How to Add Events to Google Calendar with Amazon Echo

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Probably one of the most popular options for keeping a calendar, with Amazon Echo, you can check your schedule, or more importantly, you can also add events.

Step 1

The first step is to connect your Google Calendar to the Amazon Echo. Open your Amazon Echo account (you can do this through the mobile or tablet app, or by signing in to your account in a browser) and go to Settings> Calendar> Link to Google Calendar .

Make sure you're signed in to the Google account that has the calendar you want to link to Alexa. Google will ask you to grant Amazon access to your Google Calendar.

Once done, go back to your Amazon Echo account. If you have multiple calendars in your Google account, you can selectively choose which one you want to use through Amazon Echo.

There doesn't seem to be a way to use voice commands to choose which calendar to add events to, but you can select which calendar to use from a dropdown in the app. Because of this quirk, it's probably best to use a calendar with the Amazon Echo.

For households with multiple accounts on the Amazon Echo, each can link to their own personal Google calendars.

Step 2

Now that you have Alexa connected to your Google Calendar, you can use the following voice commands to add events to your calendar:

• Add [Dinner with Chris] to my calendar on [Saturday] at [7pm]
• Add an event to my calendar (This will lead to Alexa asking you to provide the event location, date, time, and name one by one. However, please note that if you make a mistake in this process, you will have to start all over again.)

You can also check what's on your agenda in general, or for a specific day or time. Examples of commands you can use include:

• What's on my calendar? (Alexa will reply with the first four upcoming events and ask if you want to hear more.)
• What's on my calendar [today at 3 pm]?
• What's on my calendar on [Saturday]?

Have you linked your echo to your Google calendar? What else do you use the Amazon Echo for? Let us know in the comments.