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Old 11-03-2016, 10:54 AM   #1021
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No King Crimson in Prime Music...so disappointing.

Tried side loading the new app to my Fire Phone. It installed, but showed nothing but tunes I have purchased. Another disappointment!

Listening to some King Crimson via YouTube, with an ad between every song! Annoying!
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Old 11-03-2016, 12:31 PM   #1022
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No King Crimson in Prime Music...so disappointing.

Tried side loading the new app to my Fire Phone. It installed, but showed nothing but tunes I have purchased. Another disappointment!

Listening to some King Crimson via YouTube, with an ad between every song! Annoying!
The thing I've noticed about Prime Music is that I can get about and hour or so of songs before it starts replaying the same songs. It even replays the ones I skipped the first time around. So if I ask Alexa to "play classic rock" I can expect only about an hour of non-repetition. If I ask her to "play music from the 1960s" or some other era I often get a top 50 songs list from that era, and that means repetition too at some point. I was really excited at first with Prime Music, but then I realized I will get the same songs pretty much every day over and over again. After a few days the wow factor died.

And I'm getting really tire now of being told that a specific song is not in Prime Music or my library. Afterwards she tries to convince me to get the paid music and asks if I want to hear more info about that. I say no, but she still gives me here little BS speech about it. Really annoying. She hears a lot of, "Alexa, shut the #$%^ up!"
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Old 11-06-2016, 12:40 PM   #1023
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I'm on the verge of throwing Alexa at the wall. She just will not recognise the name of any playlist I create in either Spotify or Amazon Prime Music. I just tried creating a playlist called "test" in Prime Music, Alexa heard me say "Alexa play test playlist from Prime Music" but played Classic Pop Relaxing Drive! I mean, I may not have the clearest enunciation, but how is that possible?
Just for information, i had a mail from Amazon customer services telling me that the playlist recognition problems I had been experiencing have been fixed.

And it appears that they are correct. I can now successfully ask Alexa to play my playlists on both Spotify and Amazon.
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Old 11-06-2016, 12:42 PM   #1024
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Here is the link to the Alexa Voice Training web page for info. Note that it only works on Echo devices and the Tap. I'm not sure which devices are included by the statement "Echo devices".
Thanks. But definitely not available on the the UK version of the Alexa app.
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Old 11-06-2016, 12:59 PM   #1025
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Old 11-07-2016, 01:06 PM   #1026
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I told Alexa Happy Birthday but she doesn't understand.

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Old 11-07-2016, 02:50 PM   #1027
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I told Alexa Happy Birthday but she doesn't understand.

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When I told Alexa Happy Birthday she sang "Happy Birthday to Me"

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Old 11-07-2016, 03:04 PM   #1028
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When I told Alexa Happy Birthday she sang "Happy Birthday to Me"

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Same here:

Me: Alexa, happy birthday

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Happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to moi,
happy birthday to me.
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Old 11-07-2016, 06:25 PM   #1029
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Yep. using my remote is said "Happy Birthday" and Alexa sang the song. Try again.
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Old 11-08-2016, 03:42 AM   #1030
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According to her. Her birthday is the 6th not 7th. Amazon was late on her party.

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Old 11-08-2016, 03:43 AM   #1031
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Yep. using my remote is said "Happy Birthday" and Alexa sang the song. Try again.
Doesn't work.

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Old 11-12-2016, 05:40 AM   #1032
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What are your deals?

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This holiday, Alexa is offering voice-exclusive deals for Prime members on everything from electronics to home goods. Starting now, Alexa will reveal fresh deals for you every day—just ask. If you like the deal you hear, buy it immediately by responding “yes” to the offer. Just ask:

* "Alexa, what are your deals?"

You can also visit Alexa deals on the website at any time to see all the Alexa-exclusive deals currently available. To order with Alexa, you must be a Prime member with 1-Click enabled. Not a Prime member? Learn more about Prime.
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Old 11-12-2016, 10:22 AM   #1033
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FYI: The web page Amazon's email gave for Alexa deals (for USA customers) is here.
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Old 11-12-2016, 10:39 AM   #1034
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With all these conveniences of asking Alexa, Siri, Google, etc. to do stuff for us, I have to wonder if our future looks like this:
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FYI: The web page Amazon's email gave for Alexa deals (for USA customers) is here.
Amazon does not seem to be varying the deals much day to day. Today they are essentially the same as yesterday. Not many either. A bunch of cheap junk, a few mid-priced items (less than $100) and a few pricey items ($300 and above). Meh!
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