Hear from Alexa Champion Steven Arkonovich about how he used sonic branding and “earcons” to help his skill, Big Sky, stand out.

You've done it! Together, the Alexa skill builder community has now published more than 100,000 Alexa skills. We’re thrilled to celebrate this milestone with you and want to thank you for making this possible.

Earlier this month, voicebot.ai announced their Top 44 Leaders in Voice 2019. Join us in congratulating all the leaders in voice. Thanks to their innovation, dedication, and hard work, voice continues to grow as a leading technology in the world of user interfaces.

When Amazon announced the Alexa Skills Challenge: Multimodal, Cameron Sheedy saw an opportunity to develop a rich multimodal user experience he could be really proud of. Read the story in this blog post.

Read the blog to learn how Ursu created Fork On The Road, an engaging multimodal skill that helps users choose between multiple options by combining an engaging voice-first experience with three-dimensional graphics.

Starting today, you can access more than 2,500 new sound clips on the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) Sound Library to build rich and engaging skill experiences that delight your customers.

After months of hard work from Alexa developers around the world, the Alexa Skill Challenge: Multimodal has concluded. We are excited to annouce the grand prize winner and the bonus prize winners!

We want to thank everyone who participated in the Alexa Skills Challenge: Multimodal. It's been incredible to see you learning APL so quickly and with passion, and help each other during the process. After reviewing hundreds of submissions, we are excited to announce the 10 finalist skills.

After reviewing hundreds of submissions, we are excited to share the 10 finalists of the Alexa Skills Challenge: Multimodal.

Today, we are excited to announce the Baby Activity Skill API, a new skill type that enables you to build Alexa skills that help customers keep track of baby activities simply by asking Alexa.

We are excited to announce that you can now add location services to your Alexa skills to provide customers with real-time responses based on their location.

We are excited to announce the availability of the ProactiveEvents API. With the API, you can enable your Alexa skills to send notifications to customers who have granted permissions.

We’re thrilled to announce the Alexa Skills Challenge: Multimodal with Devpost, an opportunity for you to build an Alexa multimodal skill using the Alexa Presentation Language (APL) and compete for cash prizes and Amazon devices.

We are excited to let you know that the Alexa Presentation Language skill certification starts today.

Today we are excited to announce the Reminders API, which you can use to enable your Alexa skills to set and manage reminders for your customers. The new API is available to developers in all locales supported by Alexa.