Alexa, Amazon and AI assistant
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News publishers and developers making Alexa skills can now create Flash Briefings in the United Kingdom and Germany. Flash Briefings are different from an Alexa skill to control smart devices or play music — they are pre-recorded audio clip or text-to ...
Amazon wants to give developers the ability to integrate Alexa skills into their education technology services. The Alexa Education Skill API enables students 13 and older to ask Alexa questions about their homework assignments and allows parents to check ...
Amazon has finally taken the wraps off its AI-enhanced version of Alexa, called Alexa Plus. The new version of Alexa is powered by a mixture of LLMs and integrations that reach across news partners and all kinds of apps and ordering services. You’ll be ...
At an Alexa developer event, Amazon revealed some tools that will make it possible for developers to create Alexa routines and suggest them to users. With user permission, they can use the Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit to integrate their devices and services ...
Higher Ed Classroom 2025/6: Listen Technologies Higher Ed Classroom 2025/6: Samsung Higher Ed Classroom 2025/6: Biamp This new API dramatically streamlines the Alexa integration process so developers can tie tools right into an LMS. Now, students can get a ...
Amazon has introduced the Alexa Education Skill API, a new application programming interface that gives developers the ability to integrate Alexa skills into their education technology services. The skills range from K-12 (allowing parents to check in with ...
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is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Amazon’s Alexa devices are ambient computers, not the kind you use all day. When you do ask your ...