re: Echo Dot the most useless thing ever invented? ETA CAD giving it another go

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yes, cad doesn't have prime so i'm sure that's the problem

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No, it is pretty limited. There is a lot of potential but Amazon really is leaving most of the heavy lifting up to 3rd party skill developers. I also don't understand this:

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Note: If you have an Echo, it cannot be used to control your Fire TV. To learn more about what Alexa can do on Echo, go to Supported Alexa Features.

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Even though they say that, there are plenty of videos like this one of people controlling their fire tv with Echo. This video shows someone controlling lights and using Kodi with Echo.
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