Amazon Echo devices get motion detection feature using ultrasound

[Redaktion]

A new motion-sensing feature is available for fourth-generation Amazon Echo Dot devices. The tool uses ultrasound to detect motion in the room, activating other connected devices, such as turning on your smart lights.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Amazon-Echo-devices-get-motion-detection-feature-using-ultrasound.579004.0.html

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Very creepy. More data for the analytics AI to track and target people.

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So I read about this both in the verge and then in the UK edition of Toms Hardware.    I waited patiently until Black Friday and purchased 2 devices including a Dot generation 4.

I can tell you in the UK there is no such option.

It is very disappointing indeed.

I note that Amazon Guard never made it to the UK, and I waited 2 years for that already NOT TO ARRIVE

So I am presuming that Amazon Motion Detect is similarly restricted to the USA.

Not happy.