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 Alexa? What should I go for - smokie
I've had Home since last Xmas. I use it mainly to control a few lights and that's about it. I have bought a load pf WiFi switches and plug-through adapters but tbh haven't really bothered to work out yet where to use them. I did pout one on the kettle so it can be started when we are nearly home but I nearly always forget to set it up before we go out, and the small handful of occasions when I've remembered, I then forget to switch it on anyway.

For me it's just a novelty at the moment, but it's when the lights drift offline (which they do from time to time) and you have to actually get up off your seat and switch on a light manually like olden times you realise why you made the huge investment :-)

As far as the technology goes, for me Google seems to do the trick. though each has it's advantages. I do lose connectivity once in a while which is a bit annoying but that is the WiFi around my house rather than the devices attaching to it.

You can also use services over it like Spotify but you need a subscription which I don't want. And eventually I will get to doing some playing around with integration with IFTTT and/or MacDroid.

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 Alexa? What should I go for  new Zero 9 Oct 18 10:27
 Alexa? What should I go for  new smokie 9 Oct 18 15:03
 Alexa? What should I go for  new sherlock47 9 Oct 18 15:28
 Alexa? What should I go for  new sherlock47 9 Oct 18 16:57
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Zero 9 Oct 18 17:14
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 10 Oct 18 06:58
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Duncan 10 Oct 18 07:26
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 10 Oct 18 09:16
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Zero 10 Oct 18 09:55
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 10 Oct 18 11:42
 Alexa? What should I go for  new VxFan 10 Oct 18 09:26
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Duncan 10 Oct 18 09:28
 Alexa? What should I go for  new sooty123 10 Oct 18 09:35
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Duncan 10 Oct 18 09:39
 Alexa? What should I go for  new sooty123 10 Oct 18 09:45
 Alexa? What should I go for  new VxFan 10 Oct 18 12:40
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new VxFan 10 Oct 18 16:33
 Alexa? What should I go for  new devonite 14 Oct 18 09:17
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Zero 16 Oct 18 19:34
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new Duncan 19 Oct 18 11:05
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 19 Oct 18 11:37
 Alexa? What should I go for  new smokie 19 Oct 18 15:40
 Alexa? What should I go for  new No FM2R 19 Oct 18 16:26
 Alexa? What should I go for  new smokie 19 Oct 18 17:11
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Duncan 20 Oct 18 10:48
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new Bobby 21 Oct 18 12:33
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new smokie 21 Oct 18 13:21
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 21 Oct 18 17:34
 Alexa? What should I go for  new No FM2R 21 Oct 18 17:39
 Alexa? What should I go for  new Crankcase 22 Oct 18 07:57
 Alexa? What should I go for  new No FM2R 21 Oct 18 17:38
 Alexa? What should I go for  new sooty123 21 Oct 18 18:03
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new R.P. 21 Oct 18 18:35
 Alexa? What should I go for  new No FM2R 21 Oct 18 18:44
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 Alexa? What should I go for  new Zero 15 Nov 18 20:02
  
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