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Old 08-15-2022, 02:21 AM   #4801
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I've been hearing that lately from it, either to lower or raise the volume more. I usually have to say Alexa, volume down many times before it's low enough (especially since it keeps reminding me it's going to play something on my laptop) and same with volume up.

I'm annoyed about all the notifications that try to get me to buy something. It is often something that is on my Amazon wishlist or something I have ordered often, such as ginger chews. I will order on my own without Alexa if there is something I want to buy.
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:18 AM   #4802
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You can also say "Alexa, volume <number between 1 and 10>" to go directly to the volume level you want.
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Old 08-15-2022, 09:25 AM   #4803
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You can also say "Alexa, volume <number between 1 and 10>" to go directly to the volume level you want.
Sure, but that's hit-or-miss because source audio levels vary and I rarely know what exact number she's set to when I'm starting, so I rarely know exactly what number I want. Is she playing a quiet source at 6, or a loud source at 4?

In any case, it's no excuse for them screwing up a simple feature with worthless intrusive bloat.
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:29 PM   #4804
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You can also say "Alexa, volume <number between 1 and 10>" to go directly to the volume level you want.
pdurrant, you should start writing the weekly Alexa emails for Amazon.
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:31 PM   #4805
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You can also say "Alexa, volume <number between 1 and 10>" to go directly to the volume level you want.
Mini rant.

And why is Treble, Base, and Midrange on a scale from 1-6.
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Old 08-15-2022, 03:47 PM   #4806
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Mini rant.

And why is Treble, Base, and Midrange on a scale from 1-6.
Obviously because the presets were created by a roll of 3 D6.
The devs are level 1 magic users.
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Old 08-19-2022, 01:50 PM   #4807
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Here is an interesting one...

I'm listening to some music on an Echo. I say "Alexa, volume up". It lowers the music volume and then asks "Do you want to turn up the volume some more?".

How am I supposed to know if the music isn't playing at full volume?
I got that just yesterday for an audiobook. Probably a temp glitch but it was funny at the time.
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Old 08-19-2022, 03:54 PM   #4808
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I got that just yesterday for an audiobook. Probably a temp glitch but it was funny at the time.

It only happened the one time here so far, thankfully. I didn't find it funny.
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Old 08-19-2022, 04:16 PM   #4809
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It only happened the one time here so far, thankfully. I didn't find it funny.
We've decided at home to just laugh when Alexa does something stupid. Things that work one day don't the next, and then they do again. You either laugh at it, or start having to get up out of your chair to turn the light on. I'm lazy.
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Old 08-19-2022, 04:50 PM   #4810
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or start having to get up out of your chair to turn the light on.

Heaven forbid. You are wise, my brother-in-laziness.


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Old 08-19-2022, 05:30 PM   #4811
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After reading this thread, I asked Alexa to turn up the volume, and she asked me if I wanted to turn up the volume some more. I didn't have music playing.

I then tried it several times again, sonetimes with music playing, and she didn't ask me again.
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Old 08-19-2022, 07:17 PM   #4812
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My Echo Plus 2 is updating its software at the moment. Maybe Amazon sent a fix for wonky volume, or maybe they took a play from Apple’s playbook and sent more bugs.
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Old 08-20-2022, 01:35 AM   #4813
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I got a last generation Echo Dot not too long ago, in charcoal.

I haven't used it a ton, except for controlling my Fire TV Stick Lite and turning my TV off and on (I don't have any smart bulbs or anything).
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Old 08-24-2022, 07:56 AM   #4814
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Last night while I couldn’t sleep, I had Alexa play an Audible book. Typically, I set a sleep time for 30 minutes and restart as many times as it takes. So Audible book started, I set the sleep timer to which she responded, “OK. I’ll stop playing in 30 minutes. Do you want to listen to soothing sleep sounds?”

No, I want to listen to the Audible book I’ve got you playing. Sigh.
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Old 08-24-2022, 02:43 PM   #4815
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I dislike Alexa asking for stuff to be rated.
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