Amazon today announced that users will now be able to sync their iCloud Calendar information with devices that support Amazon's smart assistant Alexa. With the update, users can ask Alexa what's coming up on their calendar, or issue commands so new appointments are added to the schedule. Anything added from an Amazon device is then synced with iCloud and added to the Calendar app on iOS and macOS devices.

To sync an iCloud account with Alexa, the company said that customers will have to sign in to their Apple account within the settings tab of the Alexa iOS app. Users in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany will gain access to the new update beginning today, representing the current countries where Alexa is available.

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Starting today, you can now link your Apple iCloud Calendar to Alexa. To do this, iCloud Calendar customers can simply link their account in the settings tab in the Alexa app. Once linked, just say, “Alexa, what’s on my calendar today?” or “Alexa, add lunch with Sarah at noon to my calendar.”

iCloud Calendar support has been a top requested feature from Alexa customers, and we’re thrilled to bring this to Alexa devices in US, UK and Germany today.

With the inclusion of Apple's Calendar, Alexa device users now have access to five total calendar services, also including accounts for G Suite, Google/Gmail, Office 365 users with Exchange Online mailboxes, and Outlook.com.

Alexa is available in a variety of hardware devices sold by Amazon, including the Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Look, and new Echo Show, as well as on the Amazon Alexa iOS app [Direct Link].

Tags: Alexa, Amazon

Top Rated Comments

Steve.P.JobsFan Avatar
106 months ago
I welcome this! Now the workaround (publicly sharing your iCloud calendar, getting the link, downloading it as a .ics file, importing it to Google Calendar, and linking Alexa to Google) is no longer needed, I can just link direct to iCloud and I can stop publicly sharing my calendars.

Well done Amazon.
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JRobinsonJr Avatar
106 months ago
While some may balk at this (after all... you're giving Amazon access to your calendar!), I welcome it.

We all expect Apple to announce a similar product at WWDC, but experience tells me that the first version will (1) have limited features, (2) be hamstrung by Siri, and (3) be incredibly expensive. Hopefully they will surprise us all.

In the meantime, Amazon owns this segment... and has every right to. The Echo line is incredibly useful and this will just make it more so.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
DotCom2 Avatar
106 months ago
I'll wait for Apple's speaker that does all of this automatically! :)

I love my Echo device but it's become simply a utility for timers, measurements and weather. Apple with 1st party integration is going to overtake this in my home as we're 100% Apple (AppleTV, MacBook, iPad, iPhone, iMac, HomeKit).
For 50 bucks (and sometimes less) it's certainly not bad though!
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djeeyore25 Avatar
106 months ago
Yay! Now I have to find something to put on my calendar so Alexa can read it back to me.
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jmh600cbr Avatar
106 months ago
Great! I love integration and I love smart speakers.
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
verniesgarden Avatar
106 months ago
it's looking like apple and amazon are starting to work together, if only this meant Alexa taking over siri
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