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Argyle
Contributor I
December 27, 2017
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Alexa and Spotify Commands not working

  • December 27, 2017
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Alexa does not respond to 'stop' when using Spotify. Anybody any idea why?
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    rctgallery
    Lyricist I
    January 16, 2018
    Sent my Alexa back. For numerous reasons. The main issue is it listens to conversations in the room/home. Wow that shocked me
    jgatie
    jgatie
    January 16, 2018
    Sent my Alexa back. For numerous reasons. The main issue is it listens to conversations in the room/home. Wow that shocked me

    In what way does it listen to conversations? It listens for a wake word. Nothing is sent to the cloud until you activate it via the wake word.
    rctgallery
    Lyricist I
    January 17, 2018
    Friends of mine, that do not have a cat, started talking about their fictitious cat. The next time they were online facebook ads for cat products began appearing on sites. Makes you wonder what is going on.
    jgatie
    jgatie
    January 17, 2018
    Friends of mine, that do not have a cat, started talking about their fictitious cat. The next time they were online facebook ads for cat products began appearing on sites. Makes you wonder what is going on.

    Nonsense. You are repeating old wives tales from the internet. From the FAQ at Amazon:

    2. How do I know when Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, or Echo Dot are streaming my voice to the Cloud?

    When Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, or Echo Dot detect the wake word, when you press the action button on top of the devices, or when you press and hold your remote's microphone button, the light ring around the top of your device turns blue, to indicate that the device is streaming audio to the Cloud. When you use the wake word, the audio stream includes a fraction of a second of audio before the wake word, and closes once your question or request has been processed. Within Sounds settings in the Alexa App (Settings > [Your Device Name] > Sounds), you can enable a 'start of request sound,' a short audible tone that plays after the wake word is recognized to indicate that the device is streaming audio. You can also enable an 'end of request sound' that will play a short audible tone at the end of your request, to indicate that the connection has closed and the device is no longer streaming audio.


    If it the above tales were actually happening and are so easily proven, Amazon would be liable for billions in a class action invasion of privacy suit, considering they explicitly state they do not listen to all of your conversations.
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