It was requested for…weather, alarms, music. You know - all the things his phone ALREADY DOES.
you can use routines to get alexa to talk pretty dirty. heh I bet it's good for a dorm room laugh or two.
Of the precious little Alexa can do reliably announcing that dinner is ready without having to yell is quite useful.
How big is your house? Just looking to understand under what circumstances what you said might be a good idea. Where I live it would be silly.
Kitchen downstairs, rooms upstairs, closed doors.
Do you value your family's privacy at all?
Around 15 years ago, as a semi-joke, my Mother bought a wireless doorbell and put the speaker in my brother's room to announce dinner was ready. It turned out to be quite handy actually. I think Alexa is a bit overkill for that usecase.