r/mildlyinfuriating • u/notworkingghost • 8h ago

Ruined by Technology When we’re not looking, Alexa displays the wrong time. I finally caught her on video.

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u/Haifisch2112 8h ago

It goes into sleep mode if it's not being used and the last time displayed will stay on it until it's woken up. Sorry to smack your conspiracy theory down.

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u/lunapo 1h ago

The time on a clock should always be accurate regardless of a 'mode'. It's a fn clock. That's not conspiracy, it's common sense.

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u/Mrwolfy240 8h ago

I have this model its a setting that activated the screen when somone is in the room. Unsure about new AI stuff but mines old and flicks on when movement is detected.

OP is recording a feature as a bug.

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u/Haifisch2112 8h ago

Op said the wake word and it responded. It had nothing to do with motion detection.

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u/AutoCockerPB 28m ago

Shitty clock then, lol.

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u/HendoRules 8h ago

And how did it know to come out of sleep mode? That's the point..... Not quite the gotcha you thought

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u/ThePart_Timer 8h ago

Lol different models have motion sensors built in. Betcha thought you got them, but here we are.

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u/Haifisch2112 8h ago

Because OP spoke to it. Not as intelligent as you think you are.

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u/teens_trash 8h ago

I think what this guy is trying to say is that for it to know when you're speaking/moving it needs to have sensors and microphones that are always on and can send data to unwanted places

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u/yukiki64 7h ago

That's literally the whole point of the device. Why would you buy that if you didn't want that happening.

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u/TheBoatmansFerry 6h ago

Uh yeah it has a microphone. That's the entire point of the product. It was never hidden. I don't like them and think they suck ass but they didn't lie and say it can't hear you lol, it's made specifically TO hear you.

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u/ArkaneSociety 3h ago

The device uses a 2 step checking process. The first step is hard-coded to listen specifically for the trigger word, which is why you only have a few options when choosing what that word is. This is the part that is listening all the time, but it doesn't do anything until it hears the trigger word. Once the word is heard, then the second step begins sending the rest of the message to the cloud. It verifies that the trigger word was indeed spoken, then processes the rest of the message to determine what to do.

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u/Fletcher_Chonk 8h ago

motion detection, the same way automatic fabreeze dispensers work

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u/Humble-gorilla 8h ago

You see that the camera is closed?

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u/Haifisch2112 8h ago

It wasn't motion detection. OP spoke to it and woke it up.

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u/Vegetable-Virus7118 8h ago

He spoke to it? It didn't reset until he said something

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u/Haifisch2112 8h ago

No shit, Sherlock. How else would it wake up?

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u/Snazzy21 4h ago

Why display anything at all rather than inaccurate information then? Just display some dashes to let me know it's still plugged in.

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u/coupl4nd 7h ago

It still *could* display the correct time though.

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u/Haifisch2112 7h ago

I can't believe how people can be this obtuse. It saved on the screen it was on when it went into sleep mode which is why it showed the wrong time. When OP said the wake word, it came back up and showed the current time. There's no conspiracy theory and no "bug." Just people looking for something to be there when it's really nothing.