Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Okay, I'll have a look today and see what happens. I don't have spotify or uba  accounts yet, but I'l see how things work once I've set the thing up. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=292202#p292202

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? The Alexa app is accessible, if a bit clunky with VO.You use to configure your device and settings, such as the content of your flash briefing, as well as to search to new skills, delete to do list items, and link accounts like your

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? The app you want is called Amazon Alexa, and here's a link to the UK store.The setup process is accessible, certainly, but I'm not sure about the interactions with Alexa via the app. I assume it's nothing you can't do by just asking

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Ah, interesting to know about the Ios ap, though for purely practical reasons (and my parents' rather slower network), I might wait until I've got the computer fixed. Out of interest, what is the Ios ap called if I needed to install

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? To be honest I think this really just emphasises the problem with all "cloud-connected" things: they're dependent on a server to work. That can be nice, as long as it's just for convenience, but what happens when you need i

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? To be honest I think this really just emphasises the problem with all "cloud-connected" things: they're dependent on a server to work. That can be nice, as long as it's just for convenience, but what happens when you need i

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? To be honest I think this really just emphasises the problem with all "cloud-connected" things: they're dependent on a server to work. That can be nice, as long as it's just for convenience, but what happens when you need i

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? To be honest I think this really just emphasises the problem with all "cloud-connected" things: they're dependent on a server to work. That can be nice, as long as it's just for convenience, but what happens when you need i

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? To be honest I think this really just emphasises the problem with all "cloud-connected" things: they're dependent on a server to work. That can be nice, as long as it's just for convenience, but what happens when you need i

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? @Jack, Hmmm, that could actually be helpful though if alexa can search stuff.It's not so much the hardware requirements of the ecco that I mind as amazon's effort to take priority of music services and not allow people to own things

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? The Echo can also do a few more things like read a summary of Wikipedia articles. I wish it would read the entire article instead of a brief summary from the top. It also integrates with IFTTT, which means you can do a lot

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? The Echo can also do a few more things like read a summary of Wikipedia articles. It also integrates with IFTTT, which means you can do a lot of interesting things with other services. THe support could be a little better. For example

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Unfortunately the echo has no serious memory. The device itself has 2 main functions. The ability to catch http streams from services like amazon music, pandora, spotify and tunein, and then the ability to send voice recordings

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? @Jack, yes, downloading from amazon is a pest indeed, though I could see using the ecco as a streaming device to test things out and then perhaps getting from somewhere mor friendly if I want it more perminantly such as mp3va.com

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? If you have music purchased from Amazon, you're still streaming it from your Echo, but it's in unprotected mp3 format, but then you have to deal with Amazon's complicated music downloading methods just to get to the zip file with your

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Dark,You can try saying:Alexa, play music.Alexa, play popular Sia songs.Alexa, play the "Top Pop" station.Alexa, play the new Coldplay song.Alexa, play the latest Bruno Mars album.Alexa, play the top songs this week.A

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Well I'll look at the free tryal and see how things work, though I really do prefer owning the files myself, it just makes life much easier, especially for someone like me who is fairly none standard in taste with music etc. URL: http

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I can't speak for the quality, but yes your Echo can behave like a Bluetooth speaker. In other words you go from your Victor to the transmitter, and from there to the Echo. Of course, you'll still have to control the playback from

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I can't speak for the quality, but yes your Echo can behave like a Bluetooth speaker. In other words you go from your Victor to the transmitter, and from there to the Echo. Of course, you'll still have to control the playback from

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I can't speak for the quality, but yes your Echo can behave like a Bluetooth speaker. In other words you go from your Victor to the transmitter, and from there to the Echo. Of course, you'll still have to control the playback from

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I can't speak for the quality, but yes your Echo can behave like a Bluetooth speaker. In other words you go from your Victor to the transmitter, and from there to the Echo. Of course, you'll still have to control the playback from

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? So, how does this bluetooth work if I wanted to play stuff off my victor or other device on my ecco? Would I attach the bluetooth transmitter to the 3.5 mm jack on whatever I wanted to play music off and then use the ecco? How

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? So, how does this bluetooth work if I wanted to play stuff off my victor or other device on my ecco? Would I attach the bluetooth transmitter to the 3.5 mm jack on whatever I wanted to play music off and then use the ecco? How

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I should have known from the cynical tone of the post that it'd be you, Dark, but I thought it was somebody else and was unsurprised when I discovered my error. In fact, as a proud cynic myself, I must say that I do believe my cynical

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? And with that in mind, the miccus minijack tx4 is what I'd recommend over any other bluetooth transmitter. It's a small device that charges through mini usb so nothing proprietary. And the best part, that places it above other

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? You can also pair a Bluetooth device to the Echo and play any content you like. I use a 3.5 MM to Bluetooth adapter to play my Victor Reader Stream to my Echo and it works well.Smart home devices don't require any monthly fees aside

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? I haven't used smart-home devices personally, but I highly doubt you'd have to pay monthly fees to use the actual devices, just your standard isp/utility costs. As for uploading music to the cloud that's possible, but you either have

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Oh dam! can you upload music to the amazon cloud? I don't really like the idea of being beholden to a music service and not actually owning the files, plus my wife and I already have a very extensive music collection anyway which we

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Re: Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? It can't play music files from your computer, unfortunately. Do you need to subscribe to amazon services? Yes and no. You need a prime for the voice-activated ordering from amazon, and you need amazon music unlimited to play music

Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need?

Amazon echo what does it do, and what do you need? Well my brother has bought my wife and I an amazon Ecco spot as a combined christmas and wedding present. I'm now wondering firstly, what can we do with it? and secondly, how much do you need to be a slave to people's services. For example