Echo Tips

In this episode we take a little dive into home automation with our favorite A-Lady! We discuss a set of smart bulbs I purchased for the bathroom and a Driveway Motion Sensor Kit that was gifted to me!

In this episode we take a look at Amazon's failed products and accessories connected to our favorite Alexa Devices. ## The Verge Article https://www.theverge.com/24271840/amazon-alexa-echo-discontinued-smart-home-assistant

We're trying a new segment today, the Alexa's Rapid Fire Roundup, where we try 10 commands out, in 10 minutes. Most of these commadns come from our monthly New Vision newsletter. To sign up see the link below and check the box for New Vision's Newsletter. # Newsletter Sign Up https://bit.ly/newvisionemail

In this episode we discuss the implications of Claude Agents for our rumored AI Alexa of the future! ## Show Notes TechCrunch Article ⁠https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/22/anthropics-new-ai-can-control-your-pc/⁠ Daily Tech News Show Episode ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/claude-is-your-new-virtual-ai-ssistant-dtns-4880/id802485319?i=1000674068249⁠  Daily Tech News Show Creative Commons ⁠http:...

We delve into our Archives, to find a goodie about listening to various Bible Translations and passages on your Amazon Echo.

In this episode we talk about podcasts, networks, and radio reading services that serve those who are Blind, having Low-Vision, and/or otherwise Print-Impaired. These include podcasts like Double Tap, Dot to Dot, Maccessibility, AT-FAQ, and Unmute Presents shows.

In this episode we take a look at a Skill, that allows us to prompt Claude AI, the rumored new back-end for the new, yet to be released, Alexa upgrade. We also share a sad announcement and demo the cloning feature on iOS, and find out how well it clones my voice.

In this episode we blow your mind with a sample of Notebook LM, from Google, and ask the question, "How can this inform the AI Alexa of the future?". Imagine a AI Alexa that can data mine your books; so you can ask questions or create audio instructional materials.

Based on five sources Reuters interviewed, Amazon's Alexa AI had problems in development. The result, Amazon plans to move forward with the Alexa revamp this October, by using Anthropic's Claude AI. In this episode we highlight a YouTuber who demonstrates talking to Claude, and we speculate on the implications of these rumors. Chris's YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVab6...

We revisit some super popular topics from season 1 and 2 for you wordsmiths out there.

In this Super Omnibus episode, we pour tons of our past experiences with Alexa's Beta, into one episode. You'll hear, our host's first experience, conversation features, hallucinations, the new natural voice, and more!

In this Omnibus episode we take six seasons of information about Amazon Music and distill it down into one episode. You'll learn about waking up to music, playing music by genre, billboard hits, date, or lyrics; you'll learn about sharing music with friends, filtering out explicit songs, and a whole lot more!

We take our second look at the Made by Google Event, in August 2024, where they demonstrated Gemini Live on various platforms. In this episode we take a look at the live demo, where Gemini Live was demonstrated on the Pixel Buds. We also talk a bit about the cost, of these AI improved assistants going forward; and what the fine-print revealed on the Pixel Buds.

This is part 1 of our coverage of the recent Made By Google 2024 Event. We'll take a look at how Gemini can supercharge the Google Voice Assistant; and ask are we seeing anything new here?

In episode 280, we briefly touched on Privacy options, such as verbal commands. But, now we take a deep dive, into options you'll find only in the Alexa App.

We revisit how to listen to old time radio via the Appbly.com skills.

In this episode we demo how to listen via NBC and the BBC.

In this episode we talk about an additional volume control, you never knew you had. But, if you didn't know it was there, you could really mess yourself up with Bluetooth speakers and headphones. We also, talk about the state of Podcast playback on Amazon Echos; have the bugs been fixed? We'll discuss some of the historic problems and ask you for your feedback.

In this episode we talk about the all-new Echo Spot. Its a hobgoblin mix of features between an Echo Dot and Echo Show. We'll discuss why I'm not impressed and due to Prime Day deals there's much better options for almost the same price!

Thought you knew everything there was to know about "Reminders" on the Amazon Echo, well think again! We cover it all. Regular Reminder, Repeating Reminders, Follow-Up Reminders, and more!

In this episode we tackle when will the new Alexa, AI empowered, edition roll-out? Will it cost money? What have we not seen in the beta, yet? And is Amazon really behind, when it comes to implementing AI into Alexa?

In this episode we look at a common need, and that is for a super simple stopwatch, and Alexa can help! We also take a look, at our mailbag with a great reminder from a listener about reminders.

In this episode we take a look at Apple's recent Siri announcements.

In this episode we take a break from the practical, an dip our toes in to straight up fun and gaming with several Tycoon Games! Enjoy!

We've had our FireTV 4k Max (2023 Edition) plugged in for weeks, but never seemed to find the Art Generation feature. Now we have! We revisit the AI Art Demo from Amazon's September announcement, then we demo the feature for you. This weeks album art work was generated using the Alexa AI Art Generation feature, enjoy!