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It doesn't work with hue lights, so it's worthless to me. Besides, I just have a on/off widget on my home screen which is faster and more reliable than holding the power button.
It does work with Hue lights. You need to connect your Hue lights to your Google home app first, though.
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It's incredibly handy when cooking. "Hey Google set up a 15 minutes timer", "Hey Google how many teaspoons is in a cup?", etc while you have your hands dirty / busy.
Could just turn the knob on your oven's timer and use a measuring jug.
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It's incredibly handy when cooking. "Hey Google set up a 15 minutes timer", "Hey Google how many teaspoons is in a cup?", etc while you have your hands dirty / busy.
no doubt its useful for that but is it really worth it considering the price? arent most assistants powered by batteries so it also has an ongoing cost, especially if you have multiple devices? all that just to add a timer 3-5 seconds quicker? and then there's still other issues like privacy or the thing being an expensive paperweight if you're Internet isn't working
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Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify https://bit.ly/36xDd8h
I used to come home and say “Ok Google, turn on the lights.” 80% of the time my lights would turn on. 20% of the time, I’d be greeted with: “Ok, playing ‘Turn on the Lights’ by Future on Spotify.” And I’d stand there in the dark, listening to music I don’t like, questioning my life decisions.
I'm genuinely curious if you have any idea -- -- is Google misinterpreting your voice? E.g. does it hear a sound it thinks is "play" in the middle of your phrase? -- or is it some weird statistical model that because of invisible and irrelevant correlations, sometimes concludes it's more likely you're asking for music? Like the song with that title is currently in the top 40, or was played by you in the past, or some…
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So, I can't find the reference googling it now, but apparently Jeff Bezos really wanted Alexa to be called "Amazon" (pretty similar to Ok Google). I think he didn't want to dilute the brand, and have the association front of mind or something, but the people on the alexa project managed to convince him to go with alexa instead (as it's confusing, and arguably a better name). I think that's part of the reason for the…
Very interesting. I can’t help feel the irony given Alexa itself was a brand Bezos acquired* in 1999 to get in on being a Search Engine just when Google was on the rise... I can hear it now “We finally have a use for that brand we spent all that money on..” [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexa_Internet