Alexa+, the Next Generation of Alexa

Re:Alexa+, the Next Generation of Alexa by calamity_elf on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @02:30PM (#43187215)

then half the time for us it will not hear the announcement, so we say 'alexa announce' again, and it announces "ALEXA ANNOUNCE" all over the house.

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Re:Alexa+, the Next Generation of Alexa by 0898 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @02:37PM (#43187295)

This is what’s happening to us.

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Re:Alexa+, the Next Generation of Alexa by Domenic_S on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @03:26PM (#43187816)

Same, announcements are kind of flaky. My usual command is "Alexa, announce <whatever to announce>" - half the time she asks what I want to announce, 20% of the time she announces "announce", 30% of the time it works as expected.

If i'm already on my phone sometimes I'll just type the announcement in the Alexa app instead.

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Re:Alexa+, the Next Generation of Alexa by Chico75 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @04:16PM (#43188312)

Same exact thing, now we know that we have to say the full announcement the second time we trigger Alexa.

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