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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by enobrev on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:37PM (#25283317)
This is what has led us to stop using our assistants around the house. I have 4 of those little google pucks around the house that we used for various tasks and automations. Now that we have a 1-year-old we almost never use them because I don't want him learning the phrase "ok google".

It sounded dumb enough for two adults to say it all day, but the convenience was worth it. Having my little one start using the phrase to talk to things is definitely where I draw the line.

Besides, now that it tries to make suggestions after every other command all you really hear in my house in regards to them is "hey google shut the fuck up and do what you're told". Unfortunately the stupid puck doesn't allow you to interrupt the unsolicited FAQ any longer.

Come to think of it, I think I'm getting rid of most of these things this weekend.

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by Talanes on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @11:07PM (#25285265)
My Alexa really needs a way to whitelist commands. I bought it to be a wireless clapper and fancy alarm clock. If it thinks I'm asking it anything outside of those two domains, I am not.

Of course Amazon isn't likely to ever do such a thing, because god forbid we don't have the ability to suddenly order something from Amazon on every device at all times.

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by curryst on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:14PM (#25292320)
> Of course Amazon isn't likely to ever do such a thing, because god forbid we don't have the ability to suddenly order something from Amazon on every device at all times.

Comically, that's actually one of the things its the worst at. I tried to do it exactly once and swore I would never do it again. In the time it takes to read the first search result, I could have found and ordered what I want from my phone. If that's what they were going for, I can't believe they didn't scrap the project.

Supposedly they're fairly good at re-ordering, but given how often Alexa mis-hears me, I'm not a fan of doing anything involving money on it.

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Re:Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Sp... by tyingq on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @07:02PM (#25283514)
That's interesting. The Amazon devices can be configured with a wake word of "Alexa", "Amazon", "Echo" or "Computer". I see Google offers no way to not say "Google".
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