Do you know your Amazon Echo from your Goggle home?

[Deleted User]

RumRat wrote: »

Bet you said the same about the mobile phone.....I guess some people just get left behind....;)

Been using mobile phones since 1998 which was still along time before it was a given that everyone has a mobile phone.

worried_jim wrote: »

Still watching Betamax........:rotfl:

Been using and experimenting with tech a lot longer than the current social media "cloud" generation. Oh your Alexa can turn your lights on and off wow! I've been able to do that for 10 years with LightwaveRF.

RumRat

Deleted_User wrote: »

Been using mobile phones since 1998 which was still along time before it was a given that everyone has a mobile phone.



Been using and experimenting with tech a lot longer than the current social media generation. Oh your Alexa can turn your lights on and off wow! I've been able to do that for 10 years with LightwaveRF.

Shame you've given up on things......I guess it's an age thing...;)

[Deleted User]

RumRat wrote: »

Shame you've given up on things......I guess it's an age thing...;)

Not given up. I prefer to get my hands dirty rather than use a plug and play device. ;)

RumRat

Deleted_User wrote: »

Not given up. I prefer to get my hands dirty rather than use a plug and play device. ;)

Can't fault you for that....You are still mistaken in thinking AI is a fad, but each to their own.:)

devizes18193

I brought 2 echos , why we are parents of a servely autistic 21 year old who has meltdowns and if my wife is upstairs she cant always hear me shouting if i need help .The 2 way intercom is worth its weight in gold

devizes18193

If you want an idea of what you can do with an echo . You tube a guy called Paul hibbert

Tyler_Du

devizes18193 wrote: »

I brought 2 echos , why we are parents of a servely autistic 21 year old who has meltdowns and if my wife is upstairs she cant always hear me shouting if i need help .The 2 way intercom is worth its weight in gold

I want to use that feature on my echos, but don't what to allow them access to my other contacts, this that possible ?

neilmcl

TBH OP, there are plenty of info out there if you google "google home vs amazon echo" detailing the differences and what might suit you better. It really all comes down to what you want to use it for. At the moment Google Home looks better for search activities and anything that uses it's maps facility but if you currently use the Amazon architecture more then the Echo is probably a better bet.

Personally, I'd simply prefer to say "Alexa, do this" rather than "OK Google, etc".

RumRat

neilmcl wrote: »

TBH OP, there are plenty of info out there if you google "google home vs amazon echo" detailing the differences and what might suit you better. It really all comes down to what you want to use it for. At the moment Google Home looks better for search activities and anything that uses it's maps facility but if you currently use the Amazon architecture more then the Echo is probably a better bet.

Personally, I'd simply prefer to say "Alexa, do this" rather than "OK Google, etc".

Having a better contextual conversation with Google far outweighs that...:D
I love the competition between the two. It's really driving AI forward.

devizes18193

Tyler_Durden_UK wrote: »

I want to use that feature on my echos, but don't what to allow them access to my other contacts, this that possible ?

yes through the alexa app