Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, can serve up all kinds of useful information, from weather reports, to news bulletins, and even answering your burning questions, and you can also use one of Amazon's smart speakers or smart displays to control smart home devices with a voice command.
However, if you don’t want to speak a word, Alexa can also automate smart home control based on a wide range of triggers with its Routine feature. It’s pretty easy to set these up, and while there’s still some room for improvement in terms of the complexity and detail offered by the platform, you might be surprised by just how much your Echo smart speaker or Echo Show display can help you around the home, and especially if you have lots of Alexa or Matter-compatible devices.
