- Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Bliss
- Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Playlists
- Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa 3rd Generation
- Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Echo
Let's say you're making dinner after a long day at work and you'd like a little music to help you relax. Without missing a beat (or a slice or a stir) you can simply say out loud: 'Alexa, play my after-work playlist' and your Bose Home Speaker 500 comes to life, connects to your favorite music service, and suddenly fills the kitchen with music. Sonos is unable to add to my music library despite repeated attempts. I have confirmed that my Firewall is configured correctly for Sonos, and my MacBook has a solid, reliable wifi connection to my router. I have run diagnostics and the reference is 243274735. Hi Villageflora, Welcome to the community and thanks for sending in the report. Last week, users of Amazon Echo and Fire TV Alexa devices gained the ability to add access to Apple Podcasts. That facility is also available in the UK and, Pocket-lint reported, in Ireland too.
Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Bliss
While examining Reverb, AppleInsider determines Alexa in name only is no Alexa at all. The new app aims to bring Amazon's personal assistant to the Mac, but in our tests it fell short.
Alexa is Amazon's equivalent of Siri and it - or she - lives in the company's Echo and Dot devices. Now Reverb for Amazon Alexa 2.0.2 wants you to be able to use Alexa on your Mac and the new version does bring a significant new feature. It works. Some of the time, just not all of the time and not for the main reason you'd use Alexa for in the first place.
When we first tried Reverb, it didn't actually do anything meaningful, or work very well at all. The updated version 2.0.2 still has its moments of failing to notice when you're talking, or when you stop.
However, this was never going to be a serious application: it isn't made by Amazon and you're not going to order any products over it. So, Reverb is really a way to find out what you think of Alexa without buying a new device.
The prevailing wisdom is that Alexa is superior to Siri — but your mileage may vary and so might your need for privacy. But, if you wait to hear about Amazon's sales figures you're going to wait a long time.
All you can be reasonably sure of is that Amazon hasn't sold remotely as many devices as Apple has sold iPhones. So, with millions of more people using Siri than using Alexa and the Echo, Amazon's assistant is going to get fewer criticisms by volume.
Consequently the only way you can really assess Alexa and whether it's any use to you is to try out the service and Reverb does give you a flavor of how it all works.
Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Playlists
With the real Alexa, a genuine boon is how well its microphones hear you so just calling out 'Hey, Alexa' across the room will get you a quick response. With Reverb, you have to launch the app, then click and hold down the mouse while you ask whatever you want to ask.
There's not a great deal you can ask. You could copy the TV ads and ask Alexa what the height of Mount Everest is. You could ask one of the funnies that it's programmed to josh with you about. So 'Alexa, surely you can't be serious?' does indeed get you the Leslie Nielsen's 'Airplane' response of 'I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.'
Certainly, you can ask Alexa what the weather is today and that's the one thing which worked every single time we tried - except it always told us it was cloudy in Seattle when we're some thousands of miles away from there.
You could ask Reverb to set a timer for you and it may very well do it. Or might not. Depends, really — just on what, we're not sure.
All you can be reasonably sure of is that Amazon hasn't sold remotely as many devices as Apple has sold iPhones. So, with millions of more people using Siri than using Alexa and the Echo, Amazon's assistant is going to get fewer criticisms by volume.
Consequently the only way you can really assess Alexa and whether it's any use to you is to try out the service and Reverb does give you a flavor of how it all works.
Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Playlists
With the real Alexa, a genuine boon is how well its microphones hear you so just calling out 'Hey, Alexa' across the room will get you a quick response. With Reverb, you have to launch the app, then click and hold down the mouse while you ask whatever you want to ask.
There's not a great deal you can ask. You could copy the TV ads and ask Alexa what the height of Mount Everest is. You could ask one of the funnies that it's programmed to josh with you about. So 'Alexa, surely you can't be serious?' does indeed get you the Leslie Nielsen's 'Airplane' response of 'I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.'
Certainly, you can ask Alexa what the weather is today and that's the one thing which worked every single time we tried - except it always told us it was cloudy in Seattle when we're some thousands of miles away from there.
You could ask Reverb to set a timer for you and it may very well do it. Or might not. Depends, really — just on what, we're not sure.
Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa 3rd Generation
What it definitely can't do is order anything from Amazon for you, which might be a good thing. What it definitely can do is make you conscious of the irony when you ask Siri on your Mac to 'Search the web for 'what can I say to Alexa?'.
Adding Mac Book Air To Alexa Echo
Reverb 2.0.2 is free on the App Store and we're not shocked. For the Mac, Reverb 2.0.2 requires macOS 10.12.2, is also free, and worth every cent.
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