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Re:Amazon Echo by jchendy on Thursday November 06, 2014 @12:25PM (#8568215)
A couple differentiators: -The speaker in Echo is presumably much better -The microphone in Echo is presumably much better -On most Android phones (I don't know about iPhone), you have to wake the phone up before you can talk to it
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Re:Amazon Echo by ccozan on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:00PM (#8568959)
Well, unless you own a Moto X. The 2014 version lets you also choose a custom hotword.
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Re:Amazon Echo by colinramsay on Thursday November 06, 2014 @02:34PM (#8569186)
If your iPhone is plugged in to power, you can trigger Siri by saying "Hey Siri". I believe this is off by default and there's a settings switch for it.
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