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New functionality...==========================================
AMAZON
ECHO
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Many of you have asked to
use Amazon Echo and IFTTT together and, today, we¿re taking the first step
forward ¿ you can now create IFTTT recipes using Echo¿s Shopping and To-do
Lists.
IFTTT stands for "IF This, Then That" and is a service that connects
your favorite devices, apps, and websites with simple rules called ¿recipes¿.
Below are examples of how you can use IFTTT with Echo.
Someone forget the
shopping list?
If you ask ¿Alexa, what's on my Shopping List", then your
Shopping List will be emailed to them.
Using Todoist, Evernote, or OneNote
to stay organized?
If you ask ¿Alexa, add [an item] to my To-do List¿, then it
will be added to the selected app.
To get started:
1. Sign in to
Put the internet to work for you. - IFTTT
2. Activate the Amazon Alexa channel:
Connect Amazon Alexa to anything - IFTTT
3. Start using existing recipes or
creating your own
Stay tuned - Echo will add more ways to use IFTTT triggers
soon.
As always, the Amazon Echo team looks forward to your feedback via the
Amazon Echo App and on social media (#AmazonEcho).
Now you can quickly access
your Google calendar events with Echo--just use your voice. If you want to know
what's on the calendar for the day or check if you're free for dinner with
friends, simply ask Echo.
To get started, link a Google Calendar within
Settings in the Amazon Echo app. Once your calendar has been added, here are
some questions you can ask:
- "Alexa, what's on my calendar today?"
-
"Alexa, what's on my calendar tomorrow at 9PM?"
- "Alexa, what's on my calendar
Saturday?"
- "Alexa, when's my next event?"
We will be adding even more
calendar features over the coming weeks. As always, we look forward to your
feedback via the Amazon Echo app and on social media (#AmazonEcho). You can also
follow @AmazonEcho on Twitter to stay up-to-date on the latest news and updates
for Echo.
Amazon Echo (amazonecho) | Twitter
Latest Echo update:My make or break feature will be if they add capability for reading audible books. My plan was to get this for my mother who's losing her sight to macular degeneration. She has always been a big reader, and this has created a large whole in her ability to keep herself occupied. She's not tech savvy, so most current audible options aren't really viable. But an appliance like this that she could simply ask to read a book to her would be life changing.
That was the SkyNet upload.Out of the blue yesterday the echo said (not a direct quote): "Your Amazon Echo has received a software update. It will be unavailable for a few minutes while the update is applied."
Random.
She never alerted to updates before.
Pretty soon you're laser eye will be installed without your knowledge.Out of the blue yesterday the echo said (not a direct quote): "Your Amazon Echo has received a software update. It will be unavailable for a few minutes while the update is applied."
Random.
She never alerted to updates before.
Heh heh, that's one of the first things I looked into as well... Then I saw the price of the books!!!! Using game of thrones as an example, $5 for the e-book, as low as $6.74 for paperback, $32 for the audible version. Pass....Audible is expensive as hell. I looked to add that so I could listen to those instead of watching TV in my office, but that shit's a little too high.
Right? They need to work on that. $15/mo membership, but I don't know how/if that affects the book prices because I'm not willing to sign up to find out.Heh heh, that's one of the first things I looked into as well... Then I saw the price of the books!!!! Using game of thrones as an example, $5 for the e-book, as low as $6.74 for paperback, $32 for the audible version. Pass....
overdrive app bro. borrow from library for free without ever stepping foot in oneAudible is expensive as hell. I looked to add that so I could listen to those instead of watching TV in my office, but that shit's a little too high.
Awesome - thanks for the info 'bammer.overdrive app bro. borrow from library for free without ever stepping foot in one
OverDrive eBooks, audiobooks and videos for libraries OverDrive eBooks, audiobooks and videos for libraries
You'll need a library card. You have libraries there, don't you?Awesome - thanks for the info 'bammer.
I was only looking at Audible because my Echo would read it to me.
Yeah, but they're mostly filled with coloring booksYou'll need a library card. You have libraries there, don't you?
**** your dumbass echo. You paid for amazon to spy on you LOL. Do you even bluetooth bro?