A good listener, but not a friend Howard Lipin/San Diego Union-Tribune/TNS/Alamy Live News
Alexa, play some classical music.
Alexa, set an alarm for 7am.
Alexa, will you marry me?
THEY sit unobtrusively in your home and, with a simple command, check the weather, play a song or set a kitchen timer, rendering many of life’s routine tasks hands-free. Voice-activated devices like the Google Home and Amazon Echo – which responds to the name “Alexa” – are designed to make your life easier.
They seem to have struck a chord – people are buying them in the millions. …
