Xconomy: Six Useful Things You Can Do With Your New Smart Speaker

TL;DR: It's time to buy a smart speaker. It will be a long time before they're as empathetic as Samantha in Her or as industrious as Rosie in The Jetsons. But they can already make your life easier, or at least more interesting, in a few key ways. So you might as well break down and get one. Chances are, of course, that someone already gave you one.