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I live in Australia and imported an Echo. AFAIK Amazon only sells the Echo in the US, and a lot of the functionality is locked to the US, this makes it unusabl
by schappim 10y ago
I live in Australia and imported an Echo.
AFAIK Amazon only sells the Echo in the US, and a lot of the functionality is locked to the US, this makes it unusable for certain tasks (like dealing with time, dates, calendars and alarms).
The Echo won't let you change it's timezone to an Australian one (hacks like setting a timezone to one of the US military bases around the world no longer work).
So with the Echo assuming I'm living somewhere in the US, what do I use it for?
- Telling the time. Having said all the above, I do use it for telling the time, but I need to say "Alexa, what's the time in Sydney Australia?"
- Finding out the weather "Alexa, What's the weather like in
Sydney Australia?"
- Controlling the Lights. "Alexa turn on the lights?"
- Reporting Revenue from Shopify (I've built a custom app) "Alexa, ask Shopify what were the sales?"
I'd love to hear more from others outside the US as to how they use their Echo!
- derwildemomo 10y agoGerman Echo user here.. I googled a bit a while ago and found a perfect solution for the timezone-thing. It turns out that you can (via some request tinkering) set the timezone to whatever you want, instructions here: http://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,228.msg1081.html#msg1081 http://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,228.msg1081.html#msg... edit: typo.
- schappim 10y agoPerfect, thank you!
- zuccs 10y agoI was going to get one here (Oz) too, but I think you have changed my mind for now. Which smart lights are you using?
- schappim 10y agoPhilips Hue
- maneesh 10y agoHow do you do the shopify one?