I have the echo dot. One is the best skills to teach it is ""Ask my Buddy". The skill and corresponding app are free. Register up to five friends or family. If you tell Alexa to ask you my buddy to alert a specific friend or everyone, phone calls to a specific person or everyone (your choice), and a email and text will be send asking them to check on you now. Great if you fall off the ladder cleaning the ceiling fan,etc.
I also turn on the bathroom light for guests or they can request the same. I can turn on lights globally from my cell phone or set rules when I want them on. I never have to go home to a dark house.
When I get up in the morning, I tell Alexa to turn on the coffee pot and give me the current news...your choice of news sources.
My neighbor likes to walk my dog. If I am not home, he can tell Alexa, "to ask the dog if he is hungry" Alexa will tell him how many hours since the dog was fed and ask him if he is going to feed the dog now. When I come home, I ask Alexa if the dog was fed.
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