I have an Echo Dot in my bedroom. Here's what I use it for: 1) Lights - all of my lights are on WeMo switches. They turn on automatically at sunrise (note - th

I have an Echo Dot in my bedroom. Here's what I use it for: 1) Lights - all of my lights are on WeMo switches. They turn on automatically at sunrise (note - they're energy-efficient LEDs), and they turn off automatically at 10:30. Whenever I want them on or off outside of this pattern, I use Alexa. 2) Music - I used to use Chromecast Audio on my speakers, but it took so long to connect - get phone, open spotify, find playlist, connect to speakers over network (after realizing phone wasn't on wifi and had to be reconnected), then hitting play. With Echo, I just say "Play <foo> on Spotify" and it works. This functionality is good for mornings when I'm not specific about music, but does not work well when there is a specific album you want to listen to. (Side note - I also use the sleep timer to automatically turn off music if I'm listening to something before sleep). 3) Alarm - I prefer using Echo over my phone to wake up in the morning. 4) Calendar - I listen to my schedule for the day while getting dressed.