Ti Gadgets pote kontwòl vwa nan prèske nenpòt aparèy entelijan nan kay la, pandan y ap jwe mizik, reponn kesyon ak di ou tan an
Amazon repete apre lòt fin Dot a se esansyèlman tout Bits yo nan yon Amazon repete apre lòt fin ki fè li enteresan, men san yo pa oratè a anba li - yo ak pou li te koute jis yon tyè nan pri a.
Dot a se youn nan twa Alexa ki pèmèt pwodwi ki soti nan Amazon ki mete devan vwa asistan yo nan konpayi an ak sant. Se sèlman de, Dot nan repete apre lòt fin ak repete apre lòt fin nan yo disponib nan UK a: twazyèm lan, Bluetooth oratè a pòtab rele Amazon Tap, se sèlman ki disponib nan peyi Etazini an.
Kisa li ye?
Dot a se yon ti rondèl nwa oswa blan ak yon bag ki kreye tout limyè nan tèt la, kat bouton ak yon etalaj sèt-mikwofòn - sistèm nan menm ki fè oratè a repete apre lòt fin tèlman bon nan tande ou soti nan bèl anpil nenpòt kote.
Li koute deyò pou yon "Pawòl reveye", ki pa default se non an nan asistan nan vwa genyen nan Dot nan: "Alexa". Di reveye pawòl Bondye a ak asistan nan vwa vini nan lavi reponn kesyon, pran kòmandman ak fè aksyon.
Dot la gen yon ti oratè bati-an, ki se bon ase pou tout repons yo vwa Alexa krache soti, alam gaz ak lòt alèt, men se pa reyèlman ki fèt yo jwe mizik, pwodwi son tinny.
Olye de sa do a nan Dot a gen yon pò odyo-soti, ki se gen entansyon ploge nan ki pale natif ki egziste deja ou. Altènativman, li ka pè nan yon oratè san fil via Bluetooth.
Ki sa sa gade tankou?
Dot a se surprenante sekrè chita sou yon kontwar oswa kole nan miray la. Genyen yon bag limyè wotasyon otou ak anlè a ki endike lè li nan aktivman koute pou ou ak pou vin tou wouj lè ou frape bouton an bèbè, elektrik debranche mikro yo, pou w konnen lè li se epi li se pa koute nan.
Dot a blan gen yon tèt gri, ki vle di li vle di soti plis pase sa li ta ka sou yon tab kabann-kòt blan, pou egzanp. Ou ka jwenn jakèt ti kras pou baz la nan kwi oswa twal si klere plastik pa byen koupe l 'ak dekorasyon ou.
Kisa l ap fè?
Dot nan repete apre lòt fin ka fè tou sa Alexa kapab fè. mete kanpe a se nan menm jan ak repete apre lòt fin nan: ploge li nan, louvri app a Alexa sou smartphone ou epi swiv enstriksyon yo nan konekte li nan rezo Wi-Fi ou.
Yon fwa leve, li kouri, Alexa ka fè yon varyete nan karakteristik tipik asistan ou. Li pral mete time, di ou tan an, alam gaz seri, di ou ki jou ou sanble soti nan kalandriye konekte ou, di ou sou transpò pou ale travay ou oswa move tan an ak reponn kesyon sou tout kalite bagay sa.
Alexa gen aksè a byen yon anpil nan enfòmasyon, men volim nan absoli nan done Google gen nan men li yo, ki vle di Alexa ap lite ak sèten kesyon lè yon rechèch vwa Google pa ka.
gwo diferans lan se ke Alexa Replies nan yon fason etonan moun, epi yo ka prèske toujou konprann ki sa ou te di menm si li pa ka reponn kesyon an, ki vle di li ta dwe jwenn pi bon sou tan kòm plis done se shoveled nan entèfas entèlijans artificielle a.
Alexa gen sa yo rele konpetans ki ka ajoute nan li. Bagay sa yo app ki tankou bay kapasite nouvo l '. Anpil nan konpayi ak sèvis ki gen talan. konpetans la Gadyen pral li ou nouvèl la, tit oswa revize, pou egzanp. konpetans nan Nasyonal Rail pral di w ki sa transpò pou ale travay tren ou sanble. konpetans nan Allrecipies yo pral kapab li ou youn nan 60,000 resèt diferan.
But perhaps the best set of skills available for the Echo Dot are smart home controls. Here is where the Dot shines: it has a wide range of support for smart connected devices, from speakers and remote controls, to lights, coffee machines or anything connected to a Samsung SmartThings hub.
Alexa, turn on the lights in the living room
Out of the box it works with Philips Hue, while skills exist for Nest, Hive, Honeywell, Tado, LightwaveRF and LIFX, with Sonos expected soon.
Once hooked up you can command just about anything. You have to remember the name of the thing you’re trying to command, but within the Alexa app you can group things to turn them on and off with one command.
Unlike most other smart home systems, a single item can be placed into multiple groups meaning a bedroom light could be in the “bedroom” group as well as in the “upstairs” group and perhaps a “house” group, so that you can turn just the bedroom lights on, the whole of the upstairs or turn off the whole house when you’re walking out the door.
You can also set brightness, koulè, scene or anything else your lights support, but lighting is just the start. Almost any smart home appliance can be controlled via voice with the right connection.
You can set the temperature via a Nest, set the coffee going via a smartplug, switch the TV on or off, set the channel or do pretty much anything with devices connected to a SmartThings hub.
The Echo Dot doesn’t have to be used in isolation either. If you’re in earshot of two Dots or another Echo device, only the nearest one will reply to your commands. Amazon even sells them in packs: buy five get a sixth free, or buy 10 and get two free. Clearly it wants you to put them all over your house.
obsèvasyon
- It works surprisingly well when mounted to the wall, but you have to pull off the rubber pad or make you own bracket
- Alexa ads on the TV set them off
- Occasionally the radio will set them off
- When you’ve got it hooked up to speakers the Dot will only output its audio through those speakers, so they need to be left on all the time to enable it to speak to you even if you’re not playing music
- IFTTT and Logitech Harmony support are coming soon, which will greatly extend Alexa’s smart home support
- You have to think carefully about what you’re going to call each of the connected devices because you will have to say their names to Alexa for them to be activated on an individual basis
Pri
The Amazon Echo Dot costs £50 in either black or white. Nan larger Echo costs £150.
Vèdik
The Echo Dot is everything that’s great about the larger Echo speaker condensed into a small puck that costs one-third of the price.
Being able to voice control things without having to pull out a phone or push a button marks a massive step forward for the Internet of Things. Activating, changing, switching things off and firing up automation routines via voice feels natural and satisfying: there’s nothing quite like marching into a room and commanding the lights to turn on.
Alexa isn’t quite the all-conquering voice assistant it promises to be just yet, but the Dot gets the job done in a way nothing else can.
Les: excellent mic array means it can almost always hear you, small but loud enough to be heard clearly, great device support, clear mute, turns your old Hi-Fi into a smart, voice-controlled speaker, voice control IoT devices
Kont: really needs to be connected to a speaker for music, can’t always answer the question, always-listening object in your house, doesn’t support multiple user calendars or personal information, only one Spotify or Amazon music account can be linked at any one time
Lòt kòmantè
- Amazon Echo review: the best combined speaker and voice assistant in the UK
- Samsung SmartThings Hub review: an Internet of Things to rule them all?
- Withings Body Cardio review: stylish scales for health obsessives
- Nest Learning Thermostat third-gen: the simple, effective heating gadget
- Logitech Harmony Elite review: easy to use remote that takes charge of your home
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