Skills news and trends

With New Update, Alexa Skills Can Now Be Connected
Amazon // July 02, 2019

Amazon has announced skill connections for Alexa, a new function that allows for developers to use features supplied by other services and apps, according to a report by VentureBeat. The new functionality is available in the Alexa Skills Kit in every region that Alexa can...

Alexa Conversations To Get More Natural
Alexa // June 06, 2019

Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data. “This new model helps developers create natural, flexible dialogs within...

All Alexa-Enabled Devices Now Support Announcements Feature
Alexa // May 27, 2019

Amazon, the eCommerce giant based in Seattle, announced last week that its Alexa Announcements feature is now available for all certified Alexa built-in products. In a blog post, the eCommerce giant said that Alexa Announcements enables customers to make and receive one-way announcements to and...

Alexa Now On Call For Senior Care In The US
Artificial Intelligence // May 24, 2019

Before co-founding PrimroseIntel, Jason Gottschalk had never considered himself an entrepreneur. For the last decade, he has worked in the senior care industry, and until a year ago was the executive director at The Village at Rockville, which consists of a 160-bed skilled nursing facility,...

Quick Reads
Amazon Pulls The Plug On Dash Button

August 02, 2019
Amazon’s push-to-order Dash buttons will totally cease Aug. 31, CNET reported  The online giant first discontinued Dash button sales in February but had said it would support product reorders if customer demand was there. But an Amazon spokesperson told CNET on Thursday (Aug. 1) that usage “has significantly slowed.” In its place, Amazon created virtual […]

With New Update, Alexa Skills Can Now Be Connected

July 02, 2019
Amazon has announced skill connections for Alexa, a new function that allows for developers to use features supplied by other services and apps, according to a report by VentureBeat. The...

Alexa Conversations To Get More Natural

June 06, 2019
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of...

All Alexa-Enabled Devices Now Support Announcements Feature

May 27, 2019
Amazon, the eCommerce giant based in Seattle, announced last week that its Alexa Announcements feature is now available for all certified Alexa built-in products. In a blog post, the eCommerce...