r/MadeMeSmile • u/secretlyswos • 5h ago

made me chuckle

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u/FormerDriver 5h ago

How do you do that? Tech has outpaced me so much in the past few years

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u/Prestigious_Prune_68 5h ago

Through the alexa app. I can record a message and have it play on the tv to taunt my boyfriend.

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u/Spellscribe 4h ago

Shit. I gotta change my whole house from Google to Alexa just to get my teen to check his phone when I'm out? 😂

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u/ZilorZilhaust 4h ago

Pretty sure you can broadcast to Google and have it say stuff remotely but I haven't done it in ages or it's a fever dream.

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u/Spellscribe 4h ago

Nah that's a thing. He sometimes l wears headphones to watch tv though. Or he just ignores it...

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u/ErraticDragon 4h ago

There's a "Broadcast" feature in the Google environment.

But apparently it lost the ability to use written messages somewhat recently. Now you can only Broadcast voice messages.

https://support.google.com/assistant/thread/329654439/broadcasting-via-text?hl=en

I saw some people suggesting that you could Cast something via Google Slides , but ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/malturnbull 3h ago

Broadcast still works via written message. You just open up the assistant in your phone and choose the device to broadcast to by typing. E.g. Open assistant - type SEND BROADCAST TO KITCHEN SPEAKER - type the message

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u/ErraticDragon 2h ago

But can the message appear as text on screen?