Clever use of connecting a phone number to an Alexa skill:
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What sets Life Bot apart from Alexa's existing (native) skill set? For example, why set a reminder to buy dog food when you can actually just order the dog food on Amazon using your voice?
@badhairday hey Michael - thanks for your comment. The current Alexa reminders only go off on the Echo device. With Life Bot you can say "Alexa, ask life bot to send me a reminder to pick up the laundry" and you can schedule it for any time and date in the future, and Life Bot will text it to your phone at the right time. The idea is that you're not always near an Alexa device so we've linked your Alexa Life Bot app to your phone.
"A new voice app from a Y Combinator-backed startup called Life Bot wants to make it easier to use Amazon Alexa as a digital assistant, by aiding with your daily routines and learning your personal preferences. At launch, Life Bot’s Alexa app has a handful of tricks up its sleeve. It can find your misplaced phone, for example, by giving it a ring. Or it can text you reminders at a scheduled time. It can even help you meditate or do yoga at your desk."
Excited to see Alexa skills grow and adapt to different use cases 🚀
PS. Life Bot just graduated from Y Combinator's 2017 Summer cohort 📈
@robert_melkonyan Hey Robert - unfortunately right now we have to keep it to Life Bot as you can't change an Alexa skill invocation name once it's certified. I'm sure they'll be ways of doing that though in the future though!
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I'd be interested in knowing what future features the makers of this product have in mind!
Really great integration of Alexa with mobile notifications.
Pros:Makes it easy to find phone and set reminders using Alexa
Cons:None so far