A smart medication container for providing an automatic, audible playback of recorded and timing information each time it is opened. The smart medication container includes a container base which is an open top container portion and a smart cap connected to the container base through a flexible cord and movable between an open position and closed position. The smart cap includes a sensor for determining when it is removed from the closed position and an audio playback system that plays a prerecorded dosing message and a generated time since last opening message when the smart cap is moved to the open position. The prerecorded dosing message may be stored on a removable storage media so as to allow it to be added, updated or changed by simply providing such a storage media.