Been messing with the Amazon Echos and Dots in the house, trying to make the most of them. I already have 4 smart plugs that let me control background lighting and front and back garden lights that come on and off on schedule and on demand by invoking Alexa. Amazon Music has long been my streaming service of choice as available on a number of platforms (PC, Android, iOS, even on my Blackberry thru the Android compatibility mode).
Intercom mode has supposedly been launched which would let me call the kids down to tea without bellowing up the stairs, but doesn’t look like it landed on UK shores yet. It was only recently launched in the US. (Our Merrycan friends can also make telephone calls by pairing with their mobile as glorified hands-free setup), which also doesn’t work here.
A key missing feature for me is lack of support for kids profiles. Amazon Household allows another Adult member to share content for books via Kindle, but seemingly not multiple accounts for calendar or even Music. This means I can’t link the kids calendar to their Office365 accounts for their own personal schedule. Musically they are linked to my music library which is no bad thing, but as they get older sure they will want to create playlists of their own, and I won’t Playlist recommendations based on their listening habits.
Finally the main feature though I would like to see is Mesh-Audio so the all the Echos, or a sub-set can play the same track at the same time. Supposedly coming when they join up with Sonos.