Ask their device all kinds of questions, like math problems or facts about famous people, dates and places

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Play and buy music by artist, song, album or genre from Amazon Music

Explore Prime Music, which provides unlimited, ad-free access to over a million songs, hundreds of playlists and personalized stations – free with Amazon Prime

Enjoy podcasts, music and live radio from iHeartRadio

Listen to audiobooks from Audible using their Audible or Kindle Unlimited subscription

Add items to their To-Do and Shopping lists

Get traffic updates for their daily commute

Check the weather in their home town or in other locations around the world

Access millions of Wikipedia articles

Check appointments or weekend plans in Google Calendar

Listen to jokes

Play Simon Says

Hunt for fun Easter Eggs, like "Alexa, I am your father"

Set voice triggers for recipes created in If This Then That (IFTTT)

Access new capabilities that you and other developers create using the Alexa Skills Kit

Use the free Alexa companion app (available on Fire OS, Android, iOS and desktop browsers)

The devices' users, according to Amazon, will be able to:

We doubt an Alexa-powered internet-connected gadget other than the Echo will pop up for sale soon, since this is just a developer preview and all, but we'll keep an eye out for you all. To note, the voice assistant has been getting great reviews, and even our senior editor who reviewed the Echo ended up falling in love with her for her amazing capability to understand natural language.