Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by endtwist » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:29 PM UTC

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

#2

Post by gizmodo59 » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:43 PM UTC

"To order your Echo Dot, use your Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV and just ask..." An Expensive marketing campaign to sell Echo and Fire TV?

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by davis_m » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:43 PM UTC

I'm not entirely clear on the difference between the regular Echo and the Echo Dot. It appears you have to have an original Echo in order to purchase a Dot. Is this simply an extension that proxies all of the requests back to the original Echo?

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by nilsjuenemann » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

Only for US customers...

"Requirements

* A U.S. Amazon account

* A U.S. shipping address (50 United States and the District of Columbia only)

* An annual Amazon Prime membership or 30-day Amazon Prime free trial

* A payment method issued by a U.S. bank with a U.S. billing address in your 1-Click settings

* A device with access to the Alexa Voice Service (such as Amazon Echo)"

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by rdl » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:46 PM UTC

Just ordered a Dot -- what is the Tap? They added that to the page, too, but no info. Is it just the next gen Echo?

http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/3/11148776/amazon-echo-tap-sp...

Ahh -- the Tap is a portable device with wifi speaker.

(Probably wouldn't call an audio monitoring box the "tap"

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by danesparza » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:46 PM UTC

There is something delightfully ballsy about making this only available to users of Alexa Voice shopping:

"Echo Dot is available in limited quantities and exclusively for Prime members through Alexa Voice Shopping. To order your Echo Dot, use your Amazon Echo or Amazon Fire TV and just ask: "Alexa, order an Echo dot"

Also, this makes me sad. I'd kind of like to try this out, but I have no Alexa voice service currently (I don't think)

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by dabeeeenster » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

Why don't Amazon have an Alexa iOS/Android app?

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by joshstrange » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

davis_m wrote: post #3

I'm not entirely clear on the difference between the regular Echo and the Echo Dot. It appears you have to have an original Echo in order to purchase a Dot. Is this simply an extension that proxies all of the requests back to the original Echo?

It's the Echo using your own speaker (it has a tiny one still). The "ordering through your existing FireTV/Echo" is just a stupid marketing ploy. As far as we know right not it does not talk to other Echo's on your network (no proxying/grid/mesh/etc).

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by swalsh » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

Will this be linked together with my echo? One thing I do quite often since my echo is in my kitchen is use it to set a timer. I'd like to be able to go to my office upstairs, and ask it how much time is left. Today, i don't think that's possible even with a second echo.

Re: Amazon Echo Dot

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Post by ocdtrekkie » Thu, Mar 03, 2016, 2:47 PM UTC

davis_m wrote: post #3

I'm not entirely clear on the difference between the regular Echo and the Echo Dot. It appears you have to have an original Echo in order to purchase a Dot. Is this simply an extension that proxies all of the requests back to the original Echo?

Yeah, it looks like it's intended to kinda be an expansion to your existing system. So in a larger house where you can't talk to your Echo from everywhere, you could put a bunch of Echo Dots in different rooms. It looks like it's probably missing the audio quality speakers, I'd guess?