The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this holiday season

Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by robbiep on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:45AM (#16014028)

I think they’re saying they changed to referring to Alexia in conversation to A or Her

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by Sephr on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @07:15AM (#16014305)

I'm responding to "devices will be much [better] at figuring out when we're addressing them than the primitive idea of a wake-word". That kind of on-device context detection may not be feasible with the currently-shipping hardware.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by antonvs on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @09:11AM (#16014817)

The manufacturers want you to buy new hardware at least every year, so that's not a barrier to new features unless you refuse to upgrade.

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Re:The Echo Dot was the best-selling product on Amazon this ... by coding123 on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @11:28AM (#16015688)

I'm sure they could do that detection without local updates in the future (disable the output if it detect a wrong context).

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