Hey Siri, Let's Chat about Alexa, Google Home other A.

CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai at a recent Google shareholder meeting made an amazing demo of how human personal can sound and reason with humans.

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SKILLS VS ACTIONS

Amazon Alexa = Skills
Google Home = Actions
These are 3rd party apps

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LINK DEVICES

Google Home 1,830 actions
Amazon Alexa 30,000 skills
These are 3rd party apps

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TIP # 1

Get acquainted with the operating app

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AMAZON ALEXA

Amazon started the voice-controlled hub trend in Nov 2014 with the Echo, powered by the company’s voice assistant Alexa.

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ECHO ($70-$149)

It comes with an array of seven microphones that let it hear commands from anywhere in the room it’s in, even while playing music.

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THE ALEXA FAMILY

Dot ($25-$50)
Echo ($69-$129)
Spot ($129)
Show ($99-$199)
Kindle Fire ($49 - $159)
TV Fire Stick ($39-$59)
Look ($99-$199)

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When Alexa can’t answer a question on its own, it relies on Bing search results.

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How are you using

your smart device?

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TIP # 2

SET MULTIPLE TIMERS

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Alexa Native Features

Music
Audible Book
Ask Questions
Order Product
Set Timers

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TIP #3

Have Alexa read your Kindle Books

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Shopping

In app turn on Voice Purchasing settings
In Amazon.com enable one click purchasing & Prime
Track status & reorder

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TIP #4

SET UP AN ALEXA VOICE CODE #

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Music & News

Amazon Prime & Amazon Unlimited Music
Spotify Premium
Pandora Free & Premium
TuneIn on iHeartRadio
Bluetooth connections

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TIP #5

Playlists

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Manage Calendars & ToDos
Online Shopping
Sport Scores & Schedule
News, Traffic & Weather
Alarms & Timers

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Tasks

Calendar & To Do Lists

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TIP #7

Set up My Briefing (my day Google)

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More Native Q & A

Math & conversions
Find local businesses
Movies information
Open hours

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Smart Home

Light
Temperature
Appliances
TV
Security Systems/ Guard
Other .........

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ADDITIONAL SKILLS USING APPS

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Fun & Games

Jeopardy
Song Quiz
Magic Door
Joke of Day

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OTHERS

Ask questions of experts
Wall Street Journal News
WebMD – answers to your health questions, from conditions to drugs to side effect
Uber or order a taxi

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HELP!

Ask MY BUDDY

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TRANSLATOR

Go to translator
Please come on Thursday to trim my palm trees. in Spainist

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SECURITY ISSUES

What about priacy and confidential?

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Future?

“Amazon’s goal: help Alexa break free of the Echo speaker so that it can become a platform all on its own. A new kind of operating system that we won’t see on a screen, but talk to.”

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