It seems to be more useful if you have kids. Most everything I use it for relates to the children.
Timers (for both cooking and reminding the kids to do something)
Asking for music when I'm rocking a baby
Using the intercom function to remind my daughter to pee without getting up.
Using the announce function to tell the whole house that the water heater is broken while I'm in the shower (this happens about once a week because I'm too cheap to replace the controller board on the heater and it can only be reset by pushing a physical button).
Also they tell me when someone is at the door because I have a ring doorbell.
The advantage is that I have multiple Alexa devices so I get the notification in multiple places instead of just one in the middle of the house. Also the wire was cut five years ago so that chime doesn't work anyway.
Timers (for both cooking and reminding the kids to do something)
Asking for music when I'm rocking a baby
Using the intercom function to remind my daughter to pee without getting up.
Using the announce function to tell the whole house that the water heater is broken while I'm in the shower (this happens about once a week because I'm too cheap to replace the controller board on the heater and it can only be reset by pushing a physical button).
Also they tell me when someone is at the door because I have a ring doorbell.