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I thought Alexa recorded all the time, maintaining a buffer so that it seemed to respond faster once it caught you saying the magic words
by jeffbax 9y ago
I thought Alexa recorded all the time, maintaining a buffer so that it seemed to respond faster once it caught you saying the magic words
- sib 9y agoThe device is maintaining a short (<1 sec) buffer at all times. The device is Echo; Alexa is the cloud-side service, which is definitely not getting the audio until the wake-word is spotted and then streaming begins (backing up to the beginning of the buffer).