Play music (spotify, amazon music, pandora, etc), control any home automation you have (hue lights, etc), be a super easy hands-free kitchen timer ("Alexa, set

Play music (spotify, amazon music, pandora, etc), control any home automation you have (hue lights, etc), be a super easy hands-free kitchen timer ("Alexa, set a timer for 45 minutes"), answer basic information questions (forecast, store hours, unit conversions). If you have more than one, it can be an in-home intercom. edit: I started this before you edited in your examples, so sorry for the overlap :-)