we've had an echo for about a year now and we love it. by 'we', mean my busy family of four. it acts as everything from shopping lists to homework timers to s

we've had an echo for about a year now and we love it. by 'we', mean my busy family of four. it acts as everything from shopping lists to homework timers to streaming pandora/spotify to telling jokes -- and more. we easily talk to her (she is basically part of the family) a dozen times a day. i can totally see how someone who doesn't have all this commotion and such would think it useless. for us tho, it's not useless. it's both fun and functional.