The Amazon Echo graveyard
The Amazon Echo graveyard
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Fuck Amazon, fuck Alexa.
But that wall clock is glorious. It's a decently look clock, but seeing how much time you have left on multiple timers with a single glance is so incredibly useful. Especially when you're cooking.
I'm currently in the process of migrating away from the shit Alexa ecosystem, but no matter what I end up with, I'll have to find an alternative for this clock
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Multiple timers in the kitchen is a must. For those that don’t know, pro to prosumer grade kitchen gear has been doing it for years:
https://www.thermoworks.com/shop/products/timers/
Edit: I’ve used the TimeStack for years. You can pry it from my cold dead hands that’s how good it is.
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I just use an app on my phone. Being able to set a timer with multiple stages is important to me for baking (I can make a custom timer that pauses at each stage of rising).
If i just need a quick timer, the basic clock app works for me.
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Those look great but a physical timer doesn’t label which timer is which nor is it available throughout the house. Why shouldn’t i see my laundry timer when I’m in the kitchen or my kitchen timer when I’m in the family room?
While I wish for a home solution, nothing matches my Apple Watch. Voice response. Any number of timers. Timers are named. Timers go with me everywhere
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I also have the TimeStack and it's great. However, my one complaint is that there's no external power switch, and therefore, seems to use up batteries quicker than it should.
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If you use home assistant, nabu casa has an ”Assist Sattelite” voice-kit hardware platform in the pipeline, I'm hoping to replace all my Alexa's once available.
Details in the top post here: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/respeaker-lite-new-seeed-studio-voice-assistant-development-kit-hardware-combine-esp32-with-xmos-xu316-dsp-chip-for-advanced-audio-processing-as-a-esphome-based-home-assistant-assist-satellite-voice-devkit/756944/321
There's a patent post on Reddit recently too, I won't link that 😂
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I also really liked the wall clock but definitely too limited feature.
I still have the wall clock but never use it. My biggest complaint is that it is tied to one echo and it must be in Bluetooth range if it, but I want my timer visible throughout the house.
It’s easier and more convent to use my watch or phone
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I just use my Google Home Max for timers, it'll display three timers at once on the screen and I can get the status of any or all with voice at any point. Plus it'll do all the usual assistant stuff of conversions, cooking temperatures, and has a big enough screen for me to read recipes or follow along with a recipe video. Bonus feature is that its a reasonable loud speaker as well so I do not need a separate radio in the kitchen.
Sure its not as pretty as the clock but its a whole lot more useful for cooking.
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The $60 microwave was actually pretty good and the integration wasn't totally useless
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The little ring form factor would be neat if it wasn't $200 and wasn't sending data to Amazon.