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Amazon makes Alexa more attentive

Amazon’s assistant can listen for water running or appliances beeping and will trigger routines to keep you posted. The company also launched Alexa Together, a subscription service designed to help care for senior citizens. We put the new routines to the test and talk about all of Alexa’s recent updates, leading up to the launch…

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Amazon’s assistant can listen for water running or appliances beeping and will trigger routines to keep you posted. The company also launched Alexa Together, a subscription service designed to help care for senior citizens.

We put the new routines to the test and talk about all of Alexa’s recent updates, leading up to the launch of the Echo Show 15.

0:00 – Intro
01:40 – Appliance Beeping Test
03:41 – Water Running Test
04:11 – Amazon Together and Other New Features
06:17 – Outro

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  1. amill1563

    December 10, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    Yes, now when the dog barks, he will have a delivery shortly after.

  2. Luke Peddicord

    December 10, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    Thanks for the up close shot of your derrière. Now I need to wash my eyeballs.

  3. David Jamgochian

    December 11, 2021 at 12:00 am

    Echo Show [5] (Show me that I abody )

  4. E Castro

    December 11, 2021 at 2:06 am

    This video needs better jokes. Felt painful to watch.

    • Bobthehans

      December 11, 2021 at 8:14 am

      Æpæ

  5. Taymaz Homayouni

    December 11, 2021 at 2:46 am

    Terrible sound quality. Not expected it from Cnet channel.

  6. artraft

    December 11, 2021 at 4:09 am

    No tiene much compatibilidad en español. Es necesario que Amazon contrate gente de cada estado de Mexico para poder preservar la identidad del lenguaje local de cada estado.

  7. Parker Cooper

    December 11, 2021 at 6:35 am

    This all seems pretty creepy, ultrasound activity monitoring now?

  8. m

    December 11, 2021 at 7:28 am

    When it’s on, its always listening to everything.

  9. Casual Veemo

    December 11, 2021 at 10:15 am

    why would i want a fed hearing whatever i say. no thanks

  10. Low Power Larry

    December 11, 2021 at 2:04 pm

    It’s neat and fun to hang all these dependencies onto the Alexa wagon. My fear is that some Amazon board member will decide to shake things up by deciding that all previous Alexa devices will no longer work and everyone is expected to shell out $200 for the newest version. Anyone remember the day when the consumer version of Google Glasses suddenly stopped working?

    • Archie Pat

      December 13, 2021 at 9:28 pm

      Please delete this and dont give them ideas… 🥺

  11. William Harkleroad

    December 11, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    I have Google Assistants and I like it better because it has access to Google search. Alexa is not very smart when it comes to searching the internet.

  12. Hog Farmers For Justice

    December 11, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    This is puerile.

  13. chrisnine11

    December 11, 2021 at 5:53 pm

    I wonder if this means they will get rid of skills like “ask my buddy” which is kinda like the paid version of calling people you know, if you fall or need help? It doesn’t do anything with emergency services. But one of your family members attached to the My Buddy skill could do that too… All for much less than 20 a month.

  14. pAu ly

    December 12, 2021 at 12:08 am

    So they are been lying even tho they said Alexa doesn’t listen until the her name. How is the devise is able to listen to water dripping or machine after being done 🧐

  15. Melanie Lankford

    December 12, 2021 at 6:01 am

    My samsung dryer has a wrinkle saving mode that beeps when the clothes are done and only plays the trout when the door is open that would probably work the alexa routine I don’t have the samsung washer just a old one that has a loud tone my neighbor can probably hear lol

  16. LSSJ

    December 12, 2021 at 9:08 am

    Alexa was made by demons.

  17. A_Chained_Angel

    December 12, 2021 at 9:56 am

    People still use this spying device? Lol… 🐑

  18. Craig Johnson

    December 12, 2021 at 11:05 am

    Just added the detect the washing machine finished, it’s old so just does a few beeps but it didn’t work

  19. Stevie Cooper

    December 12, 2021 at 11:26 am

    Buy a washer dryer x

  20. Stevie Cooper

    December 12, 2021 at 11:29 am

    Not exactly groundbreaking.

  21. Nick Reeve

    December 12, 2021 at 11:59 am

    I wonder how it will work with the Ring motion detector? Potential for lots of false alarms.

  22. Richard Morholt

    December 12, 2021 at 5:28 pm

    Never

  23. alastair clarke

    December 12, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    In other words: you are paying for corporate surveillance in YOUR home. You are giving a megacorp (that is not subject to oversight) increasing control over your daily life. IMHO, the “nightmare” is having a megacorp listen to everything and “detecting” people. Has anyone seen Terminator? Remember when Google removed “Don’t be evil” back in 2018? Yeah, they warned you.

  24. Ahsan Agha

    December 12, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    The way you said each feature in the update sounds like a half baked thing. I am home assistant and can make any IOT device alot more smarter with or without the need of a smart assistant enabled device.

  25. OctZ2001

    December 13, 2021 at 5:00 am

    You mean it’s being more honest about it’s spying? Lol ok cool

  26. Sam

    December 13, 2021 at 6:50 am

    This video needs better microphones, the audio is not good. A lapel mic would made a world of difference in a room that is not treated for sound.

  27. joan frederick

    December 13, 2021 at 2:20 pm

    yes please let the government listen to your every conversation…put one in every room…

  28. John Pattillo

    December 13, 2021 at 11:10 pm

    Yes but will she curse you out and then slam the bathroom door in your hotel room?

  29. T-Bug

    December 14, 2021 at 6:44 am

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  30. Graham West

    December 14, 2021 at 10:32 pm

    It’s handy for letting me know my oven is up to temperature – I set it to send a notification to my phone – but my dishwasher and washing machine don’t make any sounds, so it’s no good for them.

  31. T-Bug

    December 15, 2021 at 5:45 pm

    Can’t know how I bumped onto this. Anyway Awesome video 🥇. I also watched those rather similar from mStarTutorials and kinda wonder how you guys create these stuff. MSTAR TUTORIALS also had cool info about similiar make money online things on his channel.

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