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[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Alexa picked up you saying Alexa, then heard the Google's compliment, which it mistook as having come from you. It wasn't responding to Google, nor did Google activate it.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 0 points 2 years ago

You're probably right in the first half, but I wouldn't be too surprised if interactions between voice assistants are special cases that are accounted for by the programmers as a little bit of an Easter egg

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh that was only seven years ago. A more innocent time.

[–] nikaaa@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Nono, this is american time. 12/25/17 means 17th December 2025, so it's technically from the future.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

WHY do (able) people let these things into their houses ??? i will never understand !!!

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be fair, if you own a smartphone, you already carry one of these devices with you everywhere you go.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

are you saying i secretly have amazon alexa installed on my grapheneos phone ? oh my!

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

OK Google/Siri is built into every smartphone, genius. They have the same spying features as Alexa.

[–] lseif@sopuli.xyz -1 points 2 years ago

not my phone ;)