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My main concern at the moment though is based on past experience with Alexa devices in the same room as my TV system. Every device I've tried--and that includes Echo 1st and 2nd Gens, Dot, and Tap--have been very difficult to use while the sound is turned on my TV. They all have trouble hearing commands. Also they all have issues of hearing commands spoken in TV commercials. That is a huge double whammy. The Cube supposedly addresses this with 8 mics all facing forward on the front, but unfortunately the Cube has to be installed near the TV so it is going t be very close to the speakers. I'm not convinced it will work very well in that regard. But the Cube remote does have a built in mic, so I'm hoping that I can use that and turn off the always listening function and have much better success. I use a Tap in the living room currently just for that reason. My Tap is set up to require the tapping of its button to hear me, so accidental activation don't happen. I got so tired of hearing my Echos or Dot start babbling for no apparent reason while watching TV, or obeying commands from TV commercials. Amazon could fix that if they would allow us to create our own wake word, but they won't do that.
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