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In building new intents and views for the mirror, it's kind of trial and error as to what will be actually useful and what won't. The weather intent has been g
by Uehreka 10y ago
In building new intents and views for the mirror, it's kind of trial and error as to what will be actually useful and what won't.
The weather intent has been genuinely useful. I can wake up in the morning, say "Alexa, ask XANA about the weather", and get back a chart that shows the exact info I want. I use this pretty organically (I don't just force myself to use it) every day, and I've found myself using my weather app less. I just find it to be a lower friction interface.
The Hacker News intents were a cool proof of concept, and I was hoping they would help me waste less time on HN by getting a summary of the important stuff without access to the full site. While I still like it and use it from time to time, it isn't as viscerally useful as the weather intent.