I’m not sure how much we would use this but I’m willing to find out.

Amazon’s Echo offers a unique integration between voice recognition, personal assistant, home automation controls, and audio playback features for $179.99. Think of it as a competitor to Apple’s Siri and Google Now targeting the smart home (what’s a smart home?), rather than mobile devices. While Siri offers smart home integration, its simplicity and user-friendliness is less than desirable; and Google…