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Old 09-15-2016, 01:38 PM   #783
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Originally Posted by tomsem View Post
Yes but you cannot call out to your Fire tablet from across the room. Have to hold the Home button to activate, unless they add an option to put it in 'listen' mode. Also it remains to be seen which Alexa skills will be available on Fire tablets. For example, Alexa on Fire TV will not read Kindle books or play Audible content. And you might want Alexa on the tablet to launch apps, open books and video etc. but I don't think it will confer such 'voice control', at least in the first iteration.
Well, this is fine with me. What I am most interested in are the home automation aspects. And one of the things I didn't like in the first place about Echo is the "always listening"--I don't want that. It will be nice to try out some functions through the tablet, with only small additional investment in smart plugs or whatever.
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