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My understanding is that these devices have ASICs which listen for their names, the actual pattern for the name coded into hardware, meaning that you can't easi
by Taek 9y ago
My understanding is that these devices have ASICs which listen for their names, the actual pattern for the name coded into hardware, meaning that you can't easily select a new name.
Voice recognition takes more CPU power than the devices have, especially if you are trying to prolong battery life, and I think the more complex commands are relayed to a server instead of parsed locally.
- makomk 9y agoLow-power DSP chip, I believe. For more complex tasks like voice recognition it generally makes sense to use something that at least resembles a general-purpose CPU.
- Karunamon 9y agoThe Echo lets you choose from a few wake words, but it takes a restart to change so I’m guessing there’s a firmware update implied with doing it.