We know it can play it, and it is in the playlist, because it does play it, so why can it not obey ? !Īlso, I happen to like a German radio station,. So you then ask to "play Radio by Jamiroquai" or the more specific "play the song Radio by Jamiroquai" and it answers either by saying it's not in the Amazon playlist or can't find a radio station called Jamiroquai.
When playing the song you can even ask "what song is this" and Alexa will say "Radio by Jamiroquai". Alexa can play it if you ask it to "play songs by Jamiroquai" and skip through the playlist until it plays that song. I have two specific examples: SWMBO likes the song "Radio" by Jamiroquai.
I like that it will read from wikipedia, knowledge of films is reasonable and weather info is a nice little novelty.Īpart from the intermittent random things it says when asked to do something, which we can mostly laugh off, we keep stumbling on things that we know it can do but just doesn't seem to understand when asked, which is getting really frustrating. Alexa does pretty well though when asked to play songs by a given artist, or a given genre of music and streaming of UK radio stations is good and easily accomplished.
We're not really into home automation just yet - if I want to turn on a light I'll get off my arse and turn it on :)Īnyhow, the first disappointment was that it will only hook into Spotify if you have a premium account, which we don't and are not looking to get, so that aspect has gone out the window. Burglar Deterrent seems like a decent alternative for UK users and lets you pick audio to suit the room the Echo’s in, which is probably a bit more useful overall, even if it lacks some of the entertainment value.For Christmas we got ourselves an Amazon Echo, mostly to hook into SWMBO's Spotify playlist and stream radio. Unfortunately, it seems to only be available in the US at the moment. “My wife called me panicked, asking why there was a child and mother arguing upstairs,” says another user. Still, as another reviewer points out: “ Sure they are bad actors, but a potential thief will not be putting their thieving ears against the door to hear if the muffled voices are pre-recorded bad acting!”Īnd at the very least, some people are having fun with practical jokes. “If I played this the burglar would probably break in to shoot me and put me out of my misery.” Home Alone would have been a very different film if the cardboard cutouts scene had ended like that. “My ears couldn’t stand listening to it,” reads one user review. It’s currently averaging 2.9/5.0 on Amazon, with the main complaint being the acting quality of the scenarios.
This means that if potential burglars actually listen carefully to the recordings, they’d likely cotton on pretty quickly, but if muffled voices are all you’re looking for, this could worth looking into. Indeed, the scripts were written by comedy writers who have worked on the likes of Saturday Night Live and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Simply enable the Alexa skill and set Away Mode active, and your Echo will chatter away with itself through one of seven scenarios including “Mom walks daughter through assembling a Malm dresser over the phone” and “Two average guys brainstorm what’s unique about themselves so they can start a podcast about it”.Įach scenario lasts around an hour and, as you’ve probably guessed from the titles, they’re not designed to be taken entirely seriously.
Chitchat with alexa free#
The company’s Away Mode is a free Alexa skill that uses your Echo smart speaker to spook burglars with idle chit-chat, to give the impression that people are home when you’re off gallivanting somewhere else.
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If you’ve somehow neglected to install any kind of home security, but invested in an Amazon Echo, Hippo Insurance has an interesting way of deterring burglars.
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