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Originally Posted by OtinG
My new Dot 3 and Echo Plus 2 are both doing the same thing--they hear "Alexa" on TV commercials, the blue ring momentarily lights up, Alexa thinks about the source for a few moments, then apparently decides it is not a human in her house uttering commands but just the TV and she ignores it! I love this improvement.  I guess given enough time and enough competition, Bezos Bozos finally get it right... |
Yeah, there's definitely been a reduction in false positives, not just from the TV but from things I've uttered as well. I occasionally go into the Alexa web interface and examine the history of commands. You can listen to the recordings there, too, to see what was actually said that she picked up on, even those that she initially keyed into but then disregarded.
That was an entertaining trip. It seems I said, "I like Salisbury Steak" three times in as many weeks. She noted it, considered it, and then ignored it.
(For the record, I've been playing Fallout 76, and Salisbury Steak is a food item in the game. I don't normally talk about Salisbury Steak all the time. Cheese? Yes. Bacon? Definitely. But not Salisbury Steak.)