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12.01.2019, 15:28
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What, you've actually PAID to own a mediocre mono speaker that listens to your farts when you think no-one else is around and you don't consider that (a) poor value, (b) creepy as **** and (c) slightly less useful than the SodaStream your Mum bought for Christmas 1978?
No thank you, I do not wish a digital sneak in the room to secretly record my breathing pattern and mistakenly order 1,000 toilet rolls each time my cat sneezes.
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16.04.2021, 08:43
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Has anyone had any luck connecting Alexa and Spotify out here ? My iphone cannot get the Alexa App of course so the normal instructions dont work about linking them.
So I have a UK App Store ipad, i put them both on that, but when i go into the alexa app settings and select spotify as the music setting i get some comedy message by alexa about "you have reached the end of alexas knowledge" and can only go back. on the web this says its when a skill is pointing to a dead link but i am on the most recent spotify and most recent alexa.
Anyone experienced similar or know a way of getting alexa and spotify to talk without needing the Alexa app here in CH ?
Christ it winds me up they wont let amazon here.
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16.04.2021, 08:51
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| | Re: Amazon Echo / Alexa | Quote: | |  | | | Has anyone had any luck connecting Alexa and Spotify out here ? My iphone cannot get the Alexa App of course so the normal instructions dont work about linking them.
So I have a UK App Store ipad, i put them both on that, but when i go into the alexa app settings and select spotify as the music setting i get some comedy message by alexa about "you have reached the end of alexas knowledge" and can only go back. on the web this says its when a skill is pointing to a dead link but i am on the most recent spotify and most recent alexa.
Anyone experienced similar or know a way of getting alexa and spotify to talk without needing the Alexa app here in CH ?
Christ it winds me up they wont let amazon here. | | | | | Yups, happily using alexa with spotify here... no issues... I have three alexas in the living room (paired speaker set + subwoofer) and a few scattered around the house (as I've connected all the lights through TUYA to have them turned on/off via voice recognition or smart triggers).
I would suggest trying to contact support?
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16.04.2021, 10:44
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| | Re: Amazon Echo / Alexa | Quote: | |  | | | Yups, happily using alexa with spotify here... no issues... I have three alexas in the living room (paired speaker set + subwoofer) and a few scattered around the house (as I've connected all the lights through TUYA to have them turned on/off via voice recognition or smart triggers).
I would suggest trying to contact support? | | | | | Yes definitely I'll do that Spinal. Quick question, can you remember how you did the pairing without the alexa app on your mobile or tablet ? This is the recommended way by spotify and alexa but of course the alexa app isnt around in switzerland.
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16.04.2021, 10:51
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How come they are only Siris and Alexas? I want a Pete or a José!
And how come the feminists haven't spoken up yet about the males having found a new way to boss around woman? | 
16.04.2021, 11:23
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You're wasting your time with support. They'll just say it's not supported in Switzerland.
I appreciate it doesn't help you as you use Apple, but for Android, I got a copy of the full app from the web which allowed me to use those functions not supported in Switzerland.
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16.04.2021, 12:23
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| | Re: Amazon Echo / Alexa | Quote: | |  | | | Yes definitely I'll do that Spinal. Quick question, can you remember how you did the pairing without the alexa app on your mobile or tablet ? This is the recommended way by spotify and alexa but of course the alexa app isnt around in switzerland. | | | | | It was three years ago, when I first moved to CH... so afraid I don't remember... since then I have renewed my spotify with a Swiss card, and updated the address to Switzerland... but haven't had to re-pair it.
That said - I still have two apple accounts - one Swiss and one British. I would suggest try to create a new apple account (free), buy a British iTune gift card online if you must, and use that to download the app... | Quote: | |  | | | How come they are only Siris and Alexas? I want a Pete or a José!
And how come the feminists haven't spoken up yet about the males having found a new way to boss around woman?  | | | | | Siri is both male and female - and has both voices. You can pick.
Alexa, I'm not sure... never tried...
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16.04.2021, 14:54
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| | Re: Amazon Echo / Alexa | Quote: | |  | | | Has anyone had any luck connecting Alexa and Spotify out here ? My iphone cannot get the Alexa App of course so the normal instructions dont work about linking them.
So I have a UK App Store ipad, i put them both on that, but when i go into the alexa app settings and select spotify as the music setting i get some comedy message by alexa about "you have reached the end of alexas knowledge" and can only go back. on the web this says its when a skill is pointing to a dead link but i am on the most recent spotify and most recent alexa.
Anyone experienced similar or know a way of getting alexa and spotify to talk without needing the Alexa app here in CH ?
Christ it winds me up they wont let amazon here. | | | | | i just use a separate account (USA itunes with alexa, swiss account for everything else). works fine for me
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27.04.2021, 20:06
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| | Re: Amazon Echo / Alexa | Quote: | |  | | | You're wasting your time with support. They'll just say it's not supported in Switzerland.
I appreciate it doesn't help you as you use Apple, but for Android, I got a copy of the full app from the web which allowed me to use those functions not supported in Switzerland. | | | | | Official support is imminent - the Alexa app is now available in the Swiss app stores. With their opening their co-hosted Amazon warehouse and distribution center in Urdorf (together with Swiss Post), Amazon now delivers close to everything to Switzerland. Stuff they send out directly from Urdorf even has next-day delivery, the rest takes 2-3 days. They’ll likely start shipping Alexas to Switzerland within the next few weeks.
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