In this video I cover some great tips for your Fire TV and Thursday Night Football, Photo Frame and your smart home. In smart home news Amazon is holding their Alexa and Echo event on September 28th. We will see new devices including possible new echos, ring devices, fire tv and other services. Amazon also has bought iRobot for 1.7 billion dollars. That is a substantial investment. Amazon is also introducing Customers Ask Alexa, where sellers can help answer questions with sponsored answers and links. Essential more new ads.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:08 Amazon Event 2022
01:51 Amazon Buys Roomba
02:53 βCustomers Ask Alexaβ
04:55 Tip 1 Delayed Commands
06:32 Tip 2 Thursday Night Football
08:03 Tip 3 Photo Frame
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I'd like to have a proper conversation with Alexa
I want them to release the Ring Car Cam.
My son was going to buy a Roomba but not now. The fact that it's been covertly sending pics/data of inside peoples' houses back to Roomba/Amazon is a gross invasion of privacy. He'll go with another brand that doesn't do that.
Better routine programming using IF-Then-Else type statements rather than doing 2 separate routine for turning On and Off a light.
Sync Alexa shopping list and tasks with Apple reminders. I want to be able to add items using my Echo and my Apple Watch.
I have Amazon Astro and he's awesome! Really cool to have around the house, makes it like the Jetsons… There are no recent reviews on him which is unfortunate.
Maybe a new Fire Tv Device ! There were hints in the latest FireTv Firmware
do you know if there are the possibility to tell "Alexa studio" and if the studio is off turn it on and if studio is on turn it off with the same Comand?
With Apple it's possible using shortcuts… thank you very much!
I hate that alarms never turn off automatically, or if they do, it's well beyond my tolerance level. If there is a quick fix, I haven't discovered it yet.
But the worst frustration we have with our Alexa smart home devices is every time we get a new router or change the router password, we have to rediscover and change the password for all of our Alexa devices, smart light bulbs, smart sockets, Rings, Blink cameras, and other smart home appliances, then reprogram all routines involving them. This is getting old and approaching my tolerance level for running a smart home.
I'd like to see your neighbors to the north not get left out in the cold with some of the services the US has had for years. Geofencing would be a nice addition.
Great video but thought you was going a preference was Apple HomeKit
Great tips Craig, but the overlaid display on photo frame does not work on echo show 1st Gen. and on those if you issue a command while photo frame is running it will override the whole screen, then revert back to the home screen
Great video Craig. I did win the Amazon Astro lottery but i couldn't justify $1,000 for a 'pet' robot. haha
I am using the lease program from iRobot. I am terrified of losing the great customer service that I had with iRobot. They replaced my last robot no questions asked after a pet waste run in.
How about some more music features like, fast forward/rewind ten seconds? Maybe slow down or looping features?
Freudian slip… Craig is dying to get back to playing Final Fantasy 14! π Hey pal, have a great day!
Waiting for delayed command work in Portuguese – Brazil
Brother ππthis video was very cool and time saver β€β€
I read something the other day about James Earl Jones I guess giving permission for AI to do his Darth Vader voice more. I think that's close to right. That made me think that I wish Amazon would give us Darth Vader as a voice. I would definitely pay extra money for that. Imagine that with announcements. Great video as usual.
Thank you Craig.
My echo doesn't always hear me. I have a soft voice
I am curious about the new products but I am more interested in Amazon making their current products work reliable. Which they do not.
Local control is the most important
I would like alexa to be able to ask me things based on ai learning and then ask if I want certain things done.
Example.. I like to have a cup of coffee after lunch. She would learn that and ask.me if I want a cup. She wait for yes or no. If I say yes. Then boils the kettle.
Or learns when I go to bed based on when lights go out and then checks for garage open or a window open and alerts me. Or if door left unlocked, she says I left door open. Shall iunlock.it or you. Again waits for a reply and actions accordingly.
Photo frame just started working without ANY request or input from me. One day I just started seeing pictures with any data on top of it.
I would love more and better specified routines without having to use an outside app such as ifttt!
Donβt particularly like seeing clock on echo show over night. βAlexa, screen offβ works until next interaction.
Thanks for the tips. Here are a couple more. "Alexa, what did I say?" "Alexa, why did you do that?" "Alexa, stop by the way"
You've mentioned this in the past, but I would LOVE to see a BETTER smart home dashboard! No excuse why they can't at least do it on the Show 15 in both vertical and horizontal!
Iβd love to see a third gen fire tv cube, and the ability to create a 5.1 or higher home theater πͺπ
When will Sling TV be available on the Echo Show 10? They announced it a year ago and it never came to fruition.
Iβd like to see Amazon ad matter/HomeKit integration to the iRobot Roomba.
Do you think Matter will support older echos with an software update or you will see a push for new devices to take advantage of matter
I would like better integration with apps. It seems like 50 percent of the apps don't work like they should. For example: my grocery list app Bring used to sync with Alexa but now you can add things but if you take it off Bring it doesn't remove it from Alexa. And there are many more examples.
Look for the hilarious underground spoof of what the MCU has become in recent years: "Thor: Muffin Thunder." It had us rolling on the floor.
Ok, now the Timer options are really goodπ
Looking forward to new devices
Canβt wait to see what new devices they release!
Whoever's reading this, i pray that whatever you're going through gets better and whatever you're struggling with or worrying about is going to be fine and that everyone has a fantastic day! Amen