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Get upcoming events and control routines with Alexa+
A user says Alexa+ told them about upcoming events, and resetting a device fixed lighting and routine control.
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Use case overview
A user says Alexa+ told them about upcoming events, and resetting a device fixed lighting and routine control.
Reported experience
What they did
The poster had Alexa+ tied into routines they mostly built in Home Assistant, then used natural-language voice requests instead of fixed command phrases. In their example, asking for upcoming events made Alexa+ read out a calendar event with its time and place, and they said it could also infer smart-home actions from requests like heating up a room; in comments, another user said switching back to basic Alexa for about a month and then re-enabling Alexa+ fixed routine and lighting control problems.
How it went
For the poster, Alexa+ handled calendar context and smart-home control better than old Alexa, though they said it was slower and sometimes got alarm times wrong. Other commenters reported mixed results: some said routines and home automation still worked, while others said lighting groups and routines became less reliable.
Worth knowing
The main catch was speed: the poster said Alexa+ takes a few more seconds to carry out commands, and one older Echo Dot was faster than an Echo Show.
Example prompts
Tell me what events I have coming up in the next [number] days and remind me about any that need preparation. Then check that my routine [routine name, e.g. evening lights] works and fix it if a device isn't responding. Tell me what you changed and what, if anything, I need to reset manually.
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