Alexa Skills
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Now Anyone Can Create Their Own Personalized Alexa Skill in Just Minutes
SEATTLE, Nov. 15, 2018 /CNW/ – Amazon today introduced Alexa Skill Blueprints, a new way to create your own personalized skills and responses for Alexa. Customers in Canada can now choose from a set of more than 35 easy-to-use templates to create customized experiences for Alexa in minutes just by filling in the blanks – no coding required. Whether it’s your own answer to…
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Alexa Apologizes to Residents of Rejected HQ2 Cities
We have the trophies in the trophy cases in Pittsburgh to show we are winners, but to Amazon we aren’t. Thanks to the McGarrah Jessee Ad Agency, we can have Alexa apologise to us for the Amazon HQ2 not being built here. Not one of our Pittsburgh followers or have an Alexa? Check HERE for your cities appology. …
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Alexa is Now Even Smarter–New Features Help Make Everyday Life More Convenient, Safe, and Entertaining
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep. 20, 2018– (NASDAQ: AMZN)–Alongside a new lineup of Echo devices, Amazon today introduced new Alexa features that help make life even more convenient, safe, and entertaining. New capabilities include entertainment features like left-right stereo pairing, TIDAL, and Amazon Music New Release Notifications; productivity features like email management, step-by-step cooking, and location-based Routines; smart home and home monitoring features like Alexa Guard,…
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Riva Audio Integrates Alexa Into Its New Voice Series; New CONCERT and STADIUM Wireless Smart Speakers Debut at IFA 2018
When you spend a lifetime designing the sound and producing the live music for some of the greatest musicians and rock bands ever to play, you gather technical and audio knowledge impossible to find in any university. There is no substitute for that kind of hard-earned expertise. That’s the backdrop of RIVA Audio’s new Voice Series: RIVA CONCERT ($199) and…
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Now Anyone Can Create Their Own Personalized Alexa Skill in Just Minutes
SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 19, 2018— (NASDAQ:AMZN)–Amazon today introduced Alexa Skill Blueprints, a new way to create your own personalized skills and responses for Alexa. Using a set of easy-to-use templates anyone can create customized experiences for Alexa within minutes just by filling in the blanks. Whether it’s your own answer to the question “Alexa, who is the best mom in the…
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Kia Motors America Introduces UVO Skill For Amazon Alexa To Enable Voice Controls
IRVINE, Calif., April 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Owners of certain Kias can now control a number of vehicle functions —such as start and stop the engine and heat or cool their cars, depending on model and model year—using simple voice commands from the comfort of their home.2 Called UVO Skill, the system also allows owners to lock doors, sound the horn and flash…
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Red Roof® Introduces Innovative Alexa Skills Technology
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Capitalizing on continued evolution in the consumer-facing technology space, Red Roof is paving the way for hoteliers to connect directly with consumers at home through Amazon’s Alexa Skills platform. Setting the industry standard, a dynamic Red Roof skill for Amazon Alexa now gives travelers the power to ask Alexa Red Roof-specific questions to assist in making travel…
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The Knot Launches Alexa Skills To Help Couples Plan Their Weddings Anytime, Anywhere
NEW YORK, Feb. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Knot—the leading digital wedding brand—announced today that in addition to its number one wedding planning website and app on iOS and Android, couples can now plan their weddings without even picking up their mobile device. The Knot Flash Briefing and The Knot Wedding Planner Alexa Skills are now live for couples to immediately receive personalized updates on their wedding…
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Nanit, the First Smart Baby Monitor to Use Computer Vision to Measure Sleep Just Got Smarter with the Release of Personalized Sleep Tips™ and Alexa Skills Integration
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Nanit, the first smart baby monitor to use computer vision technology to measure sleep and parental visits, today announced the debut of Sleep Tips™, a first-of-its-kind capability that provides parents with personalized, scientifically-backed coaching tips on how to help their baby sleep better. To accompany this new feature, Nanit also announced the launch of an Amazon voice…
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JAM Audio: JAM Voice
The first non-Amazon speaker to utilize Alexa Voice Services Wifi and Bluetooth speaker uses Alexa Voice Service technology to answer a myriad of questions and everyday tasks Users can teach “skills” to the speaker such as asking Uber for a ride using only voice commands Create and update shopping list for maximum convenience Use the embedded microphone to make and…
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