<a href="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/amazon-dotfeb17.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4258" src="http://pigyard.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/amazon-dotfeb17-200x168.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="168" /></a>At last I have someone to talk to when at home. Yes I've bought an Amazon Dot - it only speaks when spoken to and never comes back with a sarcastic retort or argument. I think I'm in love :-).

So far I've asked Echo for weather reports, news updates and what's in my Google Calendar. I can tell it to put something on my shopping list and it is then available on my Smartphone so I don't have to worry about losing my shopping list when I'm walking round Tesco.  I hope to connect it to my <a href="http://www.sonos.com/en-gb/shop" target="_blank">Sonos sound system</a> in the future so that I can ask it to play particular albums, artists or tracks. When I asked how long it would take me to drive to Newark it assumed I meant Newark USA and said the drive time would depend on how fast I would be going. It isn't very clever however Amazon are promising future improvements.

This is the future of the smart home and is excellent for someone who lives alone.