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I set up<\/span> a digital wall calendar<\/a> at a friend\u2019s house a couple of months ago. Her first question was one I\u2019ve constantly asked myself as I test these devices in my own home: \u201cDoes it have a voice assistant?\u201d<\/p>\n

It feels like the one thing missing from these devices. Digital wall calendars have been on the rise in popularity this year, driven by the popularity of the Skylight Calendar<\/a>. After testing multiple models in my own home, I can see why. These devices take any and all of the digital calendars you already have (Google Calendar, iCalendar, Outlook Calendar\u2014you name it) and put them onto a single device in your home.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s great if you\u2019re like my husband and me, who live by our Google Calendars but don\u2019t want to be tied to our phones when discussing plans. These devices can also double as household management tools with meal planning, chore trackers, to-do lists, photo screen savers that double as a digital photo frame<\/a>, and even financial management for your kids if you go with the Greenlight Family Hub.<\/p>\n

The Greenlight Family Hub has been an interesting device in the world of digital calendars because of how many features it offers. It not only adds financial management, as the company was originally a banking tool for parents and their teens, but family location tracking, which uses the Greenlight app on a family member\u2019s phone to show their location, or a GPS tracker that you can separately purchase for younger children.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s one feature behind the paywall (a $10-a-month membership) that finally satisfies the thing I\u2019ve always wanted: a voice assistant.<\/p>\n

Greenlight\u2019s proprietary voice assistant has been both easy to use and has given smart, thoughtful answers. So why isn\u2019t there a voice assistant in every digital wall calendar? And conversely, why haven\u2019t smart displays<\/a> that do have smart voice assistants gained features like full-page calendars and chore charts?<\/p>\n

Not Just a Calendar<\/h2>\n

Part of what makes Greenlight\u2019s hub different from other digital calendars<\/a> is that the company is using the calendar as a starting point for the offerings it already has. That\u2019s also why it\u2019s called the Family Hub instead of just a calendar like most other devices I\u2019ve tested. Greenlight grew from a banking tool to a way to manage chores and money for kids and teens, and has now become a full family management platform where you can track your family\u2019s calendars, chores, kids\u2019 spending, and even family locations.<\/p>\n

Greenlight says it noticed the lack of voice support among competitors\u2019 offerings and baked that into its hub intentionally. \u201cVoice assistants have been around for over a decade, yet when building the specs for Family Hub, we noticed that voice support was absent in the digital calendar market,” says Sushil Sharma, chief product officer at Greenlight. “Our goal with Hub was to create an all-in-one command center for busy families to engage with technology in a way that feels natural and seamless. By combining a voice assistant feature with a centralized home display, we are able to limit the number of devices families need in their home.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also smart for families with younger children\u2014Sharma pointed out that not all kids can read and type fluently, and voice support makes it more accessible for them and the rest of the family. But it\u2019s also a way people are expecting to interact with their home devices after years of smart speakers and smartphones offering voice support.<\/p>\n

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Greenlight\u2019s assistant reminds me of the modern, AI-powered iterations of Alexa and Google because it\u2019s also powered by AI. Greenlight says its family AI assistant uses frontier large language models with Greenlight\u2019s own proprietary safety tools that it designed with family safety in mind. That means the assistant shouldn\u2019t get into sensitive or inappropriate topics (or accidentally tell your child Santa isn\u2019t real) but will both schedule a timer and answer day-to-day questions. You\u2019ll also see a conversation appear on the right-hand side, reminding me a lot of the Alexa+ experience on an Echo Show device<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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