I’m hoping that technology can help me get it together – so I got an Amazon Echo 3rd generation, with Alexa. ‘Alexa, open Sleep and Relaxation Sounds’I often struggle to get to sleep but Sleep and Relaxation Sounds is excellent at resolving this. Once the skill is open, I just say: “Alexa, help me sleep”, or “Alexa, play heavy rain”, and I’m zoning out in no time listening to the downpour. All I had to do was say: “Alexa, drop in on the attic room”, and I can immediately communicate with my flatmate without walking up the steps. ‘Alexa, play Twenty Questions’It turns out playing a game with a speaker is actually a lot of fun.

Source: The Guardian January 22, 2020 11:26 UTC