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Wanna stop Alexa from EVER saying "By the way" and offering you a suggestion you absolutely DO NOT CARE ABOUT? Here's how:
Say to any of your devices, "Alexa.... stop By The Way". If she says "Okay, I will snooze my suggestions for now", then you can count on a couple of days of silence and will know that the command works. (The command will not necessarily work on ALL devices. If it doesn't work on the one you tried, try another). Next, we get tricky and get her to shut up forever.
Open the Alexa App and do the following:
1: More > Routines > New (the "+" in the upper corner)
2: Enter Routine Name > give it a name (I use "Shut Up"), tap Next
3: When This Happens> Schedule > At Time
4: Repeat=Every Day, At Time=2am (my preference, choose the time you want), tap Next
5: Add Action > Custom > 'stop by the way' (without quotes), tap Next
6: Choose Device: Pick one of your devices, tap Save
Important.... while this will apply to ALL of your devices, the device you pick in step 6, at the time you select in step 4, will respond when the routine runs by saying, "Okay, I will snooze my suggestions for now". My suggestion is to have this run overnight while you're asleep, but have it run ON a device that won't disturb you when it talks. I use my Garage Flex at 2am, since it's unlikely I'll be sleeping out there then.
By having the routine run daily, it should permanently remove the "By The Way" suggestions from your life, since each request gives you 2-3 days of peace. This will work until Amazon catches on and changes their software.
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but they 1,000% aren't using it to adjust your insurance rates like the previous poster said... just like the things i mentioned.
don't be silly.
eerily very accurate down to a couple of minutes.
By having the routine run daily, it should permanently remove the "By The Way" suggestions from your life, since each request gives you 2-3 days of peace. This will work until Amazon catches on and changes their software.
Last week, I thought I had a 2-hour window to mow the lawn. Yet 15 minutes into it, rain started and gradually increased from drizzling to a solid light rain until I was done an hour and a half later. It never was hard enough to force me to stop, so I stuck it out.
THEN (of course) it stopped.
Bottom line: No forecast is 100% dependable.
And the TV weatherman are wrong half the time. They are probably both pulling their data from the same sources.
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FWIW, all my Echo dots got Alexa+ beta, its not yet ready for Primetime. But, it does quite a decent job about advising me on what part of the day is ideal to do some planting outside. It looks at the temperature, precipitation, humidity, etc., for the day and RECOMMENDS a time slot that would be most comfortable to work outside. I think that's pretty cool. Yes the prediction it's only as accurate as what NWS put out.
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