Controlling via Alice

Alice can add or delete events, tell you about today's meetings, and manage your to-do list.

These features are available in the Home with Alice and Yandex with Alice apps, in chat with Alice, and on other Yandex platforms and smart devices with Alice. For more information, see Yandex Stations Help.

Getting started

Choose a default calendar, where Alice will add your events. You can only have one default calendar. Besides the default calendar, you can add others. Alice will be able to access meeting details from these calendars and tell you about them when you ask.

Setting up the default calendar

This is the calendar where Alice will add meetings. By default, it's the "Alice" calendar. If you have multiple calendars, you can set another one as the default.

  1. In the Home with Alice app, tap in the top right corner.

  2. Select Virtual assistant → Calendar → Default calendar.

  3. Select a calendar:

Setting up additional calendars

Such calendars are view-only for Alice. This means she won't be able to add meetings to them, but she'll be able to tell you about those that are already there.

  1. In the Home with Alice app, tap in the top right corner.
  2. Select Virtual assistant → Calendar → Yandex Calendar.
  3. Select the calendars you need.

Using calendars

For more information on how to interact with Alice and a list of essential commands, see Yandex Stations Help.

Scheduling or canceling a meeting

Tell Alice the date, time, name, and duration of the meeting. For example: "Schedule a workout for tomorrow at 9:00 for 40 minutes".

You can also add a recurring event, such as: "Schedule a workout at 9:00 for 40 minutes on Saturdays".

Checking your schedule

Alice knows your schedule and can tell you about the meetings planned for today, tomorrow, or this week. For example, you can ask her: "What meetings do I have today?" Alice will tell you about the meetings in all the calendars she can access.

Adding a task to a to-do list

You can also ask Alice to add an item to your to-do list or delete a task:

  • "Alice, add grocery shopping to the to-do list"
  • "Alice, delete going to the airport from the to-do list"
  • "Alice, what tasks do I have on my to-do list?"

FAQ

Check the Yandex Stations Help.

Disabling Alice

If you don't want Alice to add events to your calendar:

  1. Tap the icon in the top right corner.
  2. Select Virtual assistant → Calendar → Default calendar.
  3. Disable the option Allow adding events.
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