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Default Kitchen Faucets: How Lazy Can You Get?

On 11/4/2019 5:34 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>>
>> Lately I've been seeing ads on TV for Delta brand kitchen faucets that
>> you talk to using your Alexa device:
>>
>>
https://www.deltafaucet.com/VoiceIQ
>>
>> A quick ad on Youtube:
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdKgJQQC7Pw
>>
>> I've given this some thought. I simply cannot imagine a scenario where
>> I'd need to tell the kitchen faucet to turn on and off by itself from
>> across the room. A "feature", apparently, is you can tell it to
>> dispense a specific amount of water. "Alexa, tell Delta faucet to
>> dispense 1 cup." Problem with that is you already have to have the
>> recepticle (measuring cup, dog bowl, etc.) in the sink under the faucet.
>> I don't see this voice activated thing as a time saving feature. If I
>> have to walk to the kitchen sink to put a measuring cup under the
>> faucet, surely I could just turn it on and fill the cup while I'm
>> standing there.
>>
>> Your thoughts?
>>
>> Jill

>
> Delta fills dog's dish from the instant-boiling-water tap.....
>
> Janet UK
>

UH OH!

Jill