I have an Echo Dot at home, but don't use Siri very much. I do use Siri, but not constantly like I know some do. So for me, I have the Hey Siri feature turned off. It's not ahuge deal since I can hold the Home button osummon Siri if I need to. For the Echo Dot, though it is always listening, that does not bother me too much. However, it does have a mute button to stop it from listening, so that's good. It really hasn't been triggered too much by thinking it has heard the magic word. A few times, but not a ton. I understand how the Sonos devices getting Alexa would be a game changer for those not in countries supported by Alexa. However, for me it comes down to price; I can get an Echo Dot for $49, verses the $199 that Sonos charge for their new device.
Wayne On 10/5/17, deidre muccio <[email protected]> wrote: > I notice that Tune In Radio is now giving me a morning greeting and a button > that I must hit on to open the app. Otherwise it will not close out since > the app is not open. Facebook has been doing this too. It drives me crazy. > As far as listening goes, I unloaded the Facebook app so I could get > back > to the place where I tell it not to allow access to the microphone - I don't > do any video on my phone. No data is lost this way and it clears out other > stuff not needed so if you look at storage usage it shrinks after doing > this. > I'm not concerned who sees or hears what I am up to, but having the > phone > in use behind the scenes offends my sensibility. I also notice that if I do > leave my phone on through the night, even though it might be near fully > charged, and it is set to lock every minute, the battery is still drained > quite a bit by morning. What is using up the battery? I think I noticed that > some apps have remained open so perhaps even though the phone is locked > particular apps don't really treat them as not in use. > I've started to shut my phone down at night, hell with needing easy access > to 911. > Also, I realize that magazines and facebook provide news and platforms > for > free, if one chooses not to subscribe, but the onslaught of ads is making > some of these platforms nearly unusable. I've never had so many ads popping > up when on facebook as I have in the last 3 or so months. I wish there was > an alternative platform. Either that or voice over is not able to keep up > with the ads and I see no way to not load graphics on the phone. > Am I in the dark here? > > Deidre > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Connect with me on GoodReads: www.goodreads.com/waynesbooks -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
