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iztyhi on Nov 6, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Echo

A couple differentiators: -The speaker in Echo is presumably much better -The microphone in Echo is presumably much better -On most Android phones (I don't know about iPhone), you have to wake the phone up before you can talk to it

ccozan on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

Well, unless you own a Moto X. The 2014 version lets you also choose a custom hotword.

colinramsay on Nov 6, 2014 | [–]

If your iPhone is plugged in to power, you can trigger Siri by saying "Hey Siri". I believe this is off by default and there's a settings switch for it.

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