We have three bedrooms, two baths, a basement, plus a great room / dining nook / kitchen area.
As of today, we have six Alexa dots. Gary is hoarding Alexas. Every area in our 1,400 square foot house has an Alexa listening to us.
Often I will ask the Alexa in my bedroom, “What’s the weather like?’ and three other Dots will all hear me and answer in an unsychronized chorus.
I use the Alexa for a few things. We like the shopping list feature, as long as Gary enunciates and I’m not in the grocery trying to find “bell sonic bill vitamin cheese” (Balsamic bellavitano cheese). My favorite thing to do is turn off the bedroom light switch, but have her turn on the bedside light so I don’t have to stumble to my bed in the dark. It’s also good for finding out the time when you are half awake and don’t want to wake up enough to put on your glasses.
Last week I set an timer for five minutes in the future and Alexa sang me a little song about technology. I didn’t ask her to sing. I think she was being a little sarcastic. There are enough of them to form a union and put an end to these constant demands.