Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future beyond apps — and it had the idea basically right. But the perfect ambient computer remains frustratingly far away. Ten years ago, Amazon imagined a future ...

Amazon Alexa has become a common part of everyday life, but it can do more than answer questions and play music. Here are ...

Alexa hasn’t worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an ...

Amazon is ending its developer reward program after June 30th, 2024. Amazon is ending its developer reward program after June 30th, 2024. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, ...

In another sign that Amazon is changing course with Alexa, the company has warned developers that it will soon stop paying them to build Alexa skills. As spotted by Bloomberg, Amazon posted a notice ...

Amazon to End Program That Pays Developers to Create Alexa Skills The program, which dates back to 2017, offers free AWS credits and monthly checks to Amazon app developers with popular Alexa Skills.

Mayo Clinic has added a skill set to Amazon's Alexa home devices such as the Echo and Echo Dot called "Answers on COVID-19," which offers users the latest information about symptoms, prevention and ...

The number of Amazon Alexa skills in the U.S. more than doubled in a year, according to a new report by Voicebot. The number of Alexa skills in the U.S. increased from 26,000 at the beginning of 2018 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joan Verdon is a veteran retail reporter based in Northern New Jersey. Alexa+ , Amazon's next generation personal assistant, is ...

That international Alexa device may look like a great deal, but it could be hiding some unseen costs. Here's what you need to ...

Amazon shared an impressive vision of an “agentic” future on Wednesday — one in which the company’s improved Alexa, Alexa+, handles countless mundane tasks, from booking restaurants to finding ...