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WoW - Noone's Talking About How We Now Have Amazon Alexa?

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by KVTaco, Jul 8, 2020.

  1. Jul 13, 2020 at 6:15 PM
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    MMurray

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    Alexa and Entune is very buggy so far in my 2017. Sometimes Alexa responds through my phone, sometimes throught the speakers. Tonight it wouldn't connect to the network. Sunday morning as soon as my phone timed out into screen lock it quit playing. Sunday night it was fine. I am not impressed so far.
     
  2. Jul 13, 2020 at 7:28 PM
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    Pixeltim

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    Alexa is an evil shrew and a total cock tease.
     
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  3. Jul 13, 2020 at 7:32 PM
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    MMurray

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    My insurance company gave me an auto Alexa that worked great. I am sure they are tracking my driving. I was always swapping it between vehicles. Our Nissan Murano doesn't have bluetooth. After a few days of Entune I may go back to it.
     
  4. Jul 13, 2020 at 7:33 PM
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    Pixeltim

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    Typical evil shrew, always demanding to know where you’ve been!
     
  5. Jul 13, 2020 at 10:29 PM
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    I just put my phone on a mount and use the "Hey Siri" feature for everything. maps. music. calls.
    Works exactly like apple CarPlay just in a smaller screen while saving some $$$.
    Poor man's apple CarPlay.
     
  6. Jul 14, 2020 at 5:35 AM
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    Outdoorsy_Yota

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    yeah, pretty sure the 17' are shit with Alexa... Hey, at least our CC is on point lol
     
  7. Jul 16, 2020 at 8:54 AM
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    Just got the update. I won't use Alexa, but the fact that they're still making updates with new things is encouraging. Being able to use Spotify through the damn Entune 2 would be huge.
     
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  8. Jul 18, 2020 at 5:22 PM
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    okay I got the Alexa update, asked her to open the pod bay doors...now what?
     
  9. Jul 19, 2020 at 9:20 AM
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    The_Devil

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    I may have to remove it. I find it anoying that I have to acknowledge the Alexa before the splash screen goes away.

    I can't get Alexa to recognize my location for voice navigation which was the only benefit I was hoping for.
     
  10. Jul 19, 2020 at 10:12 AM
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    P-Dawg

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    Thanks for letting me know. Now how do I block it? That's even if I've enabled my truck to accept it. I'll leave the Computer gadjets for home.
     

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