Yeah, it can tell you about the weather, pull up the latest news from various sources (that you select), turn on and off the lights in your house and connect with many smart home devices (locks, garage door openers, and anything you can get to with IFTTT). It can play audio books, read your Kindle books, buy things from Amazon, etc. It can tell you what's on your calendar, it can set reminders, timers, shopping lists, etc.
It's pretty useful all in all.