I’ve had some humorous events while cat sitting for two friends.
I have a Google phone, who usually answers when I ask it questions. I enjoy the freedom of asking her to set the alarm for the next morning’s awakening or enter an event on my calendar on command or call a friend’s number.
I was cat sitting with this friend’s cat. The friend and her husband were going to the mountains for the weekend. I unpacked my necessities and settled in for the night. Imagine how freaky it felt the first time in the evening alone with a cat.
So before I went to sleep, I asked my phone, “Google, set the alarm for 6 AM.” Before my Google could tell me that the clock alarm was set, House Google with the same voice butted in and related that she too had set the alarm. Okay, I’ve got backup. (Or were they competing to see who could answer the fastest?) I didn’t know until that moment that their house was on a voice controlled Google computer(?).
Then, when 6 AM occurred the next morning, I had two Google alarms going off! I knew how to turn off the one on my phone but there’s no button on House Google. It was still dark, so I had to turn on the light to figure things out. I tried, “Google turn alarm off” and “Google, cancel the alarm.” So that night again I tried to learn by asking Google, ” Google, look up how to turn off the alarm in the morning?”
House Google replied, “The 6 AM alarm is now off!”
“No-o-o. Google please set the alarm for 6 AM,” I had to reorder it.
House Google, confirmed that the alarm had been set. In the morning I tried the simple command, “Google, cancel alarm.”
It worked!
Later things got personal. I turned on my Kindle and asked, “Alexa, find the YouTube app.”
Imagine my surprise when House Google said, “That’s not my name. But I know you are talking to me.”
I wasn’t sure if she was jealous or thought I got her name mixed up with Alexa. So I decided to just push the appropriate keys to give commands, instead of broadcasting to the House Google and confusing her, or worse making her mad enough to do things I didn’t ask her to do. Who knows what Alex might think or do?
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Thank God that my Google assistant doesn’t talk about me with her friends….. Or at least I hope that she doesn’t…
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Josaiawrite. I can almost imagine how that feels! Thanks for commenting!
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😊 Oh the things she could tell about how technically challenged I am….!
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I would have been so confused I would not have know up from down. I am too old for some gadgets. Good for you figuring out how to get the alarm off and back on.
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Wow! Thanks, Mags! The voices were different. But I did stop to wonder if there was someone else in the house!
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I bet so.
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I sure thought so for a minute. Thanks, Mags!!
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I can definitely see the humorous side to that experience but I think it’s quite baffling… All this technology! 🙃😜
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On the news recently there was a story about a couple that heard voice at 3 am and found their smart tv carrying on a conversation with their smart house. They disabled both devices, lol.
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That I’d seen scarier than my story! Thanks for reading and liking my posts.
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this is hilarious!!!
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Delighted that you got a kick out of it.
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lol 😂 I actually despise most automated systems and I don’t want machines controlling or doing anything for me that I can do myself — but hey, good for you besting the GoogleMonster this time around!
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LOL!! Thank you for the kudos!!
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