SNL: AMAZON ECHO ALEXA *FOR SENIORS*

[appalachiablue]

Amazon Echo Crashes After Christmas Day Overload, The Guardian, Dec. 26, 2018.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/26/amazon-alexa-echo-crashes-christmas-day-overload

Amazon Alexa Told Users: "Kill Your Parents," Newsweek, Dec. 23, 2018.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/alexa-told-users-kill-your-foster-parents/ar-BBRiwYG?ocid=HPCOMMDHP15



Amazon Echo "SILVER MODEL" partnered with AARP!!

AMAZON ECHO FOR KIDS Too! Cradle to grave.

[tazkcmo]

1. I love that "commercial"!

It's funny because it's true. I'm that lady freezing to death under a pile of blankets.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. uh huh

[Useless in FL]

4. I'm right there with you...

even in Central Florida!

[akraven]

11. Try Fairbanks! It's a clear and cool 6 ABOVE!

We love it this warm - well, the kitties get snow stuck in paws and have to get them wiped, but otherwise?

[underpants]

3. Check or money order. LOL

My in-laws are here until tomorrow and that pretty much nails the experience. My folks were here yesterday and two old men sat and talked and laughed and talked ..... neither one of them can hear a damned thing.

[appalachiablue]

6. "$9.99; 3 Easy Payments"...

[Ohiogal]

5. LOL I'm the one carrying the phone around who cant find it

[DRoseDARs]

8. The exasperated sigh really sold it.

...

I SAID THE EXASPERATED SIGH REALLY SOLD IT.

[The Genealogist]

7. Is it just me, or is that an aesthetically pleasing device?

I kind of want one because it looks neat.

[DRoseDARs]

9. I wouldn't be surprised if customization came eventually. Right now, not hard to do-it-yourself...

Literally all that SNL did was glue some faux wood wrap and fancy foil on an existing Alexa Demon Tube. Looks nice, but I still don't want one.

[NurseJackie]

10. Uh-huh... uh-huh.... uh-huh...

[smirkymonkey]

12. That is one of my favorite SNL commercials.

[appalachiablue]

14. It's a real side-splitter! Comedy and the Truth.

[Factchekr]

13. MOM!! NEEDS

OMG! My Mom could use one of these "kinda smart" devices. She is puzzled when my voice turns off to car nav but hers..fails.
Not much of a tech consumer. She's never driving my car. With adaptive cruise cntl and auto braking-a car accident in the making