Amazon always seems to offer great Prime Day deals on its various Echo products (the ones that permit you to talk to Alexa).
This Prime Day the A has dropped its price for the Echo Dot (the smallest and best-selling Echo) to $29.99.
PG already has several Dots scattered around Casa PG, but is going to buy one or two more so Alexa never has to suffer from any dead spots.
Perhaps due to incipient senility, one of the things PG uses Alexa for is to remind him of something (“Alexa, tomorrow at 10:00 am, remind me to put on my pants before I go out.”) At the appropriate time, she will cheerfully remind PG to put on his pants. You can also review or manage reminders on your smartphone, tablet or computer via the Alexa App.
You can hook all your Alexa devices together and play music through them (Still not the best sound quality. They are tiny, great for listening to Munchkins singing.) or use Alexa to control connected speakers like those from Sonos.
I only use dots in rooms that have bluetooth speakers already in them. Use Echoes for everywhere else. They have great sound quality!
I use my Echo Show to keep track of my appointments, but I didn’t know Alexa can also issue reminders. That’s handy to know. Thanks.