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Wait... Alexa enabled microwave? I am genuinely interested in what the point of that is.

• Zhenya 6y ago
  To sell more microwaves!!!! /S
• smoe 6y ago
  As someone that has last used microwaves on a regular basis when they just had two dials, I could see the use for Alexa to figure out how the more more modern ones with like 40 buttons work. The first time I tried the office kitchen microwave, I had to ask someone from accounting standing around, how to heat my cup, because that stupid thing just responded with a condescending beep to whatever I pressed :/
  • Dylan16807 6y ago
    Was this a microwave where "hit digits to type in a time, then hit start" doesn't work? If yes then yikes. If no then you only have to learn it once and trying to use alexa sounds much more complicated.
• wincy 6y ago
  Well it’s also an oven, I often say “Alexa preheat the oven to 400” or “Alexa air fry for 10 minutes”. For soups instead of having them explode I say “Alexa microwave at power level 3 for 9 minutes” which avoids the exploding soup problem. Of course there’s also “bake at 400 for 30 minutes”. I also have a five year old who is pretty competent at talking to Alexa even though she can’t intuit what the button controls mean on the microwave oven.