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I like voice command but Alexa is just not that great. Simple example: there are rooms and each device (e.g. echo or smart lights switch) is assigned to a room.
by lsh123 4y ago
I like voice command but Alexa is just not that great. Simple example: there are rooms and each device (e.g. echo or smart lights switch) is assigned to a room. I have multiple echos and multiple smart light switches throughout the house. I come to a room and say “turn on lights”. I would expect Alexa to turn on lights in that room. Sound simple? Nope. Alexa replies “there are multiple devices named lights, which one do you want to turn on?” WTF, I need to spell it “turn on kitchen lights”. Why do I assign devices to rooms? Nobody knows. And the same with everything. I tried to buy something with Alexa multiple times. It’s just horrible: “buy dish soap” (whatever I bought last time, I don’t care). But no: “there 1234 dish soaps available on Amazon, which one do you want to buy?” Like I know ;)
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- thisOtterBeGood 4y agoThe "light on in current room" works for me. Maybe you have "overloaded" the "light" name.
- ahaferburg 4y agoAlso add "at the present time, in this version of the multiverse", just to be sure it has enough context.
- MichaelCollins 4y agoImagine if you had a human butler who was this particular with the way you asked things. Fired on the spot.
- lsh123 4y agoSo I tried. Walking into the kitchen, I said “light on in current room”. Alexa: “did you mean lights in the movie theater”? Why???????????