Echo Tips

Based on five sources Reuters interviewed, Amazon's Alexa AI had problems in development. The result, Amazon plans to move forward with the Alexa revamp this October, by using Anthropic's Claude AI. In this episode we highlight a YouTuber who demonstrates talking to Claude, and we speculate on the implications of these rumors.

Chris's YouTube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVab674FGLI

Reuters' Article

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVab674FGLI

New Vision's September Newsletter

https://campaignlp.constantcontact.com/em/1102549354893/403a5d8c-dc4b-47cf-9e48-3c442066aa4c.

We revisit some super popular topics from season 1 and 2 for you wordsmiths out there.

In this Super Omnibus episode, we pour tons of our past experiences with Alexa's Beta, into one episode. You'll hear, our host's first experience, conversation features, hallucinations, the new natural voice, and more!

In this Omnibus episode we take six seasons of information about Amazon Music and distill it down into one episode. You'll learn about waking up to music, playing music by genre, billboard hits, date, or lyrics; you'll learn about sharing music with friends, filtering out explicit songs, and a whole lot more!

We take our second look at the Made by Google Event, in August 2024, where they demonstrated Gemini Live on various platforms. In this episode we take a look at the live demo, where Gemini Live was demonstrated on the Pixel Buds. We also talk a bit about the cost, of these AI improved assistants going forward; and what the fine-print revealed on the Pixel Buds.

This is part 1 of our coverage of the recent Made By Google 2024 Event. We'll take a look at how Gemini can supercharge the Google Voice Assistant; and ask are we seeing anything new here?

In episode 280, we briefly touched on Privacy options, such as verbal commands. But, now we take a deep dive, into options you'll find only in the Alexa App.

We revisit how to listen to old time radio via the Appbly.com skills.

In this episode we demo how to listen via NBC and the BBC.

In this episode we talk about an additional volume control, you never knew you had. But, if you didn't know it was there, you could really mess yourself up with Bluetooth speakers and headphones. We also, talk about the state of Podcast playback on Amazon Echos; have the bugs been fixed? We'll discuss some of the historic problems and ask you for your feedback.