My morning routine consists of asking Alexa: > Stop To cancel the alarm > Ask National Rail to get my commute The clunkiest of commands - the built-in "get

My morning routine consists of asking Alexa: > Stop To cancel the alarm > Ask National Rail to get my commute The clunkiest of commands - the built-in "get my commute" skill only works for road commutes. My journey involves an overground and an underground train. The National Rail skill is good, but has this weird (I think, platform dictated) trap where you have to tell it "No [I don't want any more info]". > Do I need an umbrella? / Is it going to rain today? My experience with the weather skills is hit/miss - I'll get a weather report but not an estimate answer to "do I need an umbrella" (probably/unlikely would be fine). > What time is it? I don't have a visible clock at the moment, so I ask this repeatedly to keep track of time. -- Overall, the conversational interface feels a bit clunky, and I'll be building a smart mirror in 2017 because I feel it's a better way to communicate status-y information. That said, having to ask for info has been a great way of discovering what information I really want in the morning.