hi Mo,
no i've had no problem streaming to the Dot.
i've just said to it "alexa play radio bbc radio 4" and it started playing
straight away.
i followed this with "alexa play the carpenters" and she replied shuffling the
carpenters from your amazon music library and started playing them.
and as steve said about the echo it is deffinately a bluetooth speaker as i
just paired my iphone to the echo fine.
as paul and carol said the app is very slugish especially when setting the
speakers up and when setting up skills but hopefully this will improve with
updates.
i found the best way of going down the lists of skills was to go to the bottom
of the list and work my way back up this way i could access every skill
consecutively until i reached the top, but if i tried to go down the lists it
kept jumping back to the topp periodically.
pete.
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pete gurney <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:19:40 +0100
Mobeen Iqbal <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Pete.
I read on a review that it is not possible to use the dot to stream radio
because of its small size. Amazon would rather you connect your bluetooth
speakers or speakers to the audio out jack. Is this true?
Cheers,
Mo.
On 26/10/2016 12:10, Steve Nutt wrote:
Hi Pete,
I don’t believe the Amazon Echo is a Bluetooth speaker. I certainly can’t
connect my phone to it.
I think the Dot and Tap are though.
All the best
Steve
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pete gurney
Sent: 26 October 2016 11:42
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: amazon Echo, Again!
hi alistair,
the dot is available from amazon in the UK.
i have both the echo and the dot and apart from their size and speaker
volume they are both capable of doing the same things as to regard of how
you control them and the skills you can install.
the main differences are that the echo is around 9 inches tall while the dot
is only 1.3 inches, the echo has 2 buttons on the top the wake button and a
microphone mute button but the dot has 2 more buttons on the top volume up
and down.
the dot also has a 3.5 audio out jack on the back which the echo does not.
they both have bluetooth, which i haven't used yet, but i think the
difference is that the echo's bluetooth is for connecting to smart phones
and such like so you can transmit the sound from the phone via the echo's
speaker while the blutooth in the dot is just for transmitting from the dot
to a bluetooth speaker.
i'm sure your grandson would enjoy either as there are hundreds of skills
that you can install allowing you to do varying things just by speaking to
them.
you can ask it anything you would normally look up in an encyclopedia, ask
it to solve a mathmatical problem, ask about the weather or ask about places
in the world and much much more.
i have been quite supprised by just how loud the speaker in the little dot
goes and i haven't bothered connecting any external speaker to it either
wired or by bluetooth.
obviously the speaker in the echo is much louder but unless you want to use
it as a replacement for a hi-fi the dot is more than adequate for asking
questions, using as a timer/alarm clock or even as a bedside radio/music
player.
pete.
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pete gurney <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016 10:43:46 +0100
"alistair" <alistair.kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I’m aware there has been considerable discussion about this product on list
and I note that the echo has a baby brother, I think it is “the dot”? As I
have a blue tooth speaker already would there be any difference in
performance between the dot and the actual Echo? I have searched Amazon but
can’t see it listed as a product, is it available in the UK? Also, and
lastly, lol! Would there be any educational value for young folks? My
grandson is 8 extremely bright, (don’t know where he gets it from) and is
very tech savvy and has a enquiring mind!
thanks
alistair
