Apparently you can with the Roku and Echo Dot at least. https://www.lifewire.com/can-alexa-control-roku-4173237
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Google Home Mini for $1
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Apparently you can with the Roku and Echo Dot at least. https://www.lifewire.com/can-alexa-control-roku-4173237
Yes of course. That's a feature of CEC control on your TV. Also, Roku just announced integration with Google Assistant.
cool. I can try both and see which I like better then.
I'm still pretty new to the smart tv stuff lol.
I only got a smart TV because it was the best TV I Could buy for the price and didn't figure I would use the smart tv stuff.
now that I have one I use it all the time.
my current plan with one of these devices was to just stick it in the kitchen to have music playing while cleaning dishes, but if I can control my TV with one of these it will help when the TV is to loud and one of my pets jumped up on me and I need to turn it down but don't have the remote.
I disable my cam, I'm not sure if it really works (I can't use it myself, but maybe google can). I make efforts to always cover it when the phone is not in use.
Such a shame its us only. Wouldnt mind getting one for that. Hell even for just a little bit more I'd be fine with it.
Still working? So if I understand you get 3 monthsnof spotify and YouTube music and a google mini for 1$?
actually you will only get 2 months.
the theory is the 3 months for $1 gives your account a $30 credit which would normally pay for 3 months.
the family plan is $15, so you end up with only 2 months of it.
aka you will only have it until mid january not feb though I think you can cancel right away and still have access to it just fine.
A Xmas gift for someone? That's what I'm using it for. I have google home and a mini at home.
This deal still works. I just did it now.
Good luck with that. This deal has been going on for a few weeks, still has another month to go, and it used to be free. Price has actually gone up. ;)
Market is going to be flooded with these.
You can probably already cancel it now, it should let you keep your benefits for 90 days.
Agreed I just last night was stating that every single deal Of The day on Amazon is yup the echo !
I wouldn't put that in my house for 100 / month paying ME
What exactly is "comprehensive" about it? Your phone and laptop already have a microphone and camera
they aren't always turned on and in an centralized part of the house and they have better permissions settings for their sensors
I'm pretty sure your cell phone is recording all the time in the same way these are. Unless you actually shutting it down when you arent using it.
I bet. Well, I sold the Echo from last week's promotion for $40 already. Also, for some reason this Home Mini was $0 not $1 so honestly I can sell it at any price and at least I'll get a meal out of it.
Yeah I am getting it delivered tomorrow and put it up with a stock photo for $40 w/ free shipping because why not. Sold it in an hour. Will ship it as soon as I get it as I live next to a USPS location.
Phones already openly listen for the trigger command, "Ok Google / Hey Siri". They are always on.
"Sensors", you mean a lone microphone? Your average cell phone is tracking more about you at any given time.
The Echo promo was live for about 6 hours.
This will have a run of almost two months. You might get a shut-in who's never heard of the promo, but Spotify has put some advertising $$$ behind this one.
Fair enough. Worse case scenario - gift for a family member. As long as they like the coral color of course :)
What's it like to own and use this and the Amazon echo in the same house? Annoying? Which device should I choose?
Do you really think the government spying through your devices is going to abide by such a thing?
There is a reason people take precautions like putting phones in those special bags like Snowden did when he was revealing shit.
Do you really think the government can just snap their fingers and they get instant microphone access to any device of their choosing?
The same government that was begging Apple to unlock an iPhone for them?
No. But that's the fear in this thread of having these spy devices isn't it? There is no particular reason to fear these devices more than our always on, always with us sell phones with same capabilities.
Yeah, like if they're legit throwing their product at you like this, it means they literally must be making money off your "buy" some other way, which nowadays basically means selling the shit out of your data and choices
I'm not operating on that level of paranoia. I'm pointing out that there's a difference between the devices in terms of what they listen to per spec.
Sure I get that. But if we are at a point where the government is listening to us through our devices, we have already lost that battle. Sure something like a smart speaker would seemingly be much easier to utilize, but cell phones have the same capability, so if the government is going to spy on us through our devices, it's just an additional setting that they could easily hurdle over.
On top of all that, if the government has targeted you and is trying to fuck you over, a smart speaker is the least of your worries.
But it's a DOLLAR!
i agree, I don't and won't own one of these. I just need my phone to spy on me thank you very much
Yes, which is why I'm not in here arguing that. Giant tech corporations listening to everything that goes on in my house is disconcerting enough, and that's literally what these products are primarily for.
In theory they shouldn't be. As I understand it they are constantly listening for the trigger word, such as Hey Google, Alexa. Some kind of listen and record loop that is deleted unless it has the trigger to actually sent over to the company
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