Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by steve_adams_86 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:54AM
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Isn't it 'Okay Google'? Either way, I do find Alexa rolls off the tongue a little easier. That may be because I have trouble enunciating verbal transitions.
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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by adjkant on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:07AM
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It's both. It comes down to the keyword identification algorithm of course, not the design by Google. Google's decision choice was not picking a random name that can be identified but instead working in their brand name. My bet is that give it a few years and we will have custom activation words within some constraints.
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by dilap on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:14AM
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Is it both? The Google Home I was playing with at my in-laws house a couple days ago definitely only seemed to respond to "OK" (people kept forgetting and using "hey", which didn't work).
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by adjkant on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @01:24AM
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Works for me, though I've trained my voice on it, so perhaps that helps. I'm 100% it's supposed to be both.
Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ...
by Shoue on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:20AM
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When you're setting up the Home during the training step it makes you say "Hey Google" and "Okay Google". It's definitely a bit hard to notice considering only a single word changes.