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LINE starts suggesting meeting dates from users’ calendars

LINE Yahoo has opened a scheduling agent in Japan that helps friends arrange gatherings inside group chats. Users describe a meeting and receive candidate dates, with assistance preparing availability responses from their own calendars. The agent can suggest individual adjustments when no date suits everyone, while participants decide whether to change their answers. A selected gathering can be added to LINE Calendar.

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Three participant symbols connect to a shared time slot in a phone calendar.

A gathering begins with a chat request

LINE Yahoo, the company behind messaging app LINE, opened its scheduling agent in Japan on October 5. The feature helps friends arrange gatherings in group chats: a user describes the proposed meeting, and the agent suggests a title and possible dates. Users activate the feature through LINE Labs. It belongs to Agent i, the broader AI initiative introduced in April; this launch makes the scheduling tool available.[1], [2]

A request can be narrowed to weekends or dates that do not clash with the organizer’s plans. When checking the date of an event is necessary, the agent can consult web search. These adjustments remain inside the same scheduling conversation.[1]

Calendar assistance follows the participant

Participants can respond to each proposed date as available, uncertain or unavailable. AI assistance uses that person’s LINE Calendar to suggest answers; a connected smartphone calendar can also be considered. LINE Yahoo says the agent consults only the user’s own schedule, without reading other participants’ private calendars.[1]

Participants retain the decision to change

The chat receives a reminder 24 hours before the response deadline. If no date works for everyone, individual participants receive proposed changes and decide whether to revise their answers. Once all replies arrive or the deadline passes, the agent recommends a date. The agreed gathering can then be entered in LINE Calendar.[1]

References

  1. News sourceLINE YahooLINE launches calendar-assisted scheduling agent in Japan↩1↩2↩3↩4
  2. News sourceAI WatchLINE opens its chat-based scheduling agent in Japan↩
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