HOW TO USE THE HOME BREW VERSION OF AMAZON ECHO?

HOW TO USE THE HOME BREW

VERSION OF AMAZON ECHO?

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Amazon Echo is available in a whole new Avatar, and this time around, the device is going to have better features, better functionality and most importantly, a better price.

Amazon Echo is a very neat and clever device developed by Amazon. Amazon envisioned a home assistant capable of support for every small and big task and echo was supposed to be one step in that direction. Developers and early users got so interested in it that they started to reverse engineer it and develop their own “skills� for the echo.

The result? Echo can now integrate with home switches, electricity, water supply, thermostat settings, and your email and commute services. It can automatically switch on the air conditioner, geyser, induction gas and microwave, set your alarm, tell you news, power up the washing machine and call you a cab.

Echo and Alexa have automated homes like never before. Amazon didn’t anticipate this kind of reaction and community support for Amazon Alexa setup. Further Amazon went a step ahead and released peripherals for it.

Amazon Echo Dot is a mini router to catch and respond verbal commands given by users if they are in a different room. It is small and always on device. It works on external power. It amplifies the range of Echo.

Echo Tap is a hybrid of a Bluetooth speaker and Echo. It is a wireless device and has its own battery. It acts as an intermediate between echo and user and works wirelessly. It is not an always-on device and is enabled by a tap action on it. It also acts as a Bluetooth speaker and a standalone device.

Amazon Echo Help also rolls out latest firmware especially focused on the ease of community developers to build skills for Alexa as well as some minor bug fixes and additional features needed if any.

The issue: unavailability of Echo Echo right now is not available the US. Early users are craving to get their hands on it but seem like Amazon has targeted only US audience. As www Amazon com echosetup says, it is not even scheduled to launch now outside American continent.

The solution: Self Creation of device Users have started creating a homebrew version of Echo. A group of developers has used a circuitry board and peripherals to mimic and replicate hardware and software functions of Echo.

Nova Spirit Tech, a Europe based group of developers have used Raspberry Pi 2 and 3 to build their own Echo. This version of echo is definitely not in commercial sales, but a video tutorial is available on GitHub about how they made it and what kind of peripherals they used.

• As ARM V6 does not run on Raspberry Pi 0 and 1, those cannot be used. Latest Pi3 and 2 can only be used. • For those who are not tech savvy, Raspberry Pi is an integrated blank hardware provided to users and developers for adding their own software into it. From basic calculator to a commercial PC, everything can be built from a single raspberry pi board.

Tips and tricks: added bonus over Amazon Echo As we all know Echo is an always-on device.

For many users, it is a thing to boast about and like. How they say the wake word and Alexa responds. However, most of the users are concerned about their privacy and that is why Tap came into play for the first time. If Alexa is not working properly, then log onto www.alexa.com alexasetup.

This model of Echo is a fool proof private device. It is not an always-on device instead users need to press a button on the remote they can build. Definitely, it is more work for their index finger but it maintains privacy.

It is definitely a good device at a price which would not be even half the price of an echo if users built it themselves.