NGKUR- Does anyone have an Amazon Echo?

[pinkcat]

I was going to put this in the randoms thread but was afraid it'd get lost in there. Does anyone have the Amazon Echo, or have any thoughts/opinions on it? I am considering it as a gift for DH- he loves all things tech. I'd love to hear if anyone has anything to say about it!

[steveo]

Yes. I got the invitation for being a Prime member and bought it early because I thought it would be cool.

It's still in the box in the cupboard. So now I'll follow for actual user opinions to decide whether I should finally open the damn thing.

[pinkcat]

steveo, the reviews I read are all great and it does seem cool, I just can't see how it would be much different than Google or Siri? Hence my hesitance to buy one for him!

[steveo]

Okay okay pinkcat,, I'll get it out of the box tonight and see what it can do

[nuggetrn]

I just looked it up because I didn't know what it was. Might want to take this review into consideration as you are buying it for your husband though

Click Me

[pinkcat]

Aug 5, 2015 13:25:32 GMT -5 nuggetrn said:

I just looked it up because I didn't know what it was. Might want to take this review into consideration as you are buying it for your husband though

Click Me

Ha ha! I didn't know what it was until I was browsing Amazon the other day and stumbled across it. And I certainly don't want "Alexa" to become a better spouse than me!

[DanaScullyX]

*****Lurking ******

I love the Echo. Other than asking questions, which is fun at parties, I really like that it plays all prime music and can order things so easily. Also, as a bonus, check out ifthisthenthat for a ton of awesome ways you can link the Echo to other apps and commands.

[pinkcat]

Thanks DanaScullyX! So glad to hear that someone likes it. A big reason I was interested was because of its music playing abilities and I'll check out ifthisthenthat!

[RajahMD]

We love our Echo!

We use it for all sorts of stuff: listening to music, kitchen timers, weather, news, traffic.

We recently discovered the shopping list function. All you have to say is "alexa, add xzy to my shopping list". It then shows up practically instantaneously on the Echo app on your smartphone. One reason we like it so much is that we can access the app from either of our phones, versus which ever one we previously used to make a list.

[RajahMD]

If you have any specific questions, go for it. I seriously cannot say enough good things about this thing.

I can't wait to be able to control our Nest with it. They added functionality to control some other home automation products in the spring, so I'm hoping that gets added in soon.

[pinkcat]

Thanks RajahMD! I feel like it would be so convenient for shopping lists, I'm glad to hear the app works so well. I have to make a decision today if I want it to arrive in time so your comment is really helpful!