Routine Life

Most reminder apps fire at a time you typed in. Routine works out the moment for you. Tell it once — type it or say it — and Routine reads your calendar, the traffic and the weather to speak up only when it matters: when it’s time to leave, when the road is slow, when a storm is coming, when you’re near the store, when you walk out the door. The rest of the day it stays quiet. THE MOMENTS IT WATCHES FOR Leave by — a 9:00 appointment with an address becomes a leave-by time that moves with traffic and rain, counted down on your Lock Screen. Traffic — when your route is slower than usual it says where (“NY-14 is 12 minutes slow”) and names a quicker road if there is one. Weather alerts — severe and extreme alerts from the issuing agency, in their words, with a link to the full notice. Minor ones stay quiet. At the store — “get milk at Wegmans” waits until you’re actually there. Leaving…