Anybody get Alexa yet?

[TylerLV76]

Is this not available in the UK yet?

I dont think so but honestly I wouldnt worry about it. You're not missing anything since Alexa is extremely limited on what it can do and is pretty horrible. Most of us hid the app and havent opened it since.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

Even Siri seems to have forgotten everything.

How about self learning, let our PA's have at it with full access to digital information.

Dr. Watson anyone?

 

[stylon69]

That's disappointing to hear... I have an Echo in the house and love it... was hoping for the same functionality on my phone

 

[MicroZone]

I got it last week i think. I tried it a couple of times. It's every bit as useless here as on my Amazon Fire. I don't bother with Google Assitant much either. GA at least seems to function properly and doesn't just sit there staring back at me like a blank wall. I just cannot imagine any use for these assistants yet. It takes three tries to do something via voice that I could have just done myself. When we get to their end game of the computers on Star Trek, it'll be usefull. Now it's just a bother.

 

[Nreeldeep]

I dont have a google home or amazon echo so can someone tell me what alexa does that google assistant doesnt? Seems kinda silly to open an app when I can just hold the home button.

It's junk. It has less capacity than Google. You can't open it by voice command. And you're right about having to open the app as opposed to holding down the home button.

 

[Gayle Lynn]

It's listening. Recording. Learning. Everyone, its vicious, and has been tricked by TV ads, the front door audio system.

IoT is not being built secure first - instead Security is an afterthought.