10 things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do

The Echo family of smart speakers is central to Amazon's consumer-facing deep-learning technology. Did you just unwrap a shiny, new Amazon Echo device? Or maybe you already have one and you're getting a little tired just streaming endless hours of holiday music. You might already know that Alexa can convert teaspoons to tablespoons, time the food you put in the oven and tell jokes you can repeat at work. But the digital assistant in Amazon's Echo speakers is capable of so much more.