Anyone know any gadget alternative to Alexa or google home ?

alykhalil1

Hi All,
For various i am looking for a gadget that will dial a call on speech and do everything that Alexa or Google home would do ?...talk to them, weather, news , dial a number, music, , bluetooth etc ...???? does anyone know of any alternative for alexa or google home ?...their price are not affordable by me...I dont mind even if it is a chinese gadget, as long as it does what alexa or google home does ?...my budget is too low £15-20.
Many thank and kind regads to you all and be safe...AK

[Deleted User]

Have you already got a smart mobile phone? You can do all of that on the phone without spending a penny.

MattMattMattUK

alykhalil1 said:

Hi All,
For various i am looking for a gadget that will dial a call on speech and do everything that Alexa or Google home would do ?...talk to them, weather, news , dial a number, music, , bluetooth etc ...???? does anyone know of any alternative for alexa or google home ?...their price are not affordable by me...I dont mind even if it is a chinese gadget, as long as it does what alexa or google home does ?...my budget is too low £15-20.
Many thank and kind regads to you all and be safe...AK

Alexa and Google Assistant are powered by the AI systems of Amazon and Google, everything else is so far behind as to be a incredibly poor cousin, even Siri, with Apple's billions is Alexa's idiot cousin. Samsung tried Bixby, it is poor compared to Assistant or Alexa.

The Echo and Google devices can be very cheap if you get them on sale, especially the base Echo or Mini. If you are only willing to pay £20 you would be able to get an Echo Dot or Nest Mini when on sale, other than that you have no other options at that budget point. 

TadleyBaggie

Amazon discount the Echo's below £20 for Black Friday. I got a Google Nest Mini for free because I have a Spotify subscription.

alykhalil1

[Deleted User] said:

Have you already got a smart mobile phone? You can do all of that on the phone without spending a penny.

yehhhh true but once the screeen is locked the google assistant dont work.....

alykhalil1

MattMattMattUK said:

alykhalil1 said:

Hi All,
For various i am looking for a gadget that will dial a call on speech and do everything that Alexa or Google home would do ?...talk to them, weather, news , dial a number, music, , bluetooth etc ...???? does anyone know of any alternative for alexa or google home ?...their price are not affordable by me...I dont mind even if it is a chinese gadget, as long as it does what alexa or google home does ?...my budget is too low £15-20.
Many thank and kind regads to you all and be safe...AK

Alexa and Google Assistant are powered by the AI systems of Amazon and Google, everything else is so far behind as to be a incredibly poor cousin, even Siri, with Apple's billions is Alexa's idiot cousin. Samsung tried Bixby, it is poor compared to Assistant or Alexa.

The Echo and Google devices can be very cheap if you get them on sale, especially the base Echo or Mini. If you are only willing to pay £20 you would be able to get an Echo Dot or Nest Mini when on sale, other than that you have no other options at that budget point. 

have you heard of any offers or seen any...PLEASE if you could let me know of these offers...so many thanks....

alykhalil1

....PLEASE CAN I PLEASE LET YOU ALL KNOW THATB DUE TO MY CERVICAL SPINE DISCACTOMY AND FUSION, I HAVE TREMOURS ON MT FINGERS AND CANNOT TYPE RIGHT RIGHT WORDS. SO YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT 2 AND 2 TOGETHER AND FIGURE MY WORDS......

alykhalil1

TadleyBaggie said:

Amazon discount the Echo's below £20 for Black Friday. I got a Google Nest Mini for free because I have a Spotify subscription.

lucky you.....

RumRat

I'm not sure what you want exists. I know it may be difficult, but, try to save a few pounds  more and you can get a Google mini or Echo dot.
Give this a look....Google Home Mini Hands-Free Voice Commands Assistant Smart Speaker - Charcoal 842776102355 | eBay
You will also need a smart phone to set them up.

bob_a_builder

Use CamelCamelCamel ( https://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/ )
To set up a price watch on the Amazon Echo 3rd Gen 
You can see from this linked image below how the price moves about 
https://ibb.co/YTsP9Dg

RumRat

kinger101 said:

alykhalil1 said:

as long as it does what alexa or google home does ?.

What?  Flash green annoyingly every time you're going to get and Amazon delivery, say "I'm sorry, I don't know that one" of tell you for the one millionth !!!!!! time that "did you know, this skill can be linked......" when you just want to listen to Radio 6. Of course I ****ing did, becuase you told me this yesterday, the day before and every single other day I gave you a simple command to play Radio 6.  If you're so smart, you've have remembered this Alexa you !!!!!! halfwit.

And don't get me started on trying to use it as kitchen timer........

Seems you have issues, mainly ones that those of us who have it working correctly don't have....