Echo & Alexa Forums
General Category => Amazon Echo Discussion => Topic started by: jwlv on February 01, 2019, 09:47:59 am
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I was searching for the Echo Auto on Amazon.com to see if they've updated when it's going to be available and to see whether I got an invitation to buy one. To my surprise, I can't find the Echo Auto any more. Did Amazon remove it completely? Did they scrap it altogether?
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It still comes up for me both when I recall it from saved section of my cart and in Google search.
Jim
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went straight to it
https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Echo-Auto-first-your/dp/B0753K4CWG
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Thanks for the link. Strange that it doesn't come up when I searched for it.
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It may have been offered up to some already, as I got a "Echo Auto Vent Mount" ad the other day... thought it was the unit and it was only the mount... disappointed again.
https://www.amazon.com/Echo-Auto-Air-Vent-Mount/dp/B0794MS2LB/ref=sr_1_1?s=amazon-devices&ie=UTF8&qid=1549074563&sr=1-1&keywords=echo+auto+mount
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I bought from Amazon Digital Services LLC this product was a legit Amazon product
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074TC662N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
so this must be one, too.
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Thanks for the link. Strange that it doesn't come up when I searched for it.
I used google not amazons search :-) IMO, amazon searches are not that good when searching for a specific item.
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Using Amazon search for "echo auto" went right to it:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0753K4CWG/?ref=sxts_snpl_1_0_654b86c7-b769-461a-99bb-d195ef9e26f3&qid=1549130573&pd_rd_w=pWjyr&pf_rd_p=654b86c7-b769-461a-99bb-d195ef9e26f3&pf_rd_r=YZPE77JTH2W9Y7PES25D&pd_rd_r=b6631424-483d-4bac-8816-4ab4ceef8d54&pd_rd_wg=ia3vo
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It's only been month since visited this subject... has anyone found an invitation in their email yet? I am pretty much losing hope on this one.
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Nope. Still nothing. I have 2 requests (diff accounts) for invites and didn't get anything yet.
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I saw an article a few months back, saying invites went out. Which means only some people who signed up, got an invite.
Not us.
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I saw an article a few months back, saying invites went out. Which means only some people who signed up, got an invite.
Not us.
Well... Tat six pretty hard... Hopefully the full marketed version is better than the Special invite ones after they work out the bugs...
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I just initiated a chat with Amazon.com rep about when I would get my invitation. I said I have been waiting forever and have several Alexa devices. He promised me that I would have an invitation at the end of April.
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I'm still waiting for my invite. But I guess it didn't really make a big splash like I expected it to, otherwise the media and people would be talking more about it. There's practically no talk about it at all. I already use an Echo Dot in my car that's connected to my car's wifi. I think it's quite handy to have it especially when it's hooked up to my car stereo's bluetooth. Voice controlled streaming music in the car! I can't think of a better or more appropriate place to use this technology.
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Jwlv, I suspect the first people who have it by invitation are restricted from talking about it. That is just a guess. Something like beta testers for operating systems for cell phones. I wondered why no comments from the first people who got the Echo Auto, and that is the only thing I can think of that makes sense.
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Laurel, I'm not so sure about that. When the first Echo came out, it was also by invitation only. There were no restrictions from talking about it. That's exactly when this forum came about so that the early adopters could have a place to talk about all the cool stuff they've discovered on the Echo. There was so much hype about it that some of the people who got invitations sold their Echo for a big profit on Ebay.
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EVERY ECHO AND ECHO PRODUCT is owned by a beta tester... none of this stuff is solid technology yet... it's fun and for now cheap... I have Tablets, Echos, Dots and Spots... all of them have some weirdness about them that makes them imperfect... but I love them to death... it's all kinds of fun since I made the lighting in the den Voice activated with no other options (than turning them off and on manually....but the in-laws don't know about the manual part... LOL)
AS I see things, there must have been some major issues with connectivity, related to how the Auto is supposed to work, and maybe some Hand-off stuff that would sometimes be needed between devices if in the middle of something when you arrive at destination and want to get out of the car without losing your place... for something that "seems" trivial until you're the one dealing with it...
I'm still excited and hope we ALL get invites by the end of April... Thanks for the update Laurel.
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It's something to look forward too Scott and jwlv. lol
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look like the auto is shipping again. several on the amazonforum got theirs recently.
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Renegade600 that is good news. Thanks for the update.
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Received my Echo Auto yesterday (5/7/19), one day shipping after receiving my invitation on Monday. Now to figure out a place to install it in my 2019 GMC Canyon, which has nothing like the flat dash they just assume every vehicle must have. And then find some clips to route the required power cable neatly. Ugh.
I already have a Roav Viva, which simply sits in the lighter socket and provides two charging ports. I'm already regretting bothering with the Echo Auto. :(
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JonathanMurray that is great news. I was promised I would get an invitation to buy Echo Auto by the end of April. No invitation yet. I guess I may have to pester them again.