Ubi App
To start the dialog, press the gray button. The button will turn light blue and you can start speaking into the app. You can press the button again when finished speaking or wait a moment and your command will automatically be sent. The button will change to dark blue when responding. You can press the button to interrupt the response at any time, just like on an Amazon Echo.
You can get more out of this app and from your Amazon Echo by using the Ubi Portal Skill on alexa.amazon.com and signing up for an account at portal.theubi.com. With this tool, you can easily customize your interaction with Alexa and prototype how your API will function as an Alexa Skill.
Requirements
This app requires that you have a valid Amazon account for sign in and for accessing the Alexa Voice Service.
Supported features in this app:
Asking Alexa questions and getting a responseControlling home automation devicesAccessing various Alexa Skills
Features that are not supported in this version:
Music playback and controlTimersAndroid 7 is not yet supported on this app.
Privacy
This app does not record or monitor any transaction between you and the Alexa Voice ServiceNo data is being collected on your usage of Alexa Voice Service
Usage
By using this app, you agree to the terms of use of the Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service:https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201809740This app is guided by the AVS content requirements:https://developer.amazon.com/edw/additional_avs_content_requirements.htmlThis app is indented for use in the United States and not intended for distribution outside of the United States.
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Reviews (27)
This app says In order to start this contraption I need to sign in 4 amazon😾
Do not download it that's all I got to say
Doesn't work at all. Can see by the audio diagnostics that it is always listening and hears... something. Blue microphone button fails every time, even with hold-to-speak option, it appears to give up after about a half second. Never heard a single response back, just repeatedly asks to "Hold the button and start speaking".
Utterly pointless app, as far as I'm concerned. I came to it via an article that claimed it works as a remote mic, so you can send instructions to Alexa when out of voice range. It simply doesn't perform that role. When I give it an instruction, it replies to me via the phone and either says that function isn't supported on this device, or it starts a function ON THE PHONE that can only be stopped by force stopping the app. I hoped to control the Alexa from upstairs when we linked a Bluetooth speaker, but it doesn't allow us to control any task that we want the Echo device itself to carry out. Uninstalling
This app is excellent on my Galaxy S7 except for one annoying problem for which I will deduct 1 star from an otherwise perfect score. When Alexa responds to a request, frequently the last syllable in her response is missing. The response of "OK" comes out as "Oh". If I ask her to tell a joke or the weather, the last word in her response is truncated. However some responses like the response to a math calculation or the response to "Are you connected" are not truncated. It is odd because an earlier version of the app did not do this. In spite of this annoyance, the app always hears and Alexa always obeys my request.
This app WAS perfect. They just released a new update on 6/15/17. I am so disappointed that they removed the WIDGET. The widget was the primary way in which I used the app. All I had to do was press the widget button on my desktop and I could start speaking the command. Now that's gone. Removing a star because they have just made it take twice as long as what it used to to accomplish the same tasks. Also removing star as, when you speak a command, half the time, it does not acknowledge the command. So you don't know if it is carrying out the request or if decided it could not process the request. In the prior release, it would always acknowledge if it was carrying out the request or was unable to carry out the request. Original Review: Allows me to talk to Echo from Anywhere! Now I can control my A/C units with the simple press of the Ubi widget on my phone and my voice. No more having to click through different screens on my A/C's app. No more having to walk over to the room where my Echo is located. I have found it to be very time saving and convenient. Would be nice if it had access to the music as well, but it's still a very good app and does exactly what I hoped.
I would give it five stars if it did not truncate the response. Sounds like poor Alexa is choked at the end of her sentence.
Great idea, some bugs. The first time I tried it it didn't work. Later that evening I tried it again with some success, some fails. More than a few times "Alexa" simply said "I'm not sure what went wrong" but trying multiple times it eventually worked. We'll keep playing with it.
Works great so far on my galaxy 7 edge for turning on and off phillips hue lights thru amazon dot. Works great when alexa cant hear me when the surround sound is too loud.
Please, please, please stop renaming this app. I like it, but can never find it since it is in a different place and sometimes has a different icon.
Worked great before latest update. Now the program won't start at all and crashes when opening on my galaxy note 4.
No bad, but for things like thermostats, it's old fashioned US units not Celsius
Works like a charm. Amazing, congrats. This should be a default feature of the official amazon app.
Crashes on ancient phone android 4.1.2; seems to work OK on a 5.0 tablet.
Crashes upon opening 75 percent of the time
Tried 2 commands does what it says im a happy camper
Amazon music is not supported in this device
Launched once, now instantly crashes
My LG V20 says it was installed but I can't find it.
Rubbish, just randomly crashed, never did get any responses to anything I said, followed instructions exactly when setting I it up
The widget is back, and it's now functional and I appreciate the developers decision. It is a great app to access AVS.
UPDATE: WIDGET IS BACK! Thank you. ***** What kind of update was this? Way back machine here. Update lacks an update! This app WAS the best one to use. Now junk! Why mess with an app that wasn't broke. What are you trying to do?
The WIDGET is back! 5 stars again. Works great. The WIDGET is massive and kinda ugly but aside from that... It's great. Good job and thank you!
WIDGET is back! Plain and Simple this is a great app.
Works great with Alexa.
After 6/15/17 update the sound cuts out before it finishes what it's saying. Please bring back the widget.
The widget is named "android avs", not the app's real name so when I was going to uninstall it, it took awhile to find the app.