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/GergDanger 8h ago

It’s just in low power mode and doesn’t update the screen until it detects someone then updates.

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u/202501010 5h ago

So instead of updating the display once per minute regardless of movement near it, this 'low power mode' regularly pings the area for movement more frequently than once per minute, then updates the wrong time displayed once there is movement?

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u/GergDanger 5h ago

Yeah, updating the screen and everything else in the background uses a lot more power than just running the motion sensor until it detects movement.

Granted for a device plugged into mains power it’s not really needed and would be fine to use more power.