Currently sporting 3 Phillips Hue lights, and 3 Amazon devices. One of them is in my car connected to a battery pack so I have Alexa calling in the car as well as the usual Spotify and Amazon Music.
Currently have an echo in the kitchen, and a dot in each of the two bedrooms. Looking at getting a nest thermostat in the coming months.
Potentially will get some smart lights for the hallway or something.
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I’ve had SmartWife 1.0 for over 20 years, but it’s now very slow to respond, and some functions I really liked are no longer supported. Should I upgrade?
Basically used as a glorified radio player. There have been some weird moments where a (non-Amazon) radio ad plays that refers to Alexa, causing the speaker volume to be minimized for a few seconds before returning to normal.
I have two Echo Dots. Currently I don’t use them very much other than as speakers/ weather/ news. Ended up getting Spotify premium as a result of that purchase. I wish I could get into more smart home devices and things like lighting or heating, but there’s no point if I’m constantly moving.
Ikea smart lighting in the main bedroom, home office, lounge and dining room (All Alexa compatible)
TP-Link smart plugs on the lamps in the main bedroom, home office and lounge, and a spare smart plug that gets used for things like the Christmas tree lights in December, box fan in the summer etc.
Plan to add a Ring video doorbell and Blink wireless CCTV cameras (both of which have Alexa integration) in the coming months.
2 x Philips Hue white bulbs
1x Philips Hue Go Lamp
1 x Google Home
1 x Google Home Mini
1 x Echo Dot
1 x Nest Thermostat
I really want a visual Google Home device, similar to Echo Show or Echo Dot. THere’s a few in the pipeline from third party OEMs but I’m anticipating Google announcing their own at IO next month.
The more I see echo’s and Dots in use the more I’m tempted!
I was amazed when my mum decided (of her own accord) to have HIVE installed in her house and I love the control! Not so much the lack of integration with things like Apple’s Home app so in hindsight I’m sure we could have found a better fit. But can’t complain, the app is great enough!
Getting her to use any tech was once an unimaginably slow task so an iPad is the best we’re doing!