When you want to listen to music, you have to turn on the speaker, unlock your phone, go to Bluetooth settings, pair it (if you're lucky, it works, if not, then Forget device, re-pair.), then start your favorite music App (Pandora, Slacker, etc.), choose your radio station, and then you might finally have music playing on the BT Speaker.īut what if you walk away from the speaker? What if you wanna change to a different station (you need to unlock your phone, etc etc. Oh, and what about using a Bluetooth speaker instead of a Squeezebox? I don't want to talk to a device, I don't want a device purposefully listening to everything we say in the room. Info is scarce but I've applied to beta test it (no idea if I will be selected). All of the 'Stream' commands are also available for free. Amazon has just announced an upcoming capability that will effectively have your Echo act as a proxy server for smart home skills to control devices in your local network. Connect any Logitech Harmony hub-based product with Alexa and you can start or stop Harmony Activities such as Watch TV or Play a Game. All the music on the computer will also be made available to the Squeezebox Touch (over a wireless or wired ethernert connection) not via the MP3 plyer bu rather by installing on the computer a.
AMAZON ECHO LOGITECH MEDIA SERVER SOFTWARE
I don't want to talk to a hockey puck and say "Alexa, Google, whatever the heck your name is, play Gordon Lightfoot on Pandora", and the response is "OK! I ordered more toilet paper". MediaServer is Free The MediaServer skill is free to enable and use for transport and audio related commands such as changing the volume, asking 'what song is this', commanding 'skip ahead 2 minutes', or requesting 'go to track 5'. The music available on the MP3 originates from a desktop computer on which it is managed using a piece of software such as ITunes or Windows media.
I press Preset #6 and CNN starts playing, I press Preset #2 and KJUL starts playing. The Squeezebox is there by the bedside, or on my desk at work, it's up, it's ready, you press ONE BUTTON and the music starts playing. I love my Squeezeboxes (and the Grace Digital radios too).įor me, there's no Google Home or Amazon Echo that will ever replace the Squeezeboxes.
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