The Question : 11 people think this question is useful My home network has a MAC filter, so I need to know the MAC address of this particular echo dot. I have nearly 30 smart devices connected to my router and I do not have the luxury of turning off one by one and to
The Question : 11 people think this question is useful I just got a new Echo Dot and it works normally when prompted. However, three times today she said without prompting, “I’m sorry, I can’t find the answer to that question.” I checked on the app and three questions I did not ask are logged,
The Question : 11 people think this question is useful The problem I have with these voice activated devices is that it doesn’t always understand my voice correctly. I’m mostly focused on the Amazon Echo; in this post I am asking: How can I train my Amazon Echo to help it understand my voice more
The Question : 11 people think this question is useful If I’m in a private meeting at my home, I don’t really want Alexa piping up with her idle chatter if I or someone else accidentally says the wake word. Equally, if I’m talking in my sleep (which I do a lot of), I don’t
The Question : 10 people think this question is useful Version 4812 of the Echo software apparently includes the new ‘Computer’ wake word, which seems really exciting. However, my device is still running version 4540 and hence doesn’t have the wake word yet. The Amazon documentation says: Your Alexa device receives software updates automatically over
The Question : 11 people think this question is useful As a result of this question I have read some articles about Alexa and its wake-words. One of the articles mentions the following: Finally, for people with multiple Echo units, there’s an argument to be made for multiple wake words. The microphone array on the
The Question : 13 people think this question is useful With the Amazon Echo, it’s easy to set an alarm that will be triggered on the same device that the alarm was created, however it isn’t always useful if you’re not going to remain in the same room when you expect the alarm to fire
The Question : 12 people think this question is useful I’m thinking about getting some Philips Hue lighting equipment. I’m thinking of something along the lines of this one as a starter kit. I already have an Echo Dot. The marketing buzz is great and both the Hue products highlight that they work with Amazon
The Question : 12 people think this question is useful Amazon Echo contains multiple good microphones. Is it possible to link them to my PC so that I can use the microphone with software like Skype? The Question Comments : Did you ever get echo working with Skype? The Answer 1 10 people think this
The Question : 11 people think this question is useful I’ve configured my Echo and the associated Alexa app for calling and can call registered users. However, though I’ve read about the drop-in calling feature, I don’t see any way to enable it. How do I enable and use drop-in? The Question Comments : You
The Question : 15 people think this question is useful According to Amazon Echo’s Wikipedia page, they’re only available in the US, UK, Germany and Canada. Echo’s Achilles heel is Amazon’s unwillingness to look beyond the US. – The Australian However, being primarily an IoT device, they should work where ever they can get power
The Question : 15 people think this question is useful Is it possible to configure an Amazon Echo so that Alexa will tell you about upcoming events (e.g. from Google Calendar) an hour before each of them by waking itself up and reminding you about them? The Question Comments : The Answer 1 5 people
