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To those who lack the empathy to understand how these devices might be useful to anyone, it's incredibly useful to be able to: - hands-free set multiple timers
by twodave 9y ago
To those who lack the empathy to understand how these devices might be useful to anyone, it's incredibly useful to be able to:
- hands-free set multiple timers while cooking
- set timers for kids to give them structured assignments (clean your room, you have 10 minutes, etc.)
- have ambient music going in the home that any of the kids can participate in as they please (we have 4)
- sound machines as sleep aids
- lamps on/off in the living room on schedule and by voice command
I could go on but I think I get my point across. Households with kids get a lot of use out of these things.
- King-Aaron 9y agoCan these devices tie in to existing hi-fi systems (either via bluetooth, or physical outputs)? Or are you tied to the teeny-tiny internal speaker for your music? (Edit, never mind. Commented before reading the article like a pleb - the answer to my own question appears to be yes)
- twodave 9y agoWe have both the echo and echo dots. The echo needs no help making enough sound to fill our kitchen/living room. The dot in our bedroom is hooked up to some old Klipsch 2.1 PC speakers. For the kids, the internal speaker on those is pleeeenty ;)