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.
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they said it could also infer smart-home actions from requests like heating up a room
The poster had Alexa+ tied into routines they mostly built in Home Assistant, then used natural-language voice requests instead of fixed command phrases.
For the poster, Alexa+ handled calendar context and smart-home control better than old Alexa
asking for upcoming events made Alexa+ read out a calendar event with its time and place
another user said switching back to basic Alexa for about a month and then re-enabling Alexa+ fixed routine and lighting control problems.
The poster had Alexa+ tied into routines they mostly built in Home Assistant, then used natural-language voice requests instead of fixed command phrases.
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Details
- Agents
- Alexa+
- Source
- Source date
- May 11, 2025
- Accounts
- 1
- In registry since
- Oct 12, 2026