I've found the search on the Echo is so bad it's almost invariably a waste of time since I end up taking my phone out and doing the search there anyway. But as

I've found the search on the Echo is so bad it's almost invariably a waste of time since I end up taking my phone out and doing the search there anyway. But as the world's most expensive and convenient egg timer and lightswitch, it's a very helpful device. I can just tell alexa to set timers when I'm cooking, holler at it to turn the lights off when I leave, etc.