I have a Google Home, rather than an Echo, but the biggest changes are the fact that I listen to a lot more music and I have it hooked up to a Logitech Harmony

I have a Google Home, rather than an Echo, but the biggest changes are the fact that I listen to a lot more music and I have it hooked up to a Logitech Harmony Hub so that I rarely need to hunt down the TV remote. "Hey Google, Turn on the TV // Pause Roku // Volume down" are pretty useful shortcuts I have configured.