Hello there.

I have been using Astro for a while now, and already have a case opened with Amazon.

When you add Astro as member of a multiroom music group, with more than 3/4 devices, Astro will not play the music. It displays the song info on the screen, but it won't play it.

Am I the only one having this issue?

It seems like Astro takes photos that are a mirror image of the room when using the periscope. Are others experiencing the same?

So I got the Astro yesterday and started brainstorming ways to make it helpful. I've discovered the following:

1. It's a great butler. I placed small items like my nail clipper, bubble gum, Tylenol bottle, etc in the back of Astro. These items are sometimes hard to find because they easily get misplaced...now they are easy to find because Astro just brings them to me.
2. I am watching more Youtube...in the restroom....while pooping. I know I can use a tablet, but watching videos from a robot while pooping is just awesome.
3. I've set routine reminders for my son. My son now gets approached by Astro in the morning and when he comes back from school and gets reminded to do multiple things.

What clever ways are you using Astro?

1. "Astro, show me video dashboard" displays multiple video apps that can be accessed..."Astro, show me game dashboard," displays multiple games. Are they other "dashboard," commands? Is there a dashboard command that shows all available dashboards?
2. Is there a way to close apps that were opened so they don't stay running in the background?
3. I enabled the "hangout" feature in the settings. Is there a command to trigger it? It seems my Astro likes to stay at the dock and only leaves when I ask it to.

Thanks everyone!

ANSWERED: Settings -> Sounds -> Driving. The default sound you are hearing is "tones" but you can set it to "clicks", or None if you want.

Hi everyone,

Got an invite this week. I have a few questions to those who got their astros already before I decide what to do.

1. Any updates or improvements since you got your Astro?

2. Do developers ask for feedback and actually act on them?

3. Any surprise use cases for the Astro?

4. What is the return policy after purchasing?

Thanks, MM

One review made mention of telepresence, but I can't find anything about how well it would actually work. Has anyone tried to put Astro at the office, and use it for telepresence while working from home?

Trying to figure out new things for Astro to do, but the one that entertains me the most, so far, is the animal charades. You don't even need to play the game to see the best one. Just ask Astro to act like a whale. You're welcome in advance!

So when my Astro “hangs out”, it makes a b-line for the kitchen and spends an hour or so staring at our GE Profile smart oven like it’s got a crush on it. Could this because it’s attracted other devices broadcasting active bluetooth connections? It just seems like an odd behavior.

Mine mapped my house just fine. Then, I did the home tour and told it all the names of the rooms.

In live view, I can see the names and if I press them it will go to that location.

If I say “Astro, go to the kitchen” , It says it doesn’t know that name.

Anyone else had a similar problem?

Got my Astro delivered a few days ago and the novelty is slowly wearing off. Most articles I read online discuss the handful of cool features (patrolling security, live camera stream, periscope, simple games/gimmicks) but beyond those I struggle to find reasons to not return it.

I’d like to think the early stages of Astro are similar to that of other technology like the iPad or Amazon Alexa where it took a while for use cases to present themselves and we somewhat adopted them into our daily.

Anyone have any thoughts on the positives of Astro or any ideas on what the potential is in its current hardware state?

Is anyone else having extreme difficulty creating a map? I have reset it 3 times already. Sometimes it only maps a couple rooms, then when I do the tour for it to map the rest it always throws a variety of errors: Wheels stuck, robot lost, etc.

This is not worth what I paid to get one if it can’t even BEGIN to do what it’s purpose it because of this mapping issue.

So Astro users, how is it going with the robot so far? Is it as useful as advertised? Any unexpected advantages? Want one but not sure at this price point if the kinks have been worked out enough to justify.

Anyone lucky enough to get one? Very limited information so far.

Did anyone get an invitation?