Use your family calendar to find workout time
A parent asked Alexa+ to fit in a workout, and it used the family calendar to spot an open slot and a forgotten coffee meeting.
- What they did
- Amanda Caswell tried Alexa+ on an Echo Show 21 at home and asked it when she could squeeze in exercise. Instead of inventing a time, it looked through the calendar, noticed her child’s soccer game, and surfaced a coffee catch-up she had meant to move. It then used those events to suggest a better time window.
- How it went
- The suggestion was tied to the actual schedule, and it also caught the overlooked coffee plan. In the same test period, Alexa+ sometimes got details wrong, including a restaurant’s hours, and occasionally needed the question repeated.
- Tips
- For anything time-sensitive, verify the answer before acting on it. Use it to spot conflicts and forgotten commitments, but keep control of any changes until you approve them.
Try it yourself with Alexa+
Check my calendar for the next [number] days and look for [number] workout windows of about [duration] each. Avoid fixed commitments like [school drop-off, meals, meetings], and flag any events that seem to need rescheduling or that I may have forgotten. Show me the proposed plan first, and do not change, send, delete, or book anything until I approve it.
Fill in the [brackets]. Agents can make mistakes, so review anything before it is sent, paid or deleted.
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