You talk to it and it answers questions, as things to shopping lists, read recipes, reads the news, plays music, etc.How does the echo work? I haven't seen this. Maybe I live under a rock or something.
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You talk to it and it answers questions, as things to shopping lists, read recipes, reads the news, plays music, etc.
You can also either manually tell it to control smart home features (lights, temperature, TVs, etc) or you can program them to perform functions on their own. For instance, it's raining in Phoenix today so my indoor lights automatically turn on low at a cookie that matches the light outside so that you don't notice the lights are barely on but the room isn't too dark to do things. At sunset my lights automatically turn on with a rose hue that makes the sunset feel like it's filling out house and then brightens to a cool temperature until dinner time when they go warm for a while then fade out around bedtime and kick on the accessory lights in a nightlight mode. If I want to deviate from the schedule I give it a verbal consent from any room in the house.
It sounds retarded but it's quite useful. The possibilities for these things are limited to your creativity.
So can your phone. If you don't like a device hearing everything you say you should get an old flip phone. Siri and Google both actively listen as well.I was not impressed at all by Alexa. Most of the time it could not understand commands. Plus they can hear everything you say.....**** that!
trueSo can your phone. If you don't like a device hearing everything you say you should get an old flip phone. Siri and Google both actively listen as well.
You talk to it and it answers questions, as things to shopping lists, read recipes, reads the news, plays music, etc.
You can also either manually tell it to control smart home features (lights, temperature, TVs, etc) or you can program them to perform functions on their own. For instance, it's raining in Phoenix today so my indoor lights automatically turn on low at a cookie that matches the light outside so that you don't notice the lights are barely on but the room isn't too dark to do things. At sunset my lights automatically turn on with a rose hue that makes the sunset feel like it's filling out house and then brightens to a cool temperature until dinner time when they go warm for a while then fade out around bedtime and kick on the accessory lights in a nightlight mode. If I want to deviate from the schedule I give it a verbal consent from any room in the house.
It sounds retarded but it's quite useful. The possibilities for these things are limited to your creativity.
For you guys with smart devices, including thermostats, light bulbs, door bells, etc., some security experts recommend using multiple routers to separate the "smart" devices from your laptop/cell phones that you enter sensitive information such as credit card numbers on as every smart device is a potential "in." Its usually referred to as the "three dumb routers" method.
I have the Philips Hue bulbs and string lights but I suggest looking at the Lifx bulbs. The only reason we didn't get them is because the Hue bulbs were dirt cheap on black Friday.Can you post what items you have and how it's set up to control everything?
I'm about to close on a house and would like to add some smart features.