Alexa responding to thank you.

Ours has started to whisper, that is, if you whisper to her which freaked us out. (our granddaughter was asleep that's why we whispered!)

i dont have an Alexa as i live alone in a quite small house. I do however use the one in my daughters if i am baby sitting. I always say thank you if i have asked her to switch on the tv and it happens. She has recently stared saying your welcome.

I feel sorry if someone has to listen to the conversations that go on in our house as they’re really not that interesting!

We’ve hardly used ours since we got it a year ago; we got it to miaow which confused our two cats.

You’ve given me some great ideas to try. Thank you

Quizqueen, I totally agree.

I was shocked one day when a friend who'd been visiting me messaged to say her phone had suddenly started to give suggestions to something we'd been discussing during her visit. It couldn't be a coincidence as involved something she wouldn't ordinarily have looked up on her phone. We are being monitored by ask these gadgets. We're refusing to have a smart meter, are quite happy with the service as it is. I make sure mobile phones are off at night and there's no way I'd have an Alexa or whatever it's called in my home, I value my privacy, such as it is these days. How do we know who's listening to what the phone picks up on?

We love our Alexa. Use it mostly for music but have had some good ideas on here for future use. Thanks everyone ?

I agree with quizqueen that your conversation could be monitored. You are allowing the technology into your house that has the capability to do that. It may seem harmless and fun but it has the potential to be more than that.

Oh I just love my Alexa lol I’ve never said goodnight to her though, will try that, our grandchildren love her, never asked her to fart either lol

I won't have one as I live on my own apart from "Cat". The thought of a random voice from somewhere inside my home freaks me out. Each to their own though.

I think the assistance provided to VIPs is invaluable

I would not have one of these creepy intrusive devices in the house!

I am Blind and so, therefore, I have to use assistive technology in order to use the computer will you listen to yourself woman? IT IS NOT A SPY!
you say, "haven't you watched all the sci-fi films!" do YOU know what sci-fi stands for? It's science FICTION my dear lady - it's FICTION NOT TRUTH.
Do you realize how much it would cost to randomly spy on each Alexa user?
Get a grip! It's disturbing to think that a rumour started years ago by some of us product testers is still being taken seriously

Our Alexa has taught our non-verbal grandchild the names of all the animals and the sounds they make. He only really started communicating properly with us when he realised that Alexa would play his music if I asked it to. Needless to say, I know every lyric of the Go Jetters theme tune now but it was worth the hours of repeats to get him to sign "Again." Frankly, Big Brother can watch on if it gets our boy to interact and communicate.

Can't say ours has been that friendly but she is a dreadful busybody and will respond if someone on TV speaks to their Alexa! ??

willow, to get the weather for your area you need to turn on your location. You need the Alexa app on your phone. Go to settings and location and take it from there.

won't have the thing in the house! It's another creeping spy as reports of conversations being recorded and listened to show!

Hi guys, I am Blind and so, therefore, I have to use assistive technology in order to use the computer, I have used the Echo Dot since it's release, in fact, I was on the beta team way back in 2015, *sorry that's what I do for a living, I test review products for many different companies to assess their `usability` by VIPs - VIP = Visually Impaired People, I currently testing the latest G TECH
Alexa is great, I use it for everything from turning on lights to `Alexa turn the kettle on` ( I have an APP KETTLE as well)
At 9 am each morning Alexa says "Good morning Bob time to take your meds" which for `forgetful folk` is a real Godsend - how many times back in the day did your parents say, "ooh I forgot to take my pills"
Whenever I am cooking and I need a `Timer` for whatever I just ask her to set the timer.
A truly wonderful piece of equipment

I have to say Thank You too. It's just in my genes. Do far she hasn't said You're Welcome.
I don't understand someone's comment about her being American- she has a very nice Southern English accent or can you programme it? Maybe she knows she is in Surrey here!

I love my Alexa and her little sister Echo I mostly bought them for playing music though.

Ask her how many sleeps to Christmas that is funny

Kitty it is surprisingly cheap and useful. I frequently see a "celebrity" mentioned on TV so I will ask Alexa who that person is. I will be doing that tonight for Strictly because I only recognise two.

She is also a good mathematician so has made me lazy.

It is worth having just for the times when the children ask it to fart and then have hysterics.

venall I get really irritated when Alexa tells me something is coming from Ama\zon- I flipping well know. What I want to know is when the darned thing is coming so I do not have to hang around all day.

She is useful for the weather, like an alarm clock and a timer for the cooker because I cannot see the timer gadget. I do not use her for shopping lists.

If I am discussing her with a friend, I call her Mary so that she does not pipe up with some drivel about the weather in Alabama.

Having one of those things in your home is a very dangerous thing. You are being watched and listened to and, shall I say groomed, into thinking being controlled by AI is normal. Independent thought and choice will disappear, haven't you watched all the sci fi films! It's not a joke.

God I would not have one on the house. It would drive me mad

Alexa also tell jokes if you ask her and she flashes orange if you buy something on Amazon and tells you when its on its way, amazing.

You can change the voices on all VOPs so if an American accent grates on your ears watermeadow change to a British one. You can also choose male or female.

And you can stop any of them saying 'you're welcome' or indeed responding to you at all within the 8 second gap after a command. Which is probably why Charleygirl5 has never heard it, hers is turned off.

What made me laugh, when I had a friend's Google Assistant, is that it would answer commands or requests on my audio books.
In the course of the story, the narrator would say, "Can you get me a cup of tea?" and GA would pipe up with , 'I'm sorry, I can't do that yet.'

Yet? I live in hopes!