Our daughter has a smaller one. It helps a lot for her to see answers to questions as well as hear them. There's a version of voice view for you to use the screen if you wish, and you can use the camera both to ask alexa what things are with a pretty poor form of object recognition and to video call others who have compatible shows or have set up the alexa app. You might also be able to use the camera in routines, I haven't looked to see what hers offers in that area.