We are excited to announce the Security Panel Controller API, enabling your customers to control their security systems via Alexa-enabled devices.

Alexaスキルでユーザーのリマインダーを設定、管理できる、リマインダーAPIがこのほど使用できるようになりました。このAPIは、Alexaでサポートされているすべての国・地域で使用できます。

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.

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you start designing visual components to complement your voice-first experience.

Die Idee für den ersten Skill kam unserem neuen Alexa Champion Ralf Eggert gleich ein paar Stunden, nachdem sein erstes Echo-Gerät zuhause in der Wohnung stand.

In today’s resource roundup, I share our top articles from the year on how you can make it easier for customers to find and engage with your Alexa skills. 

In the new Designing for Conversation course, we explain how you can create frictionless voice experiences.

Today, we are happy to announce that some of these changes - the new Mode, Range, and Toggle capability interfaces - are now generally available in the US.

Developers are using in-skill purchasing to deepen engagement with customers and build their voice businesses. Check out our top resources and developer stories for making money with in-skill purchasing.

このほど、Alexa Skills Kit（ASK）コマンドラインインターフェース（CLI）とASK Toolkit for Visual Studio (VS) Codeを使って、Pythonベースのスキルを作成し、デプロイできるようになりました。これにより、新しいスキルを作成する際に、ASK CLIとASK Toolkit for VS CodeからPythonテンプレートにアクセスし、使用するランタイムを選択できるようになるため、簡単にPython Alexaスキル開発を始められます。

Using the Alexa Presentation Language, Steven Arkonovich has created a more engaging voice-first experience and optimized his skill for tens of millions Alexa-enabled devices with screens. Get inspired by his story and learn more about the Alexa Presentation Language.

Designing for context requires thinking through what your users may expect Alexa to remember or notice based on conversational context, and then compensating for those things in your design.

If you’re new to voice design and looking to get started with Alexa skills, here are our top resources from 2018 to help you on your way.

Now with the Alexa Presentation Language (APL), you can build multimodal skills that provide customers with visual queues as they navigate through a voice experience. Follow these design tips as you get started with APL.

After adding in-skill purchasing to his popular sleep sounds skills, Nick Schwab says the customer response has been overwhelmingly positive—up to 30% of customers who are offered his free trial subscription sign up, and more than 90% of free trials convert to paid subscriptions.