I added the Sirius/XM skill to Alexa. For some reason when I tried a few time last night, nothing played. I deleted and set up the skill a few times. I tried it again this morning and everything worked. I was pretty impressed. Sirius/XM may now become my goto Music channels.
I finally tried Amazon Music since it was free for a week. It didn’t really work for me. It usually recognized the titles of the songs but it would pick obscure groups to play the song. I cancelled the service before the week was over and went back to Pandora.
I am not sure why I finally decided to buy an Amazon Echo today. Originally when I heard about it I thought to myself why would I want one. Well, I finally broke down and bought one. It might have been because it came with a Batman vs Superman sleeve. Pretty bad reason but I…
I just got my Echo Dash and I did not have a good time setting it up. My first problem is I was using my iPad. I always use my iPad. Well it doesn’t work on the iPad, I had to use the iPhone. Once I used the iPhone the configuration was a breeze. Using…
I received my Amazon Echo show today. It had the ‘cool’ factor but not the ‘wow’ factor. It seemed a light sluggish to me and the sound wasn’t as great as I expected. The video quality was good but not many of the skill really made use of the video. The timer function was a…
Her new name is “She who must not be named”. Whenever I talk about Alexa, she decides to chime in. And I have learned, when watching YouTube videos about Alexa, make sure you turn off the michophone. I have started to integrate her with my home automation system. She have become vastly more interesting and…
Over the last few months I have gone a bit overboard. I bought two more Amazon Echos as well as an Echo Dot. I am getting use to talking to my house. Occasionally I also use it as a bluetooth speaker. Not the best sound but it will do.