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WF-1000XM3 with alexa

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Geekyhawkes
Explorer

WF-1000XM3 with alexa

So I have my WF 1000 XM3s and am pleased with how they work/sound etc but....

 

I can't seem to get Alexa on my phone working with them, the Sony headphone app only offers Google assistant, when I use the Alexa app, add device 'headphone' the app doesn't seem to pick the WFs up.

 

Am I alone with this? Can't take using Google assistant and this is annoying

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IamNic
Expert

Hello @Geekyhawkes,

 

have you set up Alexa as the default assistant in your Android smartphones settings? Maybe that helps: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/07/how-to-make-amazon-alexa-default-assistant-on-android-phones.html

 

- Nic

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Geekyhawkes
Explorer

I have thank you, but for some reason these headphones seem to only want Google assistant - the Sony app for headphones only offers Google assistant, I don't see why they couldn't make this easy and offer the various assistants like android does without needing to play games with 3rd party apps. 

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IamNic
Expert

Hello @Geekyhawkes,

 

I just checked the help-guide and there only Siri and Google Assistant are mentioned.

 

Looks like Alexa isn't yet supported from what I can tell. 🤔

 

- Nic

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Geekyhawkes
Explorer

Disappointingly this would seem to be the case - hopefully Sony can fix this and get basic functions introduced in these headphones.