Amazon Echo Easter Eggs

scottalanmiller

Do aliens exist?

nadnerB

lol, nice list.
Some of them can also be asked of Cortana, Siri and/or Google Now

Have you tried "Beam me up, Scotty"?

art_of_shred

Can you get walking directions to Mordor?

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said:

lol, nice list.
Some of them can also be asked of Cortana, Siri and/or Google Now

Have you tried "Beam me up, Scotty"?

Sweet, it works!

scottalanmiller

@art_of_shred said:

Can you get walking directions to Mordor?

It doesn't understand that one. Currently the Echo does not provide directions or travel times. Those are features still yet to come, and not too critical since it is not like Siri and doesn't leave the house with you.

nadnerB

Here's the best Google Now one:
"When am I?"

Dashrender

Mine seems more like a toy - my wife doesn't like it.

Minion Queen

I love mine. Of course it is about 50/50 what it gets used for Grocery shopping list and Bluetooth speaker

@scottalanmiller said:

Alexa

I always wanted to own my very own Alexa.

Oh, I guess it's not that Alexa.

scottalanmiller

New ones added this weekend:

Also, Independence Day is this weekend and Alexa is ready to help you celebrate--all you have to do is ask:
"Alexa, play the Star-Spangled Banner"
"Alexa, read the Declaration of Independence"
"Alexa, tell me an Independence Day joke"

gjacobse

Siri doesn't like

Who Let the dog's out?

Due to unforeseen circumstances, that witticism has been retired.

MattSpeller

Thought this might interest y'all

http://hackaday.com/2015/07/16/how-to-make-amazon-echo-control-fake-wemo-devices/

gjacobse

"what are you doing?"

Siri had a 'simple' response.