
flux
14 Dec 16#27
Lets just say its not as cheap as another sale offer they did 2 weeks back :smiley: To put the price back up to £49.99 and then almost immediately put it up as a sale with a fiver off isn't a mega deal. A fiver is a fiver though if you need one for xmas.
BeneCog
14 Dec 16#26
He was basing his argument on Black Friday/Cyber Monday prices. Do I need to say anymore?
paulj48
14 Dec 16#25
pure conjecture, for all we know they could reduce them in the sales after Christmas.
flux
14 Dec 16#24
If google can bring out one at the same pricepoint as the dot it could be real competition, but the first release of home is a bit pricey. Once all the vendors can agree on a standard it will make things a lot better. too many systems with too many hubs at the moment.
BeneCog
14 Dec 161#23
You'll be waiting for the next Black Friday/Cyber Monday deal, by which time you may be looking to buy Google Home or Echo's successor. This is the best deal on the market at the moment, but I do hope that you're proved right and the price decreases further.
flux
14 Dec 16#22
The UK one is a bit handicapped compared to the U.S version at the moment, but hopefully next year things will improve so if you read about some amazing feature check its also available in the UK.
Beano007
14 Dec 161#21
I have mine working with KODI - wasn't an out of the box solution though, was a bit of a hassle (involved copying some guys code off of github etc). Have it working alongside a broadlink rm2 (20 quid ish) - 5 remote plug sockets (17 bux) - can tell echo its movie time and it will do my lamps, switch on my TV and start up kodi. Then I can tell it what movie I want to watch or episode or song that I have on my qnap and 8 times out of 10 it will play it. The amount of time I sank into setting it up is probably way above what I would recoup just getting up and switching on the telly though but it does look cool when its working and it doesn't need to be expensive.
flux
14 Dec 16#20
Does mean if you wait its likely to come down again though.
Q-Tec
14 Dec 165#9
Say goodbye to any privacy you thought you had in your home as MI5/NSA listen to every conversation.
jayjayuk1234 to Q-Tec
14 Dec 165#12
Paranoid much? why would anyone care what i was saying in my own home? every conversation?? hey if someone has nothing better to do than listen to my ramblings at home then good luck to them!
of course, if i was a terrorist or planning other crimes then yeah i would probably not have one of these. :laughing:
Besides, any smart phone is capable of the same thing
raggedy to Q-Tec
14 Dec 163#13
They must have incredible staffing levels!!
flux to Q-Tec
14 Dec 16#19
They can already do it through the speakers on your pc...
flux
14 Dec 16#17
Was £39.99 two weeks ago on amazon so not a great deal.
BeneCog to flux
14 Dec 161#18
That was for the Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals, therefore atypical and not comparable.
-BA-
14 Dec 163#14
Alexa what would you charge to assassinate Donald Trump?
Knock, knock!
ferrim
14 Dec 16#11
Argos are selling at the same price or two for £85, I used the recent £5 off voucher from Sainsbury's plus the £5 cash back from Amex making it two for £75
I have mine controlling my Hive Heating, Harmony Hub, Living room, kitchen and garden lights
jaques_kalis
14 Dec 161#5
I think this is another product from amazon bound to fail.. just like fire phone, fire tablet and amazon buttons..
bigbak to jaques_kalis
14 Dec 162#8
I've got one and have to agree. Utter garbage.
I want to be able to play music from my own Plex or DLNA server, but can't find a way to do it.
I want to know when my dentist appointment is. The best it can do is read out the next 5 items in my calendar.
I want to know what the weather is in Kielce Poland. It asks where in Poland. Say Kielce and it thinks you've said cancel.
It's not straightforward to create your own tasks. It requires AWS which would eventually cost money for absolutely no benefit to me if others use it.
To control my other devices, I need to buy a harmony bridge.
It seems to be an expensive way to find out what the weather is like outside or to be played a random song from Amazon Music when it doesn't understand me.
lizparr
14 Dec 161#6
Won a £2 Argos gift voucher! Thanks Hukd
-BA-
14 Dec 161#3
Dot has 'Line Out' but don't think full size Echo does.
damadgeruk to -BA-
14 Dec 16#4
Correct, no line out on the Echo, Bluetooth out put only (unless you hack it).
FlexR
14 Dec 16#2
I noticed it's £5 off on Amazon an £20 off the echo but 2 year guarantee helps still dunno if I should get one! So the only difference between the Echo an dot is the speaker part?
mafia
14 Dec 16#1
so annoyed I missed it when it was £29.99 using NOWTEN voucher... hoping for January sales...
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Guardian review of the Echo Dot here:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/28/amazon-echo-dot-review
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of course, if i was a terrorist or planning other crimes then yeah i would probably not have one of these. :laughing:
Besides, any smart phone is capable of the same thing
Knock, knock!
Latest comments (39)
Oh and regarding this deal, I am gonna buy some as gifts so thx...
Sounds like me.
I've got Hue lights to set up, but I just can't be bothered. It is less hassle just getting up.
A reviewer on Amazon.co.uk bought this for his blind father and gave it 5 stars. He seems rather pleased with it - just scroll to the bottom:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01GAGVIE4/ref=gw_aucc_comb_xmasTPR16_tl_2?pf_rd_r=3PMX4K1ETH3MKPKCN24N&pf_rd_p=fd1c6ff8-b075-4e86-8986-c888239811ce
It will happily tell you the weather or news headlines, you can ask it to tell you a joke, ask the time, set a timer or set a wake up alarm. Once you have plugged it in and installed the app - everything is controlled by voice.
There is a youtube video of a review by a blind person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbNSD5H-O6Y
Do not worry about the American accent of Alexa - the UK version has a much nicer accent.
Alexa has been programmed to provide clever/funny answers to lots of not so serious questions and some of these "easter eggs" are listed here
https://turbofuture.com/consumer-electronics/200-Amusing-Amazon-Echo-Easter-Eggs
I think it is also capable of reading aloud Kindle books and Audible books if you subscribe to that but its not something I have really investigated.
I think your son would love it - you could always try it and return it.....
to copy/improve and produce it faster and a lot cheaper..... :wink:
of course, if i was a terrorist or planning other crimes then yeah i would probably not have one of these. :laughing:
Besides, any smart phone is capable of the same thing
Knock, knock!
Check this out
https://github.com/armzilla/amazon-echo-ha-bridge
and
https://domoticz.com/
I have mine controlling my Hive Heating, Harmony Hub, Living room, kitchen and garden lights
I want to be able to play music from my own Plex or DLNA server, but can't find a way to do it.
I want to know when my dentist appointment is. The best it can do is read out the next 5 items in my calendar.
I want to know what the weather is in Kielce Poland. It asks where in Poland. Say Kielce and it thinks you've said cancel.
It's not straightforward to create your own tasks. It requires AWS which would eventually cost money for absolutely no benefit to me if others use it.
To control my other devices, I need to buy a harmony bridge.
It seems to be an expensive way to find out what the weather is like outside or to be played a random song from Amazon Music when it doesn't understand me.