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Originally Posted by John F
I think it is one of those things that you just have to know, and get over "that's stupid". To me it is very logical: it opens up a lot of possibilities. having troubles with a long verbal command, use a routine and shorten it up to " Alexa, abracadabra ". That nice new piece of hardware is "Alexa enabled", but doesn't have any UI in Alexa, use a routine.
You may not think it is logical, but somehow, it solved your problem, even though it is illogical.
What seems illogical to me is that they didn't do it sooner. And that they don't have widgets. And that they don't have parameter substitution for custom actions.  |
But it is stupid. Since I wanted to avoid voice commands because of their being long, annoying, and open to misinterpretation, why in the world would I look under voice commands for a routine? Sorry, but that's counterintuitive and, I repeat, stupid. Why doesn't the app at least indicate at the outset on the main Routines page that any routines can ALSO be accessed by pressing a button next to them? How is a user supposed to know that without being told?