Sonos enabled Alexa speakers can do almost everything an Echo can do, one thing they can't yet do is make a phone call or let you use the Drop-In feature of Alexa. I have an Echo Show 5 at my office at my store which is connected to my Amazon account just as are our Echo speakers at home. There we have an Echo Show 10 in the living room, my wife has an Echo Dot 4th Gen in the bedroom with clock display and we have Sonos One speakers in the bathroom, the kitchen and in my woodworking shop as well as a Sonos Move which is also Alexa capable. Anyways, it is nice when I am in my office and my wife is at home, I can simply say to Alexa to drop in at the living room and almost instantly a two-way voice intercom channel is opened and my wife and I can talk.
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:23 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Echo or Alexa Show All Alexa devices will respond to the same commands. I have the Sonos speakers with Alexa as well as the Amazon Alexa app on my iPhone. I do not own an Echo device but can do all the same things with Alexa on these other platforms. And, all Alexa devices can control your smart home devices. We happen to have a thermostat that is controlled over Wi-Fi and I connected it to alexa, so now I can say to the speakers “Alexa, turn the thermostat to 71 degrees. WE also got an Air Fryer that I can control with Alexa. Pretty slick. Richard Ralph's Observation: It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object<>to realize that you are in a hurry. My web site, www.turner42.com<http://www.turner42.com> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Johna Gravitt Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 11:11 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Echo or Alexa Show The echo shows have a neat feature called “ show and tell” and they work simply by asking “Alexa, what am I holding in my hand?” Most times they are pretty accurate. You do not need to do anything differently with them than a normal regular echo dot. In some cases information be displayed on the screen, however echo shows have a screen reader called voice view which is quite similar to the iPhone’s voice over so there’s not much of al earning curve there. You can watch videos other than prime on them. Hope this was helpful. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 4, 2021 1:35 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Echo or Alexa Show Me again. I just looked up "Amazon Show" and became overloaded when reading about displays. I do not intend to use a device to control temperature or lock doors or need to look at a clock, anything like that. I also do not want a device that will require me to do anything in response to what shows on a screen. I was thinking I would get a second device for another room but one that could play movies, not just Prime, but Netflix too,and possibly Hulu somewhere down the line. Would that device be compatible with the Echo 4th generation I already have? Would I talk to it like I talk to my other device? I wonder if Amazon's customers with disabilities could answer these questions and give me a honest good recommendation. 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