But it’s still early days for the platform, and with that comes a little bit of frustration. For instance, the Echo app is growing unwieldy, with its connected home settings (a considerable feature on the device) buried in its settings menu. In addition, finding skills is a very disorganized affair, with no real categorization to their capabilities, just page after page of listings.
But that’s another way the Echo is like the iPhone. When the Apple App Store launched, it was criticized for its poor organization. Will this connected speaker ever get to the 1.5 million apps that the iPhone has? Not likely. But 200 is a good start.