Amazon Alexa Can Now Add Events to Your Outlook Calendar

Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa can now schedule your events on Microsoft's Outlook.com as well as Google Calendar. The update, available as of Wednesday, was made to Alexa's start screen and was first reported by tech news site The Verge. An Amazon (amzn) spokesperson confirmed that the update went live Wednesday. What this means is that users can set Outlook as the default calendar for Alexa and associated devices (such as the Amazon Echo or Echo Dot) using the Alexa app. Once that's done, users can check or add new events via voice commands, such as: "Alexa, what's on my calendar today?" or "Alexa, am I free tomorrow night?"