Change your daily brief
Each member can choose whether they get a brief, when it arrives, and which everyday sections are included.
Each member can choose whether they get a brief, when it arrives, and which everyday sections are included.
Use this when the brief is too early, too noisy, missing useful sections, or should stop for a member.
This is a practical page. It focuses on the controls a normal household member needs, not on how Homie is built.
Start from personal settings on the member's claimed phone. The brief belongs to the person, so change it from the personal surface whenever possible.
- Open personal Homie on your phone.
- Open Settings and find Morning brief.
- Turn the brief on or off.
- Choose a time in the morning using a 24-hour time format.
- Choose whether weather, deals, events, and local news should be included.
- Run a test brief when you want to see what it would say now.
Use these controls when you want to correct Homie, reduce noise, or make the home match how the household actually works.
- Whether the brief is enabled.
- The time the brief should be prepared for the member.
- Weather, deals, events, and local-news sections.
- Connected calendars that should appear in the brief.
- Notification chattiness when supported in settings.
Homie should stay honest about what changed. If an action needs a trusted device, a claimed member, or an approval, it should say so before pretending the work is done.
- It will not send a member brief when the brief is turned off.
- It will not include a calendar that was excluded from brief settings.
- It will not build the brief while vacation mode is on.
- It will not use private mail or calendar content for another member's brief.
A personal brief can include member-specific context, so it belongs on that member's phone or personal channel.
Household context can help a personal brief, but personal brief content should not appear on the shared screen unless the member shares it.
After making an operational change, do one small check. It is the easiest way to catch a wrong member, wrong device, stale link, or missing permission while the context is still fresh.
- Save the brief time and confirm the enabled state still looks right.
- Run a test brief after changing included sections.
- Check calendar include settings if a calendar event is missing.
Check the surface you are using. A dashboard, personal phone, email flow, and voice reply can all show different parts of Homie by design.
- Keep the brief short at first.
- Turn off sections you never act on.
- Use test brief after connecting a new calendar or mail account.
Most Homie issues come from setup, identity, or approval state. Work through these checks before assuming Homie ignored the request.
- Check whether the question belongs on the shared dashboard, personal mobile, mail, or voice.
- Verify the required permission, account, or microphone setting is enabled.
- Use personal mobile for private member content and the shared screen for household content.
Good to know: Most operational changes take effect right away on the home system, but connected accounts and devices may need a refresh or reconnect.
Tips
- Keep the brief short at first.
- Turn off sections you never act on.
- Use test brief after connecting a new calendar or mail account.
- Move my brief to 07:30.
- Include weather but skip local news.
- Run my brief now.