mrcheez wrote: » I'm holding onto my preorders for now and will review whether or not to proceed closer to the date when they will be taking cash from my revolut card (I'll top up the card once they try to drawdown funds, not before). Interested to see first if ppl here manage to get workarounds for some of the issues.
MaceFace wrote: » For those that have a UK registered Echo, you should look at whether you see value in resetting to a US account (I assume you can). I use IFTTT to control Nest and Hamony Hub so can control heating and TV etc. through triggers. It seems the UK Echo suffers the same as the US version - finding Irish radio stations. I've mentioned previously on this and related threads that since I got my Echo 6 months ago, I have given up on radio as it is just too troublesome, particularly if you have a Spotify account. I still think £149 is a great price for a wireless always available speaker. Sure, you can get better sounding speakers, but nothing beats walking into a room and using your voice to turn on the music. For those interested, I have my Echo plugged into Electric Ireland smart plugs and it is reporting that last month, the Echo used 84c of electricity. This would be using Spotify every day.
cichlid child wrote: » Can I ask what system are you controlling your tv with. Does it change the channels etc.
MaceFace wrote: » For those that have a UK registered Echo, you should look at whether you see value in resetting to a US account (I assume you can). I use IFTTT to control Nest and Hamony Hub so can control heating and TV etc. through triggers.
BeanFlicker wrote: » Hey what's the general consensus on the echo/dot? Worth the cash, or a novelty item? Have that dot preordered but unsure weather to go for the Google home and get it from the US Also, what's the best way to use Amazon prime/music etc with the echo/dot? Are we limited being in Ireland to use most of the services? Cheers
paulbok wrote: » local time
MaceFace wrote: » I bought a Harmony Elite from a Bargain Alert recently and it has the Harmony Hub in the package. On the Harmony Hub, you can create a bunch of activities, such as "Saorview" or "FreeSat" or "Netflix, or "TV Off". You can integrate Harmony and Alexa through IFTTT (where supported) so you could say "Alexa, trigger TV off". This would turn off the TV within about 5-10 seconds.
MaceFace wrote: » I believe you can set up an activity such as "UPC Channel 402" and set a trigger in IFTTT so you could say something like "Alexa, trigger Sky Sports". However, because it uses IFTTT, it needs to go remote and thus results in a delay of a number of seconds. I don't think it is that useful in most cases such as channel up, or flicking around. Just takes too long.
paulbok wrote: » However of is really lacking in existing features most of us expected to be available here, setting your location, local time and IFTTT support to name a few. Genuine Irish access to Prime services will drive usage here but will that ever happen?
Cabaal wrote: » Local time works fine for me, It seems to be an issue for some alright, some of which got echo's from the usa to begin with
bk wrote: » You can do all of that on a UK Echo using the Yonomi app and it works better (faster and more reliable) then IFTTT. You call also do that with Yonomi, but it requires creating a separate Harmony activity for each individual channel. Might be worth it for just one or two channels that you use all the time, but definitely not worth it to do all channels. But that isn't true. I think people have been taking the complaints out of context. The majority of functionality works just fine in Ireland. I'd say 90% works the same as the UK, just the last 10% doesn't work for now. But on the whole it works great. Here is what works very well in Ireland: - Spotify Premium works great - Amazon Prime Music works great - Understanding Irish accents works great - Playing music from bluetooth devices works great - Asking it general questions (e.g. "how tall is Tom Crusie" type questions). - Adding items to todo and shopping lists - Adding items to calendar and asking about appointments - Playing audio books - Playing news reports - Setting local time and asking it (yes working fine for me). - Setting timers and alarms - Controlling Philips Hue lights - Controlling smart thermostats (Netatmo) Here is what works somewhat ok, but not quiet perfect, in Ireland: - Having to add "in Dublin", "in Cork" when asking the weather, two extra words, hardly end of the world! - Tunein radio controlled by voice is poor. But you can still select the radio station using the app and then control the rest by voice, again not perfect, but hardly end of the world! - Commuting time works in Dublin, but seemingly not for the rest of the country. - Logitech Harmony has basic control via Yonomi. Same as the UK and US, we have to wait for official support from Harmony to do more. What doesn't work in Ireland: - IFTTT, but then neither does it work in the UK, but coming soon. And... that is pretty much it! As you can see, the list of what works extremely well is WAY bigger then list of not working or partly working things and I'm sure most of these will be fixed in a few weeks.
paulbok wrote: » Got mine from the UK store but having read through dome of the above, I'd guess it's liked your my. Com account. Will contact them to change.
cichlid child wrote: » Excellent Post BK just what I was looking for. Coming soon. Alexa ask BK can I do.......................
jobless wrote: » so has anyone got Tune In to work even mildly? ... I set my location to a dublin address it doesnt work (finding Irish stations) I had more success with the UK address set... Does anyone have their location as Ireland and tune in working?
Thor wrote: » I've seen a few people posting aabout issues with tune in but I have had no problems with it so far.
KenFitz wrote: » I've been having great fun trying to get Irish radio stations to work, my address is now set to Parcel Motel in the north. About 30% of the time "Alexa Ireland newstalk on TuneIn Radio" will work. Once I've got it set next time just ask for TuneIn radio and Alexa the clever girl will re-open last listened to radio station :-)
