According to some ignorant oafs on here a child shouldnāt be let near an electronic device of that nature until heās 21.
Should be the other way round. No self respecting male over the age of 40 should be allowed near anything that involves pushing 2 or more buttons
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Sure you donāt know yourself since you learned how to post gifs and all that malarkey, 
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I have the instructions taped to the back of the phone.
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Got an Alexa echo dot (3rd generation) yesterday. A grand gadget.
Very simple to set up - you download the app to your phone and find the speaker and connect - enter your wifi and off you go.
Obviously, mainly acts as a speaker - so you can sync your spotify. It automatically signs you up to amazon music - so you have to specifically say spotify when asking it to play something but thatās not hard to do ā¦ will play your saved playlists also by voice command which is all very handy instead of having to search through a device for an artist or play list.
Still have a lot of fiddling around to do, but you can call and send messages through it. And if you had a second one you casn drop in on it if itās in another part of the house and use it like an intercom - i,e - if youāre not down in 5 minutes iām fucking your dinner in the bin.
The feature weāve been messing around with is lists and reminders. You can set your shopping list as you go over the week and sheāll read it back to you on request. You can delete / add items as you go - so handy if an ad hoc item comes into your head. Reminders, can be daily/ weekly/ monthly or stand alone. So again, for smaller reminders like John and Nora calling next Sunday, or phone the plumber back or dentitst appointment etcā¦ you can enter these by voice and youāll get the reminder for whenever you set it - but you can always ask each day what appointments you have ahead today/ this week/ month etc.
The next thing we must get on is the wifi plugs ā You can operate / interact through the app on your phone - so you can get it to turn your lights / heating or other devices on while on your way home. Ideal for the mrs if she wants to turn her wax pots on if sheās out.
Also great if you have audible / podcasts or want to ask random trivia.
Thereās loads more I have to discover yet, but itās worth getting one. Itās the future.
Half price currently and youāll get the echo dot 3 rd generation for about 35 notes including delivery.
cc @Copper_pipe @Fagan_ODowd @StoneCold @Smark @Bandage @flattythehurdler
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Does it transcribe inane shite or did you have to type that yourself?
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Iād never sync my devices to TFK - @Rocko and @Bandage mined a serious bit of info on forumites through the now defunct app.
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Have it mate or possibly an earlier version. Only ever use it for Spotify. I really didnāt bother with any of the other stuff. We tried the shopping list for a while but the problem is youāve to call out every item individually; when you are compiling a list on a Saturday morning this gets a bit irritating
You knob head ā¦ you make the list as you go during the week. I presume 80-90% of your weekly shopping list stays the same anyway, so itās really only for ad-hoc items or when bulk items run out.
@StoneCold was making a list of a saturday morning, telling Alexa the full contents of the list, getting Alexa to read it back to him and then heād write it down and head out to do his shop 
You mad bastard.
Ah yeah but I guess Iām not used to this brave new world yet. Plus often when I was saying something to it the better half would roar from the opposite end of the house āwhat did you say?ā. I must check out setting up a few sockets with it alright. Would she source an IPTV stream for you?
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Sweet Jesus
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Iām here listening to TFK on Alexa. You can set her up to read websites.
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I know, 35 euro is practically for nothing.
35 euro to make a fucking eejit of yourself talking to a tin can isnāt much alright.
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Alexa wonāt tell anyone bar the FBI what youāre saying to herā¦ I wouldnāt be so self conscious if I were you.
Anybody who got wireless headphones for Christmas have a chance to do a Leonardo DiCaprio yet?
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10 hours, go on so, Iāll bite. What?