susandennis | Echo fun

John and Hazel have two sons. One is a loner. But one is a guy who is married with a grown daughter. They talk to married son frequently - like nearly daily. They don't love his wife but tolerate her. This couple gave Hazel an echo for Christmas. Just echo in a box. No assistance. No instruction. And with the knowledge that their one and only mobile phone is a flip phone so no Alexa app possible. WTF??

But, fortunately, they know me and I know Hazel has a Galaxy Tablet (which I hate) so after I deleted all her apps and junkware, I was able to get the Alexa app onto it (and her two solitaire games) and get the echo set up.

Neither John, nor Hazel had ever heard of Alexa. Their daughter in law told them it would turn on the lights. I explained how they could make that happen but then showed them the stuff they could really do. Hazel kept saying 'thank you' so I turned on the responses and now it says you're welcome and they just tickles them to bits. They also found out the weather in Belfast (where they are from).

They will never use it for anything but now they are set up. What in the world made them think this was a good idea for John and Hazel? Geesh.