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Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by julianeon on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @06:19PM (#41062797)
> Alexa can set timers and tell me the weather, and...that's basically it.

My usage is:

~30%: timers

~10%: weather

~60%: tell Alexa to add things to a shopping list, which I use when I'm at a physical store or ready to do a curbside shopping order

Re:Alexa Is in Households–and Amazon Is Losing Billions by shagie on Thursday July 25, 2024 @01:40AM (#41065070)
As an aside, the clock pairs nicely with timers. A sibling of mine who works second and third shift likes it in part because it keeps the time, isn’t illuminated (7 segment leds are out) and the analog aesthetic but without any noise of many analog clocks ticking.

I have one in my kitchen (no echo show for exact values on a timer), and it does a nice job with the timers.