Alexa gets smarter about calendar appointments

As digital assistants improve, we're learning new things to expect from them, but the tasks that a real-life assistant may have handled before can still be a bit of a challenge to home assistants. Amazon's Alexa voice assistant is gaining functionality to help it get smarter about working with your calendar. The new abilities will let users move appointments around and schedule meetings based on other people's availability. If you've been shared on someone's calendar availability, Alexa will be able to suggest times that work for both of you. Just say, "Alexa schedule a meeting with [name]" and Amazon's assistant will search through your schedule for a good time, suggesting up to two time slots that could work.