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.

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.