Amazon’s Echo home assistant has quietly added another talent to its PA abilities, with a new update integrating Google Calendar with the cylindrical speaker. The firmware upgrade, which will be automatically pushed out to Echo units in the wild, allows limited voice control over calendar events and scheduling: you can ask the gadget to give a summary of what’s on the agenda for that day, or just request a reminder of the next scheduled event.
For the moment, the only commands supported are relatively passive. You can ask “Alexa, what’s on my calendar tomorrow at 9PM?” or “Alexa, what’s on my calendar Saturday?” but actually adding an appointment isn’t supported.
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