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# Settling into your Smart Assistant Groove
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/settling-into-your-smart-assistant-groove/
- Published: 2017-12-28T13:55:18.000Z
- Updated: 2017-12-28T13:55:18.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[When Alexa Becomes Part of the Family - Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future%5Ftense/2017/12/what%5Flife%5Fwith%5Fan%5Famazon%5Fecho%5Fis%5Flike%5Fafter%5Fthe%5Fnovelty%5Fwears%5Foff.html?ref=birchtree.me):

> “I thought that I would be continuously testing the new features that came out of it, that it would always be a source of something novel,” Primiano said of her Echo. “But in reality what happened was that I settled down upon certain Alexa features that I use with great regularity, and then I really don’t even explore so much of the other stuff that she can do.” 

This seems pretty consistent with most people's experience with the Echo and Google Home. I haven't installed a new skill on my Echo in almost a year, and it's partially because 99% of skills seems to be absolute garbage. Outside of smart home stuff, Jeopardy is the only skill I've installed and actually found useful. I love having these assistants in the house, but they are absolutely relegated to a few tasks that don't change that often. I 100% use my Apple Watch for more tasks than my Google Home or Amazon Echo.