Amazon Echo Club - Page 8

tubemonkey · 02-10-2015, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamWriter

Try "Alexa, play rock music," "Alexa, play country music," "Alexa, play classical music," etc.

That works better than what I do. I tried this method when I first got it and occasionally got genres from IHeartRadio, so I went the route I posted. Now I'll switch back. Thanks.

Blossom · 02-10-2015, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamWriter

Try "Alexa, play rock music," "Alexa, play country music," "Alexa, play classical music," etc.

That only works for known genres but if you have custom genre she doesn't know what you are talking about.

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Alexa - Amazon Music Genre Rock

...it's hit and miss for me. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

It wont work for custom genres. I guess they need to add that still.

Blossom · 02-10-2015, 07:14 PM

So far really impressed with Echo Support. I sent a feedback from the app that Alexa can't play a certain artist and they got right back with me that they too couldn't get it to work and has forward it to developers and would let me know when it is fixed. It's the first time in a very long time I felt like a real human wrote me back when I normally send in feedback the response is never personalized and sometimes down right confusing. She told me a work around would be make a playlist with that artist's music and give it a name Echo could understand.

Blossom · 02-11-2015, 05:25 PM

How do you get Echo to play a Prime Playlist that isn't added or Prime Music station?

DreamWriter · 02-12-2015, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

How do you get Echo to play a Prime Playlist that isn't added or Prime Music station?

Just say "Alexa, play [name of the Prime playlist]." I just tried it with "Alexa, play Uptempo Pop for Work" and "Alexa, play Singing in the Shower," which I'd never played before, and it worked fine. You can use the Echo app, too.

As far as I know, it doesn't play Prime Stations directly at this time. You can connect your tablet/phone/computer to Echo via bluetooth and do it that way, though.

Blossom · 02-25-2015, 04:53 PM

Has anyone else ask Alexa about snow and she gives you the wrong accumulation total? They are saying we could get 5 to 10 inches of snow tonight here in Raleigh. Alexa says 0.1.2 inches.

Does anyone know what source she is using for weather?

tubemonkey · 02-25-2015, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Does anyone know what source she is using for weather?

She looks out the window

Blossom · 02-25-2015, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

She looks out the window

Seeing the window is 20 feet away from her and cover with a thick heavy blanket that is a pretty neat super power she has there.

Blossom · 02-26-2015, 01:09 PM

Well we got 3 inches and 78,000 people without power. We was one of them till 9:30 this morning. It was cold! We lost our fridge contents. Alexa is okay though and still her odd self.

DreamWriter · 02-26-2015, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Well we got 3 inches and 78,000 people without power. We was one of them till 9:30 this morning. It was cold! We lost our fridge contents. Alexa is okay though and still her odd self.

I'm glad you and Alexa are okay.

Sorry you lost food due to the power outage, though. The cold weather certainly has been brutal lately in much of the country!

I just asked Echo if it will snow here. Alexa responded "No snow is expected today," which doesn't surprise me since it's 70 degrees right now and I've never seen more than a few snowflakes here.

Echo's often quite accurate when predicting rain amounts where I live, but sometimes not. Weather forecasting is an inexact science, for sure.

tubemonkey · 02-26-2015, 05:11 PM

I want presets for the Echo; and not a measly 10 or so. I want at least 100 or more. There are thousands of net radio stations, so lots of presets are needed.

Blossom · 03-04-2015, 05:33 PM

Is anyone else's Echo acting buggy today? cutting off after you say the wake word. Shuffling and playing from your entire library when you gave a specific command? Giving wrong weather? It's like she having a really bad day.

DreamWriter · 03-04-2015, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Blossom

Is anyone else's Echo acting buggy today? cutting off after you say the wake word. Shuffling and playing from your entire library when you gave a specific command? Giving wrong weather? It's like she having a really bad day.

No, I haven't experienced any problems with Echo today. You might try unplugging the device, wait a minute or so, and plug it in again.

Blossom · 03-04-2015, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamWriter

No, I haven't experienced any problems with Echo today. You might try unplugging the device, wait a minute or so, and plug it in again.

Did that it did not help. I clean the top off she seems okay so far. There was a white hair on top. I wonder if that caused it.

badgoodDeb · 03-04-2015, 06:30 PM

She's getting old??

(sorry, I don't have one. I'm just an eaves dropper here.)

03-04-2015, 05:33 PM	#117
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Is anyone else's Echo acting buggy today? cutting off after you say the wake word. Shuffling and playing from your entire library when you gave a specific command? Giving wrong weather? It's like she having a really bad day. Last edited by Blossom; 03-04-2015 at 05:36 PM.

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02-10-2015, 07:14 PM	#108
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	So far really impressed with Echo Support. I sent a feedback from the app that Alexa can't play a certain artist and they got right back with me that they too couldn't get it to work and has forward it to developers and would let me know when it is fixed. It's the first time in a very long time I felt like a real human wrote me back when I normally send in feedback the response is never personalized and sometimes down right confusing. She told me a work around would be make a playlist with that artist's music and give it a name Echo could understand.

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Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	How do you get Echo to play a Prime Playlist that isn't added or Prime Music station?

02-25-2015, 04:53 PM	#111
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Has anyone else ask Alexa about snow and she gives you the wrong accumulation total? They are saying we could get 5 to 10 inches of snow tonight here in Raleigh. Alexa says 0.1.2 inches. Does anyone know what source she is using for weather?

02-26-2015, 01:09 PM	#114
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Well we got 3 inches and 78,000 people without power. We was one of them till 9:30 this morning. It was cold! We lost our fridge contents. Alexa is okay though and still her odd self.

02-26-2015, 05:11 PM	#116
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,477 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I want presets for the Echo; and not a measly 10 or so. I want at least 100 or more. There are thousands of net radio stations, so lots of presets are needed.

03-04-2015, 06:30 PM	#120
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	She's getting old?? (sorry, I don't have one. I'm just an eaves dropper here.)

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