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Old 04-06-2016, 11:28 AM   #518
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Originally Posted by mpeg2 View Post
Always on & listening for the wake word doesn't play well with battery operation. A design consideration, IMO.

Rich
I highly doubt that's a factor.
If the thing is turned on, it's using power anyway, and monitoring for all sorts of input signals, just like the vast majority of modern devices.
I have no reason to think that monitoring for a wake word uses any more power than monitoring for a remote control operation, Bluetooth connection etc.
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