Alexa not announcing calendar events

Alexa not announcing calendar events.md

Goal

Have my echo automatically tell me about a given calendar’s events when its time comes (and any remind-me-X-before reminders that they have attached to them if possible).

Example: Say I have a Big Important Meeting at 1pm with a remind-me-notification 5 minutes before set.

1. At 12:55 I want to hear something like “Dan, Big Important Meeting is in five minutes”
2. At 1.00I want to hear something like “Dan, Big Important Meeting started”

Problem

1. ✅ Alexa App ➜ More ➜ Settings ➜ Calendar ➜ Add Account (w/ “Calendar notifications” on)
2. Verify everything is configured correctly:
   1. ✅ Alexa App ➜ Calendar has the right events
   2. ✅ Echo lists the right stuff when asking for my next event
3. ❌ Alexa never does the verbal notification (nor a visual one FTM)
   1. the event itself
   2. any remind me X before that are set on the event

Have tried

1. unlinking and relinking the account
   • multiple times, especially after big things like factory reset and updgrade
2. Alexa app update (iPhone)
3. factory reset of echo
4. software update on echo
5. verified custom routine vocalizes ok
6. verified announcements vocalize ok
7. verified timezone on echo, phone, and calendar matched
   • also evidenced by the echo seeing events as future, in progress, and in the past correctly
8. toggling the calendar’s notification off and on in:
   1. Alexa App ➜ More ➜ Settings ➜ Calendar ➜ calendar notifications
   2. Echo ➜ Swipe down ➜ Settings ➜ Calendar ➜ calendar notifications
9. unplug device and wait for 30 seconds then plug back in
10. Verified that Echo ➜ Swipe down ➜ Settings ➜ Sounds ➜ Notifications is “Default’ and the only other options is “None”
11. Verified that Echo ➜ Swipe down ➜ Settings ➜ Do Not Disturb is off
12. Verified “drop in” works from Alexa app and Echo and other devices