11 useful things you didn't know your Amazon Echo could do

When the Amazon Echo debuted, it could only only play music, tell you the weather, set alarms and timers, read news flashes, tell corny jokes, add things to your Amazon shopping list, tell you the weather and recite basic trivia. Cool tricks, all, but nothing spectacular. The Echo's Alexa voice assistant was a cool look at how voice commands could control the home. SEE ALSO: Amazon's Alexa can lock your front door if you own this smart lock Today, the Echo family now is now a family of