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I just bought 4 for other members of my family - ages 11 to 49.
My 74 year old father really loves his now. It has re-invigorated his love of music. For Xmas, I am buying him the system to control some of his lights by voice using the dots. This is really helpful for him because of his paralysis.
We also started using the Alexa Skill "Call my Buddy". If he falls/has an emergency and can't reach a phone, he can yell out to the Dot "Call my Buddy...." and the Dot will send me a phone call/text message/email telling me my father needs help and to check on him right away.
I also created a Google calendar for him that has all of his appointments, outings etc.. on it. So every morning he can say "Alexa, what's on my calendar today?", and she gives him his schedule.
Do these products have preferences as to which style of connection they have to the internet? phoneline? dsl? cable? cellphone?
If they can play a radio station that implies they include a AM/FM receiver. I assume they can not do XM since that is a separate subscription service.
In my area some radio stations offer streaming, but other stations do not. I assume it depends on whether the radio station has access to a broadband connection, or not.
Do these products have preferences as to which style of connection they have to the internet? phoneline? dsl? cable? cellphone?
If they can play a radio station that implies they include a AM/FM receiver. I assume they can not do XM since that is a separate subscription service.
In my area some radio stations offer streaming, but other stations do not. I assume it depends on whether the radio station has access to a broadband connection, or not.
You need internet to download the Alexa app. From that you can set up other apps like I Heart Radio, Pandora, Amazon Prime. From those you can stream music. You can also get news flash updates from NPR, CNN and others. You can use it as a timer, play music or thunderstorms, rain, crickets etc. at bedtime, on a timer. This scratches the surface.,,...
Do these products have preferences as to which style of connection they have to the internet? phoneline? dsl? cable? cellphone?
If they can play a radio station that implies they include a AM/FM receiver. I assume they can not do XM since that is a separate subscription service.
In my area some radio stations offer streaming, but other stations do not. I assume it depends on whether the radio station has access to a broadband connection, or not.
It connects over your WiFi Network, and however you have it connected to the internet.
It can play music and can play radio stations that are connected via tunein or iHeartRadio networks.
It can also play music from your personal (Uploaded 250 songs) library, and if you have AmazonPrime can play thousands of songs in lots of genres.
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