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Old 06-03-2016, 06:52 PM   #601
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I can't keep up with Alexa's new skills and capabilities anymore!
Why not? There's only a paltry 1,000+ skills
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Old 06-03-2016, 06:57 PM   #602
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Are any of them actually useful? I have only one skill install the others look like a bunch of silly stuff.

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Old 06-06-2016, 01:11 PM   #603
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+1.

After a few hundred useless skills, I've quit even looking at them. Every once in a while when I've nothing better to do I'll browse through them, which so far has been an exercise in futility.

It reminds me of the old days of the PalmOS app store. Nothing to see here, move along!
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Famous Quotes by Steve Jobs - A Tribute
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Fan-built skill to get a famous quote by Steve Jobs.
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Old 06-09-2016, 03:24 PM   #605
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I don't bother with the skills.

But, I sure wish I could play music from Spotify without having to add "Spotify" to each and every request. It's a big PITA and if I forget to add it, Alexa gives me a sample and I have to start all over. A Spotify mode that could be turned on and off would be extremely helpful. I shall make such a request.
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Old 06-09-2016, 06:41 PM   #606
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I don't bother with the skills.

But, I sure wish I could play music from Spotify without having to add "Spotify" to each and every request. It's a big PITA and if I forget to add it, Alexa gives me a sample and I have to start all over. A Spotify mode that could be turned on and off would be extremely helpful. I shall make such a request.
I've never used Spotify.

I listen to Radio Paradise regularly. I'd always been able to say "Alexa, play Radio Paradise," and it would start playing right away. About a week ago, that stopped working. I had to say "Alexa, play TuneIn Radio Paradise."

I reported it via the Alexa app (Voice Feedback "Did Alexa do what you wanted" - I pressed "No"). Several days later, it again worked without having to include "TuneIn," and it's been fine ever since.

I hope Amazon fixes it for you.
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Old 06-09-2016, 09:59 PM   #607
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I've never used Spotify.

I listen to Radio Paradise regularly. I'd always been able to say "Alexa, play Radio Paradise," and it would start playing right away. About a week ago, that stopped working. I had to say "Alexa, play TuneIn Radio Paradise."

I reported it via the Alexa app (Voice Feedback "Did Alexa do what you wanted" - I pressed "No"). Several days later, it again worked without having to include "TuneIn," and it's been fine ever since.

I hope Amazon fixes it for you.
Spotify on the Echo requires a paid premium account. The free version won't play.

As to TuneIn, that happens to me every now and then. One day I'll say "Echo, play KZOK", then another day I'll have to say "Echo, play KZOK on TuneIn". I chalk it up to Alexa being a bit temperamental and out of sorts.
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Old 06-10-2016, 01:10 PM   #608
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Not being an audiophile or indeed very choosy about my music, I find Amazon Prime's (free) selection entirely adequate. Lately she's been serving up Серге́й Рахма́нинов (Rachmaninoff).

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Old 06-12-2016, 04:41 PM   #609
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She started Playing music today for no reason from Prime. I think she is feeling ignored as I only use her for weather reports these days.

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Now Alexa knows when you're angry: Amazon's virtual assistant will analyse emotions in user's voices.

I guess she'll be apologizing to me a lot.
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Old 06-13-2016, 06:36 PM   #611
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Really I tell her to shut up when an alarm is sounding. I wonder if she will start pouting.

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Just tried Alexa on my Fire TV Stick today. I liked it well enough to order a second Fire TV Stick with the voice remote. It is easier to launch apps, especially as the Fire TV interface can be a bit irritating, but mostly I like the Bible app and text-to-speech for reading books. Launching Pandora radio nice as well.
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New Feature

Local News in Flash Briefing
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You can now customize your Flash Briefing with local news updates. To pick from over a dozen major metropolitan news sources, and more, go to settings in your Alexa App. After you choose Flash Briefing channels, just ask:

* "Alexa, what's my Flash Briefing?"

To learn more about your Flash Briefing, go to Listen to Your Flash Briefing.
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Amazon now has over 1,400 Alexa skills—grows catalog by 50% in just over one month
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As the selection of skills continues to grow, Amazon is introducing new, simple ways to discover and enable Alexa skills. The skills section of the Alexa app is now completely redesigned. Starting today, customers can browse Alexa skills by categories such as “Smart Home” and “Lifestyle” in the Alexa app, apply additional search filters, and access their previously enabled skills via the “Your Skills” section. Also available today, Alexa customers can use their voice to enable skills: simply say “Alexa, enable NBC News” or “Alexa, enable 7 minute workout” and access them instantly.
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That's good. Finding and enbling skills was a pain. But I hope you can voice-DISable, too.

Is that Jeopardy J6 a skill? I thought it was an official feature. If it's a skill, it's the only one I use.
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