I would point out that you wound’t be able to do that on the Echo, unless you 
can acquire an adapter to convert their 15 volt input to USB.

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On 21 Feb 2017, at 17:27, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:

I've given up using battery bases on Echo Dot and so on given there seems 
little point when the Tap does hthe job so affectively.



On 22/02/2017 4:08 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
> This doesn’t work on the Echo or Echo Dot. The Echo doesn’t even know I have 
> a battery connected to it! I will try it again on the Dot but I think the 
> results will be the same.
> 
> Yes, this would certainly be a nice function. My battery went the other night 
> and I got no prior warning.
> 
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> My compliments and kindest regards
> Gordon Smith:
> <[email protected]>
> 
> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.
> Mobile/SMS:
> +44 (0)7907 823971
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> On 19 Feb 2017, at 18:10, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Sorry forgot to mention this in my previous post.
> The Echo Tap can tell the user how much battery is left.
> You ask “How much battery power left” and the question is answered with a 
> percentage of battery power remaining.
> You can also lookup the battery status on the Amazon Alexa home page.
> 
>> On 19 Feb 2017, at 9:14 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Good Sunday to you all
>> 
>> My first imprcssions of this device can be summed up using just one word: 
>> AMAZING!
>> 
>> I received the device just after 08:30 this morning which, in itself, just a 
>> very pleasant surprise. But the Smatree AE900 is much more than just a 
>> battery base for the Echo. It's a 900MA/H system, capable of powering up the 
>> echo for, so the blurb claims, in excess of 8 hours per charge cycle. I have 
>> not had the opportunity to read all of the documentation, owing to the fact 
>> that, like So many things these days, the dincumentation itself is tiny, and 
>> does not bode well to the OCR process on any platform. I have several 
>> options available to me in this regard, but those I've tried so far have not 
>> proven themselves up to the task. But I'll keep trying.
>> 
>> I have a hunch, however, have this device is more than just a glorified 
>> battery. I am given to understand that it actually adds functionality to the 
>> Echo. So we shall see.
>> 
>> In point of fact, I also have so smaller version of this battery base, 
>> designed for the Echo Dot. Sadly, there are some disappointing facts 
>> regarding this particular unit, which it is to be hoped, are not shared with 
>> it's larger sister product. One of these is the fact that the device 
>> provides you with absolutely no warning whatsoever that the batter powering 
>> your device is about to run out of fuel mid-flight. As with  an airplane, if 
>> the fuel tank runs dry, the engine just stops dead and you're out of options.
>> 
>> I hope that Smatree have picked up on this point, and provided some sort of 
>> safeguard against it.
>> 
>> Anyway, more later when I've done more testing. I don't want to comment 
>> based purely on what I read. There's no substitute for hands-on experience.
>> 
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>> 
>> My Compliments And Kindest Regards
>> Gordon Smith
>> 'Accessibility And Information Technology Support Specialist
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