Anecdotally, almost everyone I know that got an Alexa has resorted to only using it for weather and settings timers. At first they tried all the cool tricks li

Anecdotally, almost everyone I know that got an Alexa has resorted to only using it for weather and settings timers. At first they tried all the cool tricks like asking it trivia questions and cool integrations - but gradually they stopped using those as the novelty wore off. The other big use-case is home automation like turning off lights with voice, but I see this far less since it's expensive to outfit homes with these kinds of IOT devices. I personally think voice will continue to mature, but we're just not there yet where it's something that's critical. We'll get there, but that's just not reality today for most people which is why I reject the notion that any company is "late" to the game. When we do get there though, I think there's room in the market at all price points, which is the beauty of cheap microphones. Amazon might even decide to give away cheap Alexa devices (they already practically are with FireStick, etc). Of course take my comment with a grain of salt. We still don't have reliable publicly reported metrics in this space.