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New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

imjolly — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 11:54:39 GMT

The new phones with Alexa built in enables voice dialing using your shared contacts from mobile. no more need to enter contacts into phone.

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2021/02/bt-launch-alexa-enabled-home-phone-for-uk-broadband-users.html

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

VeteranISPUser — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:06:40 GMT

Information from BT https://newsroom.bt.com/bt-launches-advanced-digital-home-phone-with-alexa-built-in/

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

VeteranISPUser — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:09:15 GMT

More information on the handset.

https://www.bt.com/content/dam/bt/help/digital-voice/advanced-with-alexa-phone/BT-Advanced-Digital-Home-Phone-wit-Alex-Quick-set-Up-UserGuide.pdf

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

imjolly — Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:06:51 GMT

I find the best thing with new handsets with Alexa included is if you share your mobile contacts with Alexa then there is no need to enter contacts into phone as you can use Alexa to make calls using your mobile contacts

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

converse420 — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:10:42 GMT

Any idea how the Alexa options are enabled on Digital Voice, I can't see any new options on the phone or router. I'm presuming I don't need to replace all my existing HD handsets to make this work?

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

VeteranISPUser — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:40:53 GMT

Hi @converse420 It is a brand new handset. See the handset manual in my post. You cannot use the old Advanced or Essential HD handsets for Alexa.

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

converse420 — Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:47:08 GMT

**bleep**!

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

redvers76 — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:43:28 GMT

We received one of these as part of a recent installation. I was hoping that the Alexa part would be in the charging base - like an echo dot that the phone charges on. Instead it’s a button press on the handset to activate, which to my mind makes it effectively useless. So we still need to have the dot next to it for voice activated queries...

Re: New Digital Voice phone with Alexa built in

imjolly — Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:04:02 GMT

I found the big advantage of having Alexa on the new phone is the ability to voice dial using your shared contacts from your mobile saving you from having to input contacts in the phone