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Amazon Echo now has Plex skills
https://www.plex.tv/blog/alexa-ask-plex-get-party-started/
Chalk up another win for the Echo! Maybe now I finally get Plex working by voice
Chalk up another win for the Echo! Maybe now I finally get Plex working by voice
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Perhaps Netflix wakes up and give back there API
A obvious huge upside is the fact that the integration works out of the box; you just have to download the official skill. Whereas I needed to setup a Lambda and AWS account to get the Kodi add-on to work, deploy the script via Python and make tweak the configuration. Still pretty doable but someone with less tech skills is gonna have a tougher time. Additionally, the user experience with Kodi-Alexa isn't great. It could be a problem at my side, but I don't seem to be able to start TV shows by voice and I run into recognition problems..
So for everyone who just wants to tie local media playback and voice together without too much fuzz: definitely go check it out. Personally I'm actually quite happy with the Plex Alexa skill although I would love to use Homey for this . If only the voice recognition would... Haha.