Add a smart plug that alexa controls and plug it in to it. Tell it to unplug itself. You would have to hit the button to turn it back on though.
You can do it a better way though. Home assistant is a local, open source stand alone home automation suite that can use alexa as an interface. You could have it set a timer to disable alexa with the power plug, and re-enable it when when your wife gets back.
You could even set it up to turn off alexa whenener you wifes phone leaves the house, and come back on when she comes back if you want a “real time” schedule.
Thanks for thinking through all this, I appreciate the time.
For me, it’s a privacy issue, which is why it lives in a room we rarely hang out in. It’s our only IoT device, which the spouse uses for Spotify and we both use for timers and reminders. We’ve had it for years, so it’s just sort of settled into a low tier of constant usefulness. Though I’ll check the open source Home Assistant to see what options might also be out there. But I wouldn’t want to add layers like constant location tracking relayed to Amazon after doing a lot to cut them off from that data.
I do like the timer on the socket idea. Might do that.
Glad to help. Lots of dofferent answers here. The location tracking would be done by the local home assistsnt install, not amazon. Google/apple/etc on your wifes phone would have that data if she leaves if on, but most people do anyway because the vendors make it inconvenint to turn off. I wouldnt recommend this is she does leave the location tracking off in general.
If you want to keep the voice assistant but go private and are intersted in home assistant, they have recently released their own voice assistant that can be run fully localy or intergrate with their privacy first cloud. Installing home assistant and this would be my recommedation to get the best of both worlds.
For plugs, I highly recommend the brand Thirdreality. They have excellent, inexpensive zigbee plugs that work with most any zigbee compatible hubs. Note that if you go the home assistant route and get the recommened home assistant green, you will need a zigbee usb stick.
Yeah, it’s sarcastic for me and not my spouse while also personifying it without gendering it. Plus, we call too many things “machine” for that to be a good name.
My spouse insists on having one of these. I unplug it when it’s just me at home.
I call her “our friend in the other room.”
Add a smart plug that alexa controls and plug it in to it. Tell it to unplug itself. You would have to hit the button to turn it back on though.
You can do it a better way though. Home assistant is a local, open source stand alone home automation suite that can use alexa as an interface. You could have it set a timer to disable alexa with the power plug, and re-enable it when when your wife gets back.
You could even set it up to turn off alexa whenener you wifes phone leaves the house, and come back on when she comes back if you want a “real time” schedule.
Thanks for thinking through all this, I appreciate the time.
For me, it’s a privacy issue, which is why it lives in a room we rarely hang out in. It’s our only IoT device, which the spouse uses for Spotify and we both use for timers and reminders. We’ve had it for years, so it’s just sort of settled into a low tier of constant usefulness. Though I’ll check the open source Home Assistant to see what options might also be out there. But I wouldn’t want to add layers like constant location tracking relayed to Amazon after doing a lot to cut them off from that data.
I do like the timer on the socket idea. Might do that.
Glad to help. Lots of dofferent answers here. The location tracking would be done by the local home assistsnt install, not amazon. Google/apple/etc on your wifes phone would have that data if she leaves if on, but most people do anyway because the vendors make it inconvenint to turn off. I wouldnt recommend this is she does leave the location tracking off in general.
If you want to keep the voice assistant but go private and are intersted in home assistant, they have recently released their own voice assistant that can be run fully localy or intergrate with their privacy first cloud. Installing home assistant and this would be my recommedation to get the best of both worlds.
For plugs, I highly recommend the brand Thirdreality. They have excellent, inexpensive zigbee plugs that work with most any zigbee compatible hubs. Note that if you go the home assistant route and get the recommened home assistant green, you will need a zigbee usb stick.
Awesome, thanks, I’ll check this out!
Friend?
Yeah, it’s sarcastic for me and not my spouse while also personifying it without gendering it. Plus, we call too many things “machine” for that to be a good name.
Like the fair folk or the kindly ones.
Elves!