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RizzoTheRat said:
I've just had my weekly "What's new with Alexa?" email, and in the list of things to try is:
"Alexa, Watch the Tick on Fire TV" - Learn how to control your Amazon Fire TV with your Echo Device.
Wasn't this something people were saying recently was available in the US but not here yet? Looks like it's arrived.
Mentioned on this thread Tuesday, keep up "Alexa, Watch the Tick on Fire TV" - Learn how to control your Amazon Fire TV with your Echo Device.
Wasn't this something people were saying recently was available in the US but not here yet? Looks like it's arrived.
RizzoTheRat said:
I've just had my weekly "What's new with Alexa?" email, and in the list of things to try is:
"Alexa, Watch the Tick on Fire TV" - Learn how to control your Amazon Fire TV with your Echo Device.
Wasn't this something people were saying recently was available in the US but not here yet? Looks like it's arrived.
Look back to the posts on Tuesday - we've been playing with it since then."Alexa, Watch the Tick on Fire TV" - Learn how to control your Amazon Fire TV with your Echo Device.
Wasn't this something people were saying recently was available in the US but not here yet? Looks like it's arrived.
ecsrobin said:
gadgetmac said:
ecsrobin said:
I also realised today that calling mobiles is now a thing.
Sorry, what?Eg are you actually calling mobiles or just making contact between amazon devices (but ones on people’s mobiles)
El stovey said:
ecsrobin said:
gadgetmac said:
ecsrobin said:
I also realised today that calling mobiles is now a thing.
Sorry, what?Eg are you actually calling mobiles or just making contact between amazon devices (but ones on people’s mobiles)
gadgetmac said:
It appears to be just the ones with the Akexa app on their mobile phones. So it won’t call landlines or the say the local doctors surgery if you have them in your contacts.
Alexa will call any number in my contacts, regardless of type, although I’m in the US. Not sure if that makes a difference. Have used it a lot, works well.Zeek said:
gadgetmac said:
It appears to be just the ones with the Akexa app on their mobile phones. So it won’t call landlines or the say the local doctors surgery if you have them in your contacts.
Alexa will call any number in my contacts, regardless of type, although I’m in the US. Not sure if that makes a difference. Have used it a lot, works well.Harmony remote and Alexa enabled hub amazon deal of the day for £79 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C80JFSS?tag=hotukde...
ecsrobin said:
Harmony remote and Alexa enabled hub amazon deal of the day for £79 https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00C80JFSS?tag=hotukde...
For those of us who are hopeless with tech but want to smart home up (gradually!) - can you explain what this does in layman's terms? Is it just a remote replacement for TV that means you can give voice instructions over Alexa? (as I am doing with firestick)Shnozz said:
For those of us who are hopeless with tech but want to smart home up (gradually!) - can you explain what this does in layman's terms? Is it just a remote replacement for TV that means you can give voice instructions over Alexa? (as I am doing with firestick)
Not just TV. The harmony remote replaces all your remotes and groups them under activities (Watch TV = TV on, AV amp on, skybox on - controls volume on AV amp, channel change on sky box etc. Watch DVD, changes source to the DVD, turns on DVD, change AV amp input - controls DVD player and amp for volume)The Alexa integration makes all of this voice controlled.
Couldn't resist that harmony deal. I already have a hub based harmony for the lounge and an old non-hub one for the bedroom, but I it's irritating having to use the Firestick remote in the bedroom. This should solve that.
I've also been thinking about connecting my downstairs kit to the bedroom TV. There is already an hdmi cable that runs up to the bedroom, so I assume I'll now be able to control the lounge kit via the existing hub with the new remote which would allow me to watch stuff I've recorded downstairs in the bedroom.
I've also been thinking about connecting my downstairs kit to the bedroom TV. There is already an hdmi cable that runs up to the bedroom, so I assume I'll now be able to control the lounge kit via the existing hub with the new remote which would allow me to watch stuff I've recorded downstairs in the bedroom.
I'm holding off on the remote as a combination of smart plug for the TV, the recent Fire integration and the pending addition in (hopefully) a few months of Alexa control to my amp should - coupled with ST - mean I can be most of the way there without Harmony. Although given how often I lose the Fire remote there's a fair case for getting one anyway - but if I did I'd rather the Elite.
tenohfive said:
I'm holding off on the remote as a combination of smart plug for the TV, the recent Fire integration and the pending addition in (hopefully) a few months of Alexa control to my amp should - coupled with ST - mean I can be most of the way there without Harmony. Although given how often I lose the Fire remote there's a fair case for getting one anyway - but if I did I'd rather the Elite.
My lounge one is the Elite. My g/f has an ultimate that she bought about 6 months ago. Apart from a different button layout, I've not found much that justifies the difference in price.I'm not sure if this has been mentioned anywhere else in this thread but you can order 'add on' items from Amazon without having to reach the £20 minimum spend.
I have been ordering a few things on my Show using this method, the cheapest thing was a £1.08 pack of snap off knife blades that came next day just like any normal prime item.
I have been ordering a few things on my Show using this method, the cheapest thing was a £1.08 pack of snap off knife blades that came next day just like any normal prime item.
Jinx said:
Shnozz said:
For those of us who are hopeless with tech but want to smart home up (gradually!) - can you explain what this does in layman's terms? Is it just a remote replacement for TV that means you can give voice instructions over Alexa? (as I am doing with firestick)
Not just TV. The harmony remote replaces all your remotes and groups them under activities (Watch TV = TV on, AV amp on, skybox on - controls volume on AV amp, channel change on sky box etc. Watch DVD, changes source to the DVD, turns on DVD, change AV amp input - controls DVD player and amp for volume)The Alexa integration makes all of this voice controlled.
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