38. "I made a homemade Echo this weekend from a broken phone" In response to In response to 0
I took an S4 I had with a crack screen laying around the house and hooked it into a soundbar I have in the living room. Then I turned on the Google Now settings to always on and plugged the phone into a charger and left it on.
So Now I can walk into the living room and say "Okay Google.." and do a bunch of stuff like play music, get weather reports, etc. Pretty cool.
I was this close to buying an echo but I didn't want to have to reply on Prime Music. I'd like to stay in the Google Eco-system.
I am wondering when google will start selling google now boxes that has a powerful mic that you can hook up to your TV & Stereo and bypass the need for a device like the echo.
In the mean time, this hack will sort of do. Thinking about doing a lifehacker video for this.
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