Amazon is expanding uses for Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, by making it available on Microsoft Windows 10 laptops. According to news from TechCrunch, Acer’s Spin 3 and Spin 5 line of laptops that come with the Windows 10 operating system have Alexa built in. Additionally, Alexa...
Amazon has launched home security services for Alexa in select areas. According to CNET, the service starts at $575, which includes professional installation. There are no monthly fees. The service is available through the Amazon Home Services umbrella. Most packages include an Echo Dot smart...
Starting on Wednesday (May 16), developers can apply to participate in a preview that allows the use of eight Amazon Polly U.S. English voices for Alexa skills. “This new capability can help you enrich your skill’s experience, making it more engaging for customers,” Amazon executive...
As of 2016, two years after the world first met Alexa, the marketplace for her apps was a very small place. According to reporting in CNET, the market for making Alexa skills was worth a mere $500,000 in 2016 — and the marketplace was populated mainly...
In its efforts to disrupt the healthcare market, Amazon has built a team to focus on making Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant more useful in the healthcare field. According to an internal document obtained by CNBC, the division is called “health & wellness,” includes over a...
Amazon’s Alexa can become a default assistant on Android smartphones, replacing Google Assistant, according to multiple reports Monday (May 7), which credited a Reddit user with noticing the change. Android phone owners who have installed the Alexa app on their devices can press the home...
Amazon announced news on Thursday (May 3) of the availability of in-skill purchasing for Alexa skills in the U.S. While the service was announced back in November of 2017, it was only available to a handful of voice app developers before today. In a blog...
Synchrony, the financial services company, announced news on Wednesday (May 2) that customers can now use voice commands to manage their Amazon.com Store Card. In a press release, Synchrony said it is making this happen via a new skill for Alexa, dubbed the Store Card skill. Via...
Amazon’s Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, is getting a memory, which means she’ll be able to remember information that humans often forget. In a blog post ahead of a keynote talk at the World Wide Web Conference in Lyon, France, Ruhi Sarikaya, director of applied science, Alexa...
