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Originally Posted by wodin
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That is a good additional feature. I like my Taps because they work so much better in areas where there are radios, TVs, or other noises. By "work so much better" I mean they don't respond to the TV etc. because I have them set to Tap mode. I have one Dot in a quiet area of the house and she is okay there, but put her in a room with a TV or radio and she will respond rather frequently to same.
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Originally Posted by CRussel
Wonder if it will be available for the Show Mode on my Fire? Would be handy in the kitchen when I don't want one of the other devices to answer.
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I never thought about this, but now that you mention a Fire tablet it occurs to me that my iPhone 7 with Siri activated has never erroneously responded to sounds from the TV or radio. All my Alexa devices erroneously respond far too frequently unless I turn on the Tap mode or turn off the microphone. I think the iPhone only has one mic though, maybe two, and they are not designed to be used like an Echo from across the room. I know that my two Taps have less microphone capability so don't hear as well as Echos so they erroneously respond less often than Dots and Echos when they are set to voice activation.
The erroneous responses could be greatly minimized if Amazon would allow us to create our own wake word, but it doesn't look like they ever will...