[dexwiz]

Anecdotally most of my friends just use it as a timer, and maybe a weather app or music player. There are a few automation nerds who wire their entire lives through it, but I find them to be the minority, even in the tech community. Just as many are suspicious of an Orwellian device that is actively listening.

These use cases remind me of the smart clocks of the early 2000s that were integrated clocks, thermostats, and barometers, and synced to the atomic clock in Colorado via radio. I wonder if there is a niche for a version of this you could talk to instead of a full Alexa. Calling home for voice processing makes sense when the tech is still rapidly evolving. But once its more mature, doing it all locally with a limited set of apps seems much more feasible.

[melling]

I use mine every day for music, weather, timers, reminders, and random trivia.

Have the volume automatically turn down at night so I can play music and ask random questions, and not wake anyone up.

Better podcast integration would be useful

It’s a great idea and I hope it gets more useful.

I wish I could dictate complicated notes, etc to a device without picking something up.