Use voucher: TDX-HYTP for £10 off a £75 spend at Tesco Direct to get the Amazon Echo for only £89. Was white only, but the white is now OOS whereas the Black is now back in stock. Link updated to the black version
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collectorcol
23 Aug 17#1
Seriously?!
garethsmith72
23 Aug 17#2
good spot
collectorcol to garethsmith72
23 Aug 17#5
Yeah, great spot from the top of the page with the days hottest deals listed...
hukdplan
23 Aug 17#3
Can some explain the attraction of Echos? You need to be in the same room, then you give it a verbal instruction. Why not walk a few steps to your computer, or use a mobile device like a tablet all over the house? They're not cheap either.
collectorcol to hukdplan
23 Aug 17#4
Can you tell your laptop to play the radio or a selected track? Ask it to set a timer or remind you to do something? Maybe your computer will respond to voice commands while you're up a ladder painting the ceiling with white sticky hands?...
EagleUK to collectorcol
23 Aug 17#12
Well actually yes you can... Awkward.. :persevere:
IMO Cortana has a long way to come. The echo ‘just works’ whereas I find myself fighting with cortana to make her understand most of the time.
Russonf to collectorcol
24 Aug 17#29
I have a Mac so yeah I can
murkr to collectorcol
24 Aug 17#31
No but your phone will. And Cortana probably could if you tweaked it
bellboys to hukdplan
23 Aug 17#15
My missus was exactly of that opinion when I told her I'd bought one on Prime Day. Now she'd probably get rid of me first! It's the complete convenience of the thing, really. We really only got it for the music but then realised it can do so much more - we now give our (EDF) energy readings to it, we have Evohome connected to it now so can change the temp in each of our rooms by asking Alexa! She's even looking at Philips Hue lighting now! Plus no-one can deny it's great when people come visiting. Oh, and it can do great fart sounds as well :astonished: . Plus, who wants to carry a tablet on them all round the house? I guess it's the same argument about a lawnmower and pair of garden shears...
calvin22580 to hukdplan
23 Aug 17#21
"Alexa, play that song that goes, is this the real life? is this just fantasy?"
m.ad to hukdplan
24 Aug 17#34
I felt the same, I didn't see the appeal of voice tech. But after being given a Dot as a gift from work, I'm sold. My Dot sits in the kitchen and gets used frequently, to play music, ask for the date or time quicker than hunting for a phone, add to shopping lists if I notice the fridge is missing something - and it's so simple to use, my four year old can tell it to play her favourite music.
I have Prime so my experience with things such as music may be biased, but you can upload your own music and Amazon authority any CDs you have bought... I would say get a Dot, does everything a full Echo can do and the speaker is fine.
bally12345
23 Aug 17#6
Think that's the best price iv seen for the echo brand new.
tiggerloveslife to bally12345
23 Aug 17#7
Was £79.99 @ Amazon on Prime Day or if you were really fast in the early hours of the morning you could get 2 from Tesco Direct for £138 as they had an automatic discount of £40 for buying 2 and then additional discount using type in code :wink:
Darzen
23 Aug 17#8
What next, different deals for different colour socks ?
bizzlebyron
23 Aug 17#9
The black is out of stock and expired. This is available.
I don't see the problem.
darecy
23 Aug 17#10
I have two dots already, this will be 3rd CIA agent located in my house - am I safe yet?
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I have Prime so my experience with things such as music may be biased, but you can upload your own music and Amazon authority any CDs you have bought... I would say get a Dot, does everything a full Echo can do and the speaker is fine.
I don't see the problem.