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Put your phone to sleep the proper way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Plus: My calendar event creator, a slew of Sonos news, and laptop charger deals<\/h3>\n\n\n
Jared Newman<\/span><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>September 8, 2026<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hey there! I\u2019m Jared Newman, a longtime tech journalist, and this is Advisorator, my weekly tech advice newsletter.<\/em> Did someone share this newsletter with you? Sign up<\/a> to get it every Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Calendar Event Creator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Surely I’m not the only one who finds calendar event creation to be overly tedious. Instead of fiddling with time boxes and text fields in Google Calendar, I’ve always wanted to just type all the details on a single line, click a button, and be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here’s a little tool I made<\/a> with Claude for doing that. Type in a phrase like “Pool party at Tyler’s from 1 to 4 on Sunday, 123 Fairview Lane, bring a fruit salad,” and it’ll automatically fill out the date, time, location, and notes fields. (I’m also working on a way to upload printed invitations and screenshots, but the results are still too inconsistent to share.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once the details are in place, use the “Add to Google” or “Add to Outlook” buttons to send the info to a new event page in either app, with all the fields filled out. Alternatively, use the “Add to iCloud” or “Get calendar file” buttons to generate an .ICS file, which will add the event to your device’s default calendar app when you open it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Calendar Event Creator is completely free to use, and all the event processing happens offline, in your web browser. I don’t collect any information about what you type in or how you use the site. If you’d rather maintain your own copy, just download the HTML file, modify as you wish, and run it directly from your computer or your own website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check it out \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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News in brief<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A slew of Sonos news:<\/strong> Sonos is still trying to atone for a disastrous 2024 app redesign that drove away customers and sent its CEO packing<\/a>. Last week, the company announced that it’s once again overhauling its app<\/a> with a simpler design and some new automation features, including Siri integration and hooks into various AI tools. Sonos is also debuting a new AI assistant that’s supposed to be better at handling natural language requests on speakers with voice control. A new Beam Ultra soundbar and Ace Ultra headphones<\/a> are coming as well, with the latter letting users pass music back and forth with its speakers. This all comes with a bunch of rebranding, including the name “Sonos 27” for the software and “Sonos Fabric” for multi-room and multi-speaker connectivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started investing in some Sonos gear several years ago (Beam soundbar in the living room, Move speaker in the kitchen, Roam speaker for travel) but backed off as the company lost its way. I’ve also just found it easier to control those speakers via Apple’s AirPlay system<\/a> and have been intrigued by rival Bose’s approach of leaning into AirPlay and Chromecast while not having an app at all<\/a>. The one thing Sonos could do to pull me back in would be to let me play music from my Plex server<\/a> with voice control, but it seems all the fancy new AI still doesn’t make that possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More notable news and reads:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n