Alexa
What is the Amazon Echo?
Amazon Echo is a device designed around your voice that can provide information, news, weather and more.
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You
may be wondering, what's with the background?
This is not a set. You're actually in my home. Welcome. My wife chose all this stuff; I think she did a good job.
But you're in my home because this is where I'm setting up Amazon Echo
Behold... the "Unboxing" and strangely enough this is just a Black Box... no mention of Amazon or Echo anywhere on this outer box.
But I do like the certified frustration free packaging.
And once you get on to the unit itself, it is quite sleek in terms of how it is packaged.
Now this is kind of cool. The remote control holder is magnetic.
And the remote, now stuck to the table for the most part.
And only two steps. Step #1... Plug in your device... Step #2... Download the App which I already did.
Alright. Just plug and play.
Alright. Now we're going to put Alex through a series of tests!
Alexa: Play Madilyn Bailey. (Alexa plays Madly Bailey Music)
Alexa: Play Bruce Springsteen! (Alexa plays Bruce Springsteen Music)
Alexa? What's the weather? The weather where you are is....
Alexa... tell me a joke! "
"What is black and white and red all over"?
"A sun burned zebra!"
Okay... here's the ultimate test. My dad is in Vancouver right now ... and I have him on the phone!
Dad, say hi!
Okay, so dad... tell Alexa to do something or ask her a question.
Dad: "Alexa, what is the capital of New Jersey?"
Alexa Answers: New Jersey's Capital City is Trenton.
Dad: "That's fabulous."
Matt: Alexa, Who is Stacey Farber?
Alexa: Stacey Ann Farber is a Canadian Actress who played the role of Ellie Nash on the TV Show "Degrassi."
Matt: Alexa, play me music by Jake Epstein.
(Alexa Plays Music By Jake Epstein)
Matt: Alexa, What's the News?
(Alexa begins to share the news as a flash briefing from NPR. Matt interrupts with another question.)
Matt: Alexa, set an alarm for 7:00pm
Alexa: I have your alarm set for 7pm
Matt: Alexa, can you add a lot of toilet paper to my shopping list?
Alexa: I've added toilet paper to your shopping list!
Matt: Alexa, I love you!
Alexa: That's really sweet!
Matt: Alexa, I hate you.
Alexa: Sorry you feel that way.
Matt: Alexa, you turn me on.
Alexa: You really think so? Thank you!
Matt: Alexa, 5 degrees celcius is what temperature in fahrenheit?
Alexa: 5 degrees celcius is 41 degrees fahrenheit.
Matt: Wow. That's cool with the app syncing it too. That's really impressive.
So those were the tests and now the big question: Should you buy the Amazon Echo?
Depending on what the waiting period.... $200 which is what it regularly retails for....
....in my opinion, is a lot of money. If you have that to throw around, that's great. It's a good product to experiment with but I don't know if I'd spend $200.
I spent $99 which is what it was offered for to Prime Members.
I will say that for $99, this is an amazing value!
At this point, just as a Bluetooth Speaker with voice command which is essentially what I'm going to be using it for....
$99 is more than worth it. It's a fantastic speaker!
The voice functionality on it... I think is better than Apple's Siri.
It's a little bit more responsive. The speed was more impressive to me.
It's way better than the "voice assistant" that shipped on the Amazon Fire Phone....
... which is awful dn really needs to be improved in my opinion.
But Echo performed the tasks, seamless integration....
... and for $99...
...definitely! For $200, I'm on the fence but I'll let you decide!
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