Amazon Alexa 4+

The Alexa app is capable of doing many things, and would benefit from refreshed, more logical interface. For example, the location of the icon needed to delve deeper into other settings or options seems to vary across different screens.

I’ve also noted that you can’t select a paired speaker group as an action when setting a routine. I have a 7am daily alarm which starts playing my favourite radio station, however you can only select a single echo device.

Finally, once a radio stream has started, the app errors when changing to a different speaker or speaker group. You have to try restarting the app a few times for it to work.

The app is good .. recently I had an issue where th the photo display it said there was 8 photos but they are not showing up in the app and cannot remove them … this is something that has happened to me and will work out how to fix it but if it’s happened before with other people ( heads up)
The slideshow option is good and would love to see more stuff being added … often these things fix themselves over time so if this happens again it the app might need to be checked I’m still learning how to use the led screen and I have had it sing to me and it’s got quite a character .. it’s like I have a robot companion … your doing good just needs to keep an eye out in case of any issues which is cool 😁 maybe one day someone could beatbox with Alexa… I think Alex needs a friend apart from the user.. keep making more products 😁 cheers Jazzy

Honestly. I have 3 echo dots, 2 echos, and a new echo sub. And it’s great, music is amazing and the price is right! I have 34 LIFX lights, wemo switches, and 3 ring cameras, Logitech harmony hub and more.

The echo system has ALMOST flawlessly tied ALL of these aftermarket devices into one smooth flowing machine. MASSIVE thanks to the developers for what is surely a monumental task. I rarely need to open the app, but when I do, it gets the job done usually without an issue.

Yes, sometimes I give up on Alexa when she doesn’t quite understand me.

Sometimes I change the name of devices because she doesn’t like “Ian’s Lamp” so now it’s “Scott’s” lamp.

There’s a few bugs here and there but a quick reset solves 99% of those issues. The complexity of what’s actually happening here deserves credit. I’m having a beer for the devs as we speak. (Keep up the amazing work)

The new layout took a week to get used too, and I do feel some things are still confusing (I would always hand a new device to my wife and see if she can set up and use it, before releasing to the public).

But honestly. If you have a whole lot of smart devices. This is literally the gateway to making it all work together. Thankyou guys... Now stop listening to my wife and I making babies....