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If you did want to go the Smart Assistant route, the 8" display echo home is at an introductory "half-price" $134.50 sale at Noel Leemings for the next fortnight.
tieke:
If you did want to go the Smart Assistant route, the 8" display echo home is at an introductory "half-price" $134.50 sale at Noel Leemings for the next fortnight.
Sweet deal.
But the golden rule appears to be, "never pay full price for an Echo device". 😄
I use a Lenovo smart display for that purpose. I turn off the camera but I have it showing photos from my Google Photos album all the time when there is light in the room. When it's dark it shows the time. And I have the alarm set to go off at the same time each morning (only Mondays to Fridays) playing a station from Iheart Radio. I bet I could set it to play something from TuneIn.
Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD. https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.
lchiu7:
I use a Lenovo smart display for that purpose. I turn off the camera but I have it showing photos from my Google Photos album all the time when there is light in the room. When it's dark it shows the time. And I have the alarm set to go off at the same time each morning (only Mondays to Fridays) playing a station from Iheart Radio. I bet I could set it to play something from TuneIn.
did you buy via amazon us? I saw those as well, but not released here.
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davidcole:
lchiu7:
I use a Lenovo smart display for that purpose. I turn off the camera but I have it showing photos from my Google Photos album all the time when there is light in the room. When it's dark it shows the time. And I have the alarm set to go off at the same time each morning (only Mondays to Fridays) playing a station from Iheart Radio. I bet I could set it to play something from TuneIn.
did you buy via amazon us? I saw those as well, but not released here.
I think I bought it at Best Buy and had a friend bring it back for me. I actually have two of them, the 7" and 10". Love them both as Smart Assistants but also being able to watch Youtube, do Duo calling and of course the smart picture frame,
Staying in Wellington. Check out my AirBnB in the Wellington CBD. https://www.airbnb.co.nz/h/wellycbd PM me and mention GZ to get a 15% discount and no AirBnB charges.
I got one of these:
https://www.hifiberry.com/shop/bundles/hifiberry-amp2-bundle-4/
I pay a $9 a year subscription to max2play for updates. I got 22,000 FLAC songs [i never hardly ever listen to], all manner of worldwide radio stations. It works pretty good. And you can program a wakeup alarm. Just a different option. Cheers
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