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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
What about accidental purchases?
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Not likely since items are merely added to your Amazon shopping cart. You still have to go through the checkout process manually. Amazon Fresh may be different. I don't have that.
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Can someone give me a reason for hanging one in the kitchen?
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I plan to use mine to create grocery shopping lists. Nice that I can have my head in the refrigerator while adding items.
For example, if I say "Add milk," that'll show up in the Alexa Shopping List, which can be accessed via the Alexa app (even when not connected to WiFi) or online. If you go to
www.amazon.com/alexa, you can print the list. In the Alexa app, you can check off items while shopping.
When writing, it'll be handy for spelling or word definitions. I occasionally need to convert foreign currency or recipe measurements, which it can do.
It doesn't give accurate weather info for me due to my small-town location, but that's a nice feature (simply say "temperature" or "rain" or "forecast"). If you regularly travel a certain route (daily commute perhaps), you can set your "destination" in the Alexa app (Settings>Accounts>Traffic), and it'll estimate travel time when you say "Traffic." That may be more accurate for urban/freeway locations.
I don't have any Alexa-enabled smart devices, but it'd be great to control those—lights, in particular.
These functions can be performed by any Alexa device, but with the wand in hand, you don't have to raise your voice or say the wake word. You do have to press and hold the button while speaking, though.
When you ask it to set a timer, it responds "Timers are not currently supported on this device." Note the word
currently. Perhaps they'll add that capability later, which would be very handy.
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I even have Alexa's Amazon ordering capabilities disabled.
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Me too. Adding products using the Dash Wand by voice or scanning still works.
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
I think I read it would do recipes.
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Yes, it does. I tested this by saying "Ask AllRecipes for baked chicken." You can then have it read ingredients, which also show up in the Alexa app—nice for those of us who are more "visual." Then it will give you instructions step-by-step, one at a time. To move to the subsequent step, say "Next."