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Starting today, users can now receive family location notifications through their Alexa-enabled devices. Our newly launched skill for Alexa (beta) is among the first to offer opt-in notifications for Alexa, enabling families to ask for real-time updates sharing loved ones\u2019 whereabouts and to receive alerts that family members have arrived or departed designated places like school, work or soccer practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur app makes it incredibly simple to see where your loved ones are and know that they\u2019re safe throughout the day. We\u2019re excited to introduce the Life360 skill with notifications for Alexa so that our users can receive updates about their loved ones\u2019 whereabouts while at home even when their hands are busy with another task or their smartphone is in a different room,\u201d said Alex Haro, co-founder and President of Life360. \u201cThis new integration extends how we deliver peace of mind to the millions of families who rely on our technology to stay connected.\u201d<\/p>\n
You must first enable the Life360 skill for Alexa and opt-in to notifications. Family location alerts delivered through the Life360 app will then also be delivered to Alexa. When there is new information to retrieve, users will be alerted by a chime and a yellow light ring on their Amazon Echo, Echo Dot or Echo Show device. Users can simply ask, \u201cAlexa, what did I miss?\u201d to retrieve Life360 alerts such as \u201cJulie arrived at school,\u201d \u201cJulie left soccer\u201d or \u201cDad left work.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Life360 skill for Alexa can also deliver near real-time family location updates on-demand. When users are at home, they can ask \u201cAlexa, ask Life360 where is my family?\u201d or \u201cAlexa, ask Life360 where is Julie?\u201d Life360 will deliver family members\u2019 location information to Alexa so that users hear a response such as \u201cJulie is at 500 Main Street and Dad is at work.\u201d If a family member is driving at the time of the location request, Life360 will deliver that information to Alexa, as well, so the user hears \u201cJulie is driving and near 640 Park Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n
When users have set up geo-fences, called Places, in the Life360 app around favorite locations like school, work, or soccer practice, the location alert from Life360 will mention that place by the name the user has assigned it. In the absence of a geo-fenced place, Life360 will provide the nearest street address when delivering a location update to Alexa.<\/p>\n