Amazon and Microsoft worked togeather to allow access to each others assistants, they realized each had their strengths and could compliment each other. You can access Alexa by asking "Hey Cortana open Alexa", then start speaking to Alexa. I find this surprisingly helpful and fun. While testing water I am sitting at my computer desk (near my tank). If I need to stir a reagent for 1 minute, I add it and say "Hey Cortana set a timer for one minute". I've been doing that for a while. Now when I am done I can speak it into fusion this way also, just step into Alexa. The computer is close enough to the tank that I don't need a new echo device or have my phone near by.