Ahead of Apple's HomePod launch, Amazon teases new voices for Alexa

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  • Reply 21 of 33
    StrangeDaysstrangedays Posts: 13,166member
    larrya said:
    Soli said:
    larrya said:
    Will HomePod stream from an iTunes music library on the local network?
    Nope. You can use iTunes Match and iTunes in Cloud, but there's no Home Sharing option.
    Thanks, Soli. I’m a little dismayed that no one supports this, but I guess the future is streaming.  People who love high quality sound, and music in general, also tend to support local musicians, who won’t be available on streaming services. 
    If you use the iTunes Remote app, you can open a Home Sharing library and playback to a HP. It just doesn’t appear to have a siri interface to do it by voice. 
    edited January 2018
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  • Reply 22 of 33
    Rayz2016rayz2016 Posts: 6,957member
    You mean, up until this point, Alexa had just a single voice option?

    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 23 of 33
    bluefire1bluefire1 Posts: 1,316member
    I'm going to have Amazon  Echo Alexa and HomePod Siri have a conversation once the latter arrives and I ask which is the better speaker.
    I wonder what they'll have to say to each other. 😉
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  • Reply 24 of 33
    coolfactorcoolfactor Posts: 2,369member
    I didn't see a reassuring nod. I saw worry.
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  • Reply 25 of 33
    zroger73zroger73 Posts: 787member
    macky the macky said:
    Ima wondering what will happen in all the home that has Alexa listening in the background when this commercial comes on the TV... 
    This is becoming an issue for me with both "Alexa" and "Hey Siri" devices listening. I had to "mute" everything while trying to listen to a TWiT podcast this weekend where Leo kept saying "Hey Siri". An Episode of Dark Shadows kept triggering one of my Echo devices the other day. TV commercials will wake them up and there was a period a few weeks ago where some commercial that said nothing about Alexa would trigger one of my Echo devices in another room to start playing a genre of music I have no interest in - even though it couldn't hear me saying, "Alexa, stop."
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  • Reply 26 of 33
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    allmypeople said:
    Bezos looks like he's CGI.
    “He’s more machine than man now... twisted and evil.”
    watto_cobra
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  • Reply 27 of 33
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    cmd-z said:
    BTW, this year's Super Bowl is LII (i.e. 52 for non-Romans).
    First football season (and first SuperBowl) I’ve actively avoided. We’ll see how it goes next year.
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  • Reply 28 of 33
    jbdragonjbdragon Posts: 2,313member
    dewme said:
    Is it me, or is Jeff Bezos slowly transforming into Dr Evil? Hmmm. /s
    I was thinking Lex Luther.
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  • Reply 29 of 33
    Solisoli Posts: 10,038member
    jbdragon said:
    dewme said:
    Is it me, or is Jeff Bezos slowly transforming into Dr Evil? Hmmm. /s
    I was thinking Lex Luther.
    I was thinking the dean from Community.
    edited January 2018
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  • Reply 30 of 33
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
    jbdragon said:
    dewme said:
    Is it me, or is Jeff Bezos slowly transforming into Dr Evil? Hmmm. /s
    I was thinking Lex Luther.
    On paper, Bezos is the world’s richest guy.
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  • Reply 31 of 33
    Solisoli Posts: 10,038member
    The full ad is funny.


    edited January 2018
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  • Reply 32 of 33
    Solisoli Posts: 10,038member
    Follow up to my previous post (#15 in this thread).

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