It's a feature that's still being rolled out. On 3/17/18, 'Martin Maidment' via VIPhone <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this only works in the States. In the U.K. I don't have an option > for it in settings and my device. > > Martin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of M. Taylor > Sent: 16 March 2018 22:08 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Amazon makes it easier to give Alexa follow-up commands > > Amazon makes it easier to give Alexa follow-up commands > > It's easy enough to summon Alexa on one of Amazon's speakers, but when > you've got a million things to ask the voice assistant, it can be a pain > having to say "Hey, Alexa" over and over again. Now, Amazon has rolled out a > new feature, which gives its Echo speakers the ability to listen to > back-to-back commands for the assistant. When you switch on Alexa's > Follow-up Mode, your Echo speaker will continue listening for a second > command for a few seconds after you issue the first one -- no need to wake > it up again by saying "Hey, Alexa." You'll know for sure if the device is > listening if its blue indicator is on. > > Take note, though, that your speaker won't wait for a follow-up if it's in > the middle of playing music or audiobooks. Also, Alexa won't respond until > it's "confident you're speaking to" it. You'd have to talk clearly and > audibly, otherwise it won't be able to separate what you're saying from > background noise. > > You can also ensure that Alexa won't think that you're issuing follow-up > commands when you're talking to someone else by ending the conversation: > simply say "stop," "thank you," "cancel" or "go to sleep." > > If this sounds useful, because you pepper Alexa with questions and tasks, > just fire up the voice assistant's app and head to Settings. Select the > device you want, scroll down, toggle on the mode and you're good to go. > > Original Article at: > https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/10/amazon-alexa-follow-up-mode/ > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
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