Alexa, are you listening?

Re:Alexa, are you listening? by Xeoncross on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:06PM (#15853171)

> The Amazon Echo does include a physical mute button that disables the microphone on the top of the device or can be turned off when sensitive information is being discussed (this is a hardwire mechanism and cannot be altered via software).

I had wondered this.

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by Lionleaf on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:11PM (#15853226)

Yeah, that's good to know. Anyone have some insight on the implementation of the Google Home mute button?

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by chadlavi on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:17PM (#15853299)

looks hardwired: https://medium.com/@justlv/google-home-mini-teardown-compari...

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by jobigoud on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:51PM (#15853745)

It should be called a "deaf" button, with a crossed ear icon...

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by smileysteve on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @12:53PM (#15853775)

disturbingly, this is clearly not the case for ecobee.

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by chadlavi on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:02PM (#15853899)

... oh I see, they made a new one.

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Re:Alexa, are you listening? by chadlavi on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @01:01PM (#15853889)

ecobee has a microphone in it?

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