Hi. I have several Amazon Alexas around my house. There is an Alexa in most rooms. Alexa runs the household. She gets the kids up for school, turns light on/off, controls the heating, gives notifications and announcements etc
Just bought a new QE55Q80T for the lounge with built in Alexa. Imagine my frustration when I discovered the TV needs to be on for Alexa to work. Of course the TV has to be on for her to work you might say. But why? The speakers can work without the screen being on.
Anyone who has a few Alexa devices will know you get used to her always being available and giving various notifications and announcements. I use routines so the kids know when to get up, when to get ready for bed etc.
The fact my new TV must be on means I cannot use it as an Alexa device and will have to put my other Alexa device back into the lounge which means I will have to disable Alexa on my new TV.
When the TV is off no one in the lounge will hear any announcements. You also cannot talk to Alexa because when the TV is off she is off.
When the TV is off and you say "Alexa" the red light on the smart remote lights up but the TV is off so nothing happens when you give a command or ask a question.
Alexa works great when the TV is on, muting the volume while you ask your question, but the TV is off a lot so there's no point having her built in.
I cannot believe that Samsung, with all of their skilled engineers did not think to design it so that if you have the Alexa app enabled the TV speakers stay on in standby so you can hear her even when the screen is off.
Any thoughts or comments?
Am I missing something?
