**Edit: 25th May code no longer working but other options below including £114 at Tesco Direct with code**
Argos: Amazon Echo Black or White £124.99 plus also get a £10 Argos voucher (credit msmyth). Site is currently updating in terms of price, free click and collect.
I have a life and 2 very young kids, we have no problem using Alexa. Perhaps the problem is elsewhere :laughing:
BuzzDuraband
24 May 178#19
Fantastic price. I absolutely love mine. Fortunately, Alexa doesn't listen to my kids. I'm not sure if it's the chav acccent, the pre-school speech or if she just chooses to ignore them, but she works as intended for me :smile:
skipperjonce
24 May 178#6
lol you must really have an axe to grind with Alexa. You pop up with this same comment on every thread. Mine works beautifully with a house full of very noisy children and animals.
vassy1
24 May 177#4
Nice find OP.. Heat addd :smile:
But purchased google home from your previous deal :disappointed:
All comments (62)
scott_w_1981
24 May 17#1
Awful bits of kit I had and took back if you have a noisy house eg kids running about the unit struggles to pick up your voice making the whole idea of it pointless you have been warned!
Oneday77 to scott_w_1981
24 May 173#7
Yes your right a house full of noisy kids does make it hard to control.
In saying that that it makes it hard to think or for anyone to hear me. Should I return the kids to get back to normality? Either that or recognise there is no perfect solution for every occasion.
We have a Dot in the kitchen. Handy for getting lights on while working with messy food covered hands or getting some tunes on.
0dd8a11 to scott_w_1981
24 May 176#8
Sounds like an awful house, not sure why you would blame Alexa for that?
OrribleHarry to scott_w_1981
24 May 17#33
So it's the kits fault your house is noisy?? :confused:
LZ932
24 May 171#2
making some adjustments to web site be back soon, thank OP will try again later
ghostm4n
24 May 173#3
Excellent bit of kit and my noisy grandchildren absolutely love it.
vassy1
24 May 177#4
Nice find OP.. Heat addd :smile:
But purchased google home from your previous deal :disappointed:
vassy1
24 May 176#5
Vouchercodes offer £10 M&S voucher for £100+ spend in Currys.
skipperjonce
24 May 178#6
lol you must really have an axe to grind with Alexa. You pop up with this same comment on every thread. Mine works beautifully with a house full of very noisy children and animals.
hcc27 to skipperjonce
24 May 17#28
Yes their beam-forming mic technology is very, very good.
However, for a bit more of a challenge, I built one out of a Raspberry Pi and it works perfectly (though of course the USB mic I got for a fiver online is nowhere near as sensitive).
Certainly a good price for what this offers and in comparison with prices elsewhere, though I feel it will be down to the £75 mark within the next few months as the early adopters peter out.
Heated.
maccy1
24 May 175#9
Great price for the echo...
...cheers chichi, cheers chichi :laughing:
MISS.DIVA
24 May 17#10
Good to see the price is finally coming down. Still think the ideal price should be £99.99 and the Echo Dot £35.00
alexc648 to MISS.DIVA
24 May 17#22
Seems like a ok deal for me at 99.99 if they add the ability to use it for just bluetooth
scott_w_1981
24 May 171#11
Idiot clearly someone with no life or kids!!
ILikeUsingGifsToComment
24 May 173#12
Thanks chanchi...chanchi...chanchi... :smile:
Mada06
24 May 1713#13
I have a life and 2 very young kids, we have no problem using Alexa. Perhaps the problem is elsewhere :laughing:
0dd8a11
24 May 17#14
I have a life and one child, no noisy house with kids running around. I also don't have a house filled with "computer games" , "knives" and "dressing gowns" !
bluecityste
24 May 17#15
To be fair mine struggles to hear Alexa probably around 20% of the time, and I have a quiet house with no kids running around.
pretty dissapointing unfortunately.
tystion
24 May 17#16
My main echo unit works great. It's only the dots that are temperamental. Good price OP.
fr3dy77_sp33d
24 May 172#17
who is still using this expensive gimmick one year since purchase. please raise your hand :smiley:
lam3094
24 May 17#18
Anyone having trouble with the code on the currys website?
BuzzDuraband
24 May 178#19
Fantastic price. I absolutely love mine. Fortunately, Alexa doesn't listen to my kids. I'm not sure if it's the chav acccent, the pre-school speech or if she just chooses to ignore them, but she works as intended for me :smile:
bilbob to BuzzDuraband
24 May 171#44
FWIW, my two, 4 yrs and 7 yrs, North Yorkshire accent (but veeery well spoken ( :smile: ) and she understands very well. The 4 year old sometimes has to repeat his request for a joke, but she is usually more than happy to supply his demand for more ed sheeran, much to my disgust.
summerof76
24 May 172#20
Can you hear me, Can You Hear Me :laughing:
Heat added
tonyd19565
24 May 171#21
Thanks to OP & vassy1 for the extra gift voucher
deeky
24 May 171#23
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trickytree
24 May 17#24
The only issue I had is that if you have the sound on it so loud it struggles to hear you shouting Alexa at it.
So to combat that I got the remote which is handy for the volume adjusting alone and then you can say the command quietly into the remote rather than shouting across the room.
Tabintab to trickytree
24 May 171#26
does this not contradict the whole point of a device like The Echo? Needing a remote controller for the remote controller duh!
bilbob to trickytree
24 May 17#45
I've got a dot fixed to a landing wall outside the bathroom door. I have it connected via Bluetooth to some speakers mounted in the bathroom. I can control that dot from inside the shower whilst it is running over the noise of both shower and music playing. I do need to raise my voice to initiate, but she hears me fine after that.
They work brilliantly for me.
One thing I would say regarding the echo. I have one on my bedstead, fixed to a battery. When it's close to the wall, or something is close to it, it does restrict its hearing. Move it further away from the wall, and make sure nothing is obstructing the base.
Makes a world of difference to her ears :smiley:
newmann
24 May 172#25
TREVOR!!!
beejan
24 May 17#27
Google home much better , after the Bluetooth support coming
I put mine in corner of kitchen but found it struggled moved out of the corner but still on the same worktop and it has been pretty spot on 90% struggles with some artists names and tunein doesn't always work.
Luckily I got mine at pre order price so will keeping hold of it unless they announce a newer version.
BuzzDuraband
24 May 17#31
The new version has been announced. The Amazon Echo Show. They're taking pre-orders in the US for it
trickytree
24 May 17#32
I know what you mean but it's only used when playing music loud. Also allows me to control the volume from elsewhere so I can hear the kids have turned it up louder than they should do in the lounge but as it's Bluetooth I can override that from the kitchen.
Doesn't stop the times you are in the lounge just asking any question or setting timer etc.
Syst3mzero
24 May 17#34
Serious question...
Has anyone figured out a good use for these yet or are we just wanting them for novelty value?
I'm not above novelty but I really can't figure out why I might want one.
Mada06 to Syst3mzero
24 May 17#36
I replaced my Sonos Play 1 with 2 of these. The sound quality isn't as good but for my kitchen and listening to music on a sleep timer in the bedroom while going to bed it's absolutely ideal.
In the kitchen I use the timer and play music. You can also create shopping lists. I've tried to connect it to my Nest without success but that could also be useful.
dave_gilmore81
24 May 171#35
It's a great bit of kit. I recommend adding the 'Ask Google' skill to force it to use Google rather than the rather limited Bing search engine - very liberating and improves the experience massively.
ferrers to dave_gilmore81
24 May 17#50
How do you do this. I can't find it in the skills.
Garble
24 May 172#37
Can't really see the use. Would rather save the £100 and turn the lights on myself and use one of the million other devices in my house that plays music.
Q-Tec
24 May 171#38
Do you want to save the NSA/MI5 time and money?
Do you want to save them the hassle of legally (or illegally), placing a bug in your home?
Are you happy to wave goodbye to freedom of speech in your home?
Then go ahead and buy one.
Tomb to Q-Tec
24 May 171#41
I'm with you comrade..
bilbob to Q-Tec
24 May 171#46
You clearly don't know how this technology works do you?
If this data was constantly streaming, it would be easy to spot. Like, *VERY* easy. There are loads of people, just wishing they can be the first to shout up about Alexa, or Cortana, or Siri constantly streaming voices to the NSA, but the FACT is that if it was, you'd see it in the IP traffic. You can't, because it's not there.
Educate yourself, don't believe every stupid thing you read on the internet, there's a lot of stupid out there.
khimbar1
24 May 172#39
You should probably not buy one then.
wolvesinwales
24 May 17#40
Does anyone know if the smarthome10 code can be applied in store? I've reserved one for collection but you pay instore.
captainbeaky to wolvesinwales
24 May 171#47
Doesn't look like it. From their t&cs:
"Discount codes can only be used on orders for home delivery. Reserve & Collect orders are excluded......"
stevej1976
24 May 171#42
There will be sonos intergration with Alexa soon.
khimbar1
24 May 171#43
You should probably not buy one then.
FTOdude170
24 May 17#48
im a bit unsure.. but at this price im hoping to get answers to what may be a very dumb question...
i dont have an amazon prime account- hence no access to amazon music etc... i do have a free subscription to deezer though.
i have yeelight strips in the kitchen.
just how much functionality can i realistically expect from this device if i was to get it. we have smartphones with music on, and music apps... can i ask alexa to open my music and play songs? sorry if the questions are lame.. the selling blurb makes the device sound wonderful, but thats if you are already fully plumbed in with certain subscriptions etc...
Thanks in advance
Dave
Donna80
24 May 171#49
Nb: Alexa will offer free VoIP calling between devices like an easy Skype, coming to the UK soon. Great to keep in touch with family.
I'm sticking with lotsa Dots though :smiley:
poseidonxxx
24 May 17#51
Heat added.
My family has had an Amazon Alexa for nearly a year now.
It is amazing. Very useful and can hear your commands through a jumbo jet taking off with a load of singing stag do geezers.
Great machine.
I will not be buying the new unnecessary video version.
It's like THE BMW 5 series they replaced in 2010. The E60 was a perfect driving machine.
I took my F10 back and bought another E60 after 3 weeks
I take the price of this going down due to the new one coming out soon? I have an Echo dot and it's excellent. It works seamlessly with Phillips Hue lights. Some of the content still leaves a bit to be desired but this a decent price.
nougat
24 May 17#55
Yes you are correct it does not contradict the whole point of a device like The Echo? Needing a remote controller for the remote controller
sysak
24 May 17#56
Can someone please explain the appeal of Google Home or Amazon Echo? So you spend 100 quid and this thing is basically sitting in one room of the house, when each of the household members already has Siri / Google Assistant on their phone which is on them all the time and does the exact same thing, Am I missing the point here?
Biggunspaul to sysak
24 May 17#57
You forgot the part about it being a speaker !
Dayksa
24 May 17#58
Managed to talk myself out of buying it and then back into buying it, now I just have to decide what to do with it.
ryancoupland5
24 May 17#59
Great find
GRiDlock
25 May 17#60
Think voucher is expired..
SMARTHOME10
Sorry! That promotional code is not valid.
Chanchi32
25 May 171#61
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Currys: Amazon Echo Black or White £114.99 with code SMARTHOME10. Includes free next day delivery.
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/smart-tech/smart-tech/smart-home/smart-home-voice-control/amazon-echo-black-10152954-pdt.html
**Edit: 25th May code no longer working but other options below including £114 at Tesco Direct with code**
Argos: Amazon Echo Black or White £124.99 plus also get a £10 Argos voucher (credit msmyth). Site is currently updating in terms of price, free click and collect.
http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6344258?tag=ar:static:Amazon-Echo:black
John Lewis: Amazon Echo Black or White £124.95 plus 2 year guarantee, free delivery
https://www.johnlewis.com/amazon-echo-smart-speaker-with-alexa-voice-recognition-control/p3025565?colour=Black
Update Tesco Direct: Amazon Echo Black or White £114 with code TDX-KYMX
https://www.tesco.com/direct/amazon-echo-black/226-6925.prd?skuId=226-6925
https://www.tesco.com/direct/amazon-echo-white/633-4643.prd?skuId=633-4643
Top comments
But purchased google home from your previous deal :disappointed:
All comments (62)
In saying that that it makes it hard to think or for anyone to hear me. Should I return the kids to get back to normality? Either that or recognise there is no perfect solution for every occasion.
We have a Dot in the kitchen. Handy for getting lights on while working with messy food covered hands or getting some tunes on.
But purchased google home from your previous deal :disappointed:
However, for a bit more of a challenge, I built one out of a Raspberry Pi and it works perfectly (though of course the USB mic I got for a fiver online is nowhere near as sensitive).
Certainly a good price for what this offers and in comparison with prices elsewhere, though I feel it will be down to the £75 mark within the next few months as the early adopters peter out.
Heated.
...cheers chichi, cheers chichi :laughing:
pretty dissapointing unfortunately.
Heat added
So to combat that I got the remote which is handy for the volume adjusting alone and then you can say the command quietly into the remote rather than shouting across the room.
They work brilliantly for me.
One thing I would say regarding the echo. I have one on my bedstead, fixed to a battery. When it's close to the wall, or something is close to it, it does restrict its hearing. Move it further away from the wall, and make sure nothing is obstructing the base.
Makes a world of difference to her ears :smiley:
Luckily I got mine at pre order price so will keeping hold of it unless they announce a newer version.
Doesn't stop the times you are in the lounge just asking any question or setting timer etc.
Has anyone figured out a good use for these yet or are we just wanting them for novelty value?
I'm not above novelty but I really can't figure out why I might want one.
In the kitchen I use the timer and play music. You can also create shopping lists. I've tried to connect it to my Nest without success but that could also be useful.
Do you want to save them the hassle of legally (or illegally), placing a bug in your home?
Are you happy to wave goodbye to freedom of speech in your home?
Then go ahead and buy one.
If this data was constantly streaming, it would be easy to spot. Like, *VERY* easy. There are loads of people, just wishing they can be the first to shout up about Alexa, or Cortana, or Siri constantly streaming voices to the NSA, but the FACT is that if it was, you'd see it in the IP traffic. You can't, because it's not there.
Educate yourself, don't believe every stupid thing you read on the internet, there's a lot of stupid out there.
"Discount codes can only be used on orders for home delivery. Reserve & Collect orders are excluded......"
i dont have an amazon prime account- hence no access to amazon music etc... i do have a free subscription to deezer though.
i have yeelight strips in the kitchen.
just how much functionality can i realistically expect from this device if i was to get it. we have smartphones with music on, and music apps... can i ask alexa to open my music and play songs? sorry if the questions are lame.. the selling blurb makes the device sound wonderful, but thats if you are already fully plumbed in with certain subscriptions etc...
Thanks in advance
Dave
I'm sticking with lotsa Dots though :smiley:
My family has had an Amazon Alexa for nearly a year now.
It is amazing. Very useful and can hear your commands through a jumbo jet taking off with a load of singing stag do geezers.
Great machine.
I will not be buying the new unnecessary video version.
It's like THE BMW 5 series they replaced in 2010. The E60 was a perfect driving machine.
I took my F10 back and bought another E60 after 3 weeks
"If it ain't broke..."
SMARTHOME10
Sorry! That promotional code is not valid.
https://www.tesco.com/direct/search-results/results.page?catId=4294967294&searchquery=amazon+echo&SrchId=4294967294