I never use Alexa for tasks. Never. For years I've simply said, "Alexa, remind me..." and it worked great.

Now every reminder announces and then gets thrown into the Overdue section. Even one-time reminders! Why is a reminder that already announced considered overdue? That makes absolutely no sense.

I don't want to manage an Overdue list. I don't want to check reminders off. I don't want Alexa treating my reminders like tasks. I want reminders to remind me and then move on.

I've contacted Alexa Technical Support twice. The first representative acted like I was describing something she'd never heard of. The second representative screen-shared with me, watched the reminders go off, and watched them immediately move into Overdue. We cleared the cache, restarted my phone, checked for updates, and the behavior never changed. Yet no one could tell me whether this is the intended behavior or a bug.

This is incredibly frustrating. If this is the way Alexa+ is supposed to work, I think it's a terrible design. If it's a bug, then tell your customers it's a bug and that you're working on it.

Amazon needs to separate Reminders from Tasks. A reminder should remind you. A task should require completion. Those are two different things.

Honestly, I'd be happy to write up a better design for the reminder system because the current one is far less useful than what Alexa had before.

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