Developer Console

Alexa for Video Publishers

Voice-enable your app and give customers hands-free control on more than 100 million devices.

Integrating Alexa with your app

Alexa for Video Publishers lets you build experiences for customers to easily find, consume, and control your app’s video content using just their voice.

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Why Alexa Video Skills

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Increase discoverability

Get discovered when customers search for genres or specific shows and movies.

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Improve launch speed

Let customers skip the manual typing and launch them directly into content from the home screen.

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Give customers control

Users can pause, play, rewind, fast-forward, and even switch between live TV channels - no remote needed.

The Video Skills Kit (VSK)

VSK lets customers use natural language commands to both find your content and control playback within.  
Note - This feature requires Catalog Integration prior to building.

Other integrations

Choose the integration option based on your desired customer experience and development effort.

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The Media Session API

Let customers control playback via voice with commands like play, rewind, and pause.
Learn more

Selection and Scrolling

In-app voice selection and scrolling

Let customers scroll right, left, up, and down via voice instead of the remote control. Learn more

Developers around the world are adding Alexa to their apps

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Success story - Red Bull TV

Red Bull TV shares their experience integrating voice features with their Fire TV app.
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Success story - waipu.tv

waipu.tv shares how voice controls & live tv drove additional success. 
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