I just bought an Amazon Echo Dot and they're pretty neat. Here's some scenarios I've used in the last few days > I need to provide some identifying info to get

I just bought an Amazon Echo Dot and they're pretty neat. Here's some scenarios I've used in the last few days > I need to provide some identifying info to get 2FA removed from my web host (new phone) and one of them was last transaction amount. "Alexa, what is $19.53 in New Zealand Dollars" so I could track it down in my bank statements > My PS4 is on, Plex is open and I want to watch something specific but I'm too lazy to scroll "Alexa, tell Plex to play Violet Evergarden" > I wake up in the middle of the night but I don't want to turn on my phone because the light would trick my brain into thinking it's day probably "Alexa, what time is it?" > I'm not sure if it's going to rain tomorrow and I don't run a weather widget on my phone. I'm also doing other stuff while getting ready "Alexa, what's the forecast for today?" > My particular favourite at the moment that I set up using IFTTT. I want to trigger the stats page on my site to update by pulling the latest info for a bunch of APIs. To do that, I need to hit a certain hidden endpoint or I could say "Alexa, trigger site refresh" Anyway, it feels silly but the more I use it, the more I really enjoy it despite being skeptical. I think IFTTT gives you a lot of possible power, especially with webhooks if you've got anything in particular. I think I'd have to write my own skills in order for Alexa to eg; read the response from a POST request but that could be cool. Anyway, the Echo Dots are really good for what they cost