Use Alexa As Listening Device

It turns out some amazon echo devices can be turned into remote listening devices.

Use alexa as listening device.

When activated alexa guard will use the device s integrated far field microphones to continuously listen for glass breaks and alarms from a smoke or carbon monoxide detectors to protect your home. With the alexa app you can initiate a drop in session. To use a skill you have to say your device s wake word for the mic to begin shuttling audio over the internet for processing. In checkmarx s example when the user then asks their enabled.

Alexa lets you use those devices as intercoms using a simple built in feature called drop in. The only limitation is that the listeners or viewers on the other end cannot respond to. Recent news reports in the last week revealed that amazon has thousands of workers listening to amazon echo aka alexa voice assistant recordings. But keep in mind that if you choose to use alexa drop in on a group of devices only one of the devices will answer.

Make sure the alexa switch is turned on. These devices work by listening for key words then recording speech relaying that back to the provider using an internet connection then acting accordingly. The two major players are amazon with their alexa service using echo devices and google s home. Word alexa going back as far as march 2016 when we first purchased the echo device.

Mwr labs was able to open a first generation amazon echo and add permanent code to the firmware. To use drop in you will need at least one echo device and a smartphone with the alexa app installed or a friend or relative with an echo. In the case of announcements alexa drops in on many devices at the same time. Tap check now and follow the instructions.

Can alexa drop in on multiple devices at the same time. Amazon makes all recent recordings available for listening in the companion alexa app for ios and android.