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#223235 20-Sep-2017 12:27

I just recived a Amazon 7 tablet with Alexa

I was going to stick it up in the kitchen HOWEVER there is no "wake up" action command. You have to physically press the button to use alexa. Making it useless , for my purposes. hmmmmm

Anyone want a used for 5 minutes Amazon Tablet 7 ?? LOL

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#1869336 20-Sep-2017 13:14

The Amazon Tap speaker is like that, hence its name.

[edit][edit] The Amazon Echo - same form factor, voice wakeup. But... requires wired power - has no battery. So that's the power trade-off - sitting around listening and processing sounds to see if the trigger word was said. Chews the juice.

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