We have an Amazon Echo plus, linked to the Amazon Music Prime. We use it to listen to music (obs) and mainly as a radio receiver mode. The heating is linked to it but it's also linked to our mobiles and it's just as easy to get up and turn the thermostat thing. The app may get more use in the coming winter when we're on the way home from somewhere and want to warm house. The Echo is linked to the Netatmo weather station and we use it for local weather forecasting. I love the feature that allows me to listen to the Archers on demand - ideal when making sandwiches for work in the late evening. Not really used it to turn lights and sockets on and off etc. As Zero, it's linked to the BMW Connected Drive system.
We had our Dutch couple friends, they were mightily impressed by it and bought one locally to take home as the service isn't available in the Netherlands they had to link to Amazon in Germany to get it to work.
Life enhancing ? It may be I suppose - we also have a Brennan linked to built in speakers in the kitchen, no doubt the Echo is more flexible, dunno if we'll expand it much more.
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