I find it fantastically useful for social gatherings in my small apartment. While cooking we listen to music from the Echo, and have equal control over the mus

I find it fantastically useful for social gatherings in my small apartment. While cooking we listen to music from the Echo, and have equal control over the music selection (vs "Who has the iPhone? Can you turn it up? Oh, it needs unlocked") and timers for cooking. It could be far more powerful with playlist creation. After that, it's Uber, schedule, and weather on my way out the door. As I leave I ask it to turn off the lights. So I use at least 5 of its features (and stream Pandora/NPR on it, so 7?), and find it useful. I don't think I would miss it, but I do find myself wishing for it a bit when I'm at a friend's house that doesn't have one.