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Dot?
Catgirl64:
Does anyone have an Echo Dot? J just got hers Wednesday (had some trouble setting it up), and when she showed it to me yesterday, I thought it was so cool that she ordered one for me, too.
If you have one, what do you use it for? It seems like they can do a lot of things. She even got a book about them.
Middle Child:
What is it?
Catgirl64:
--- Quote from: Middle Child on February 02, 2018, 08:31:16 AM ---What is it?
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Easier to show than explain.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DFKC2SO?ref=ODS_HA_B_surl&tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=78408970916496&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4eqs0fqx7o_e
You can listen to music, get news and weather, set it up to control lights and thermostat, etc. I'll probably be busy for hours Saturday, figuring out what all it can do. I was sold the minute I learned I could ask it to play any music I wanted to hear.
DeeDee:
We haven't got one. Won't have any of those little "helpers" around our houses either. We don't even have our "smart" TV set to any "smart" settings.
Just don't want our lives recorded for other people to spy on--unless we're cutting on a video-cam.
Middle Child:
--- Quote from: Catgirl64 on February 02, 2018, 09:46:38 AM ---Easier to show than explain.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DFKC2SO?ref=ODS_HA_B_surl&tag=mh0b-20&hvadid=78408970916496&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_4eqs0fqx7o_e
You can listen to music, get news and weather, set it up to control lights and thermostat, etc. I'll probably be busy for hours Saturday, figuring out what all it can do. I was sold the minute I learned I could ask it to play any music I wanted to hear.
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Sorry to be so dumb. I still don't understand. It's some kind of wireless thing you hook up to everything else wireless? I think I am just too old and tired to get on board with it. Though I do know a number of people older than I am who are very hip to all the wireless technology now.
Since I don't do anything wireless, I guess that's why I have trouble grasping the concept lol.
Does it work as a security device? When I do own my own home I intend to sign up with ADT for home security, including some way for immediate emergency help should I need it (older person living alone issues). The peace of mind will be worth the expense.
Hopefully all that app stuff won't be required.
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