We are excited to accelerate Alexa momentum today by opening up the Alexa Voice Service to all third-party device makers building products for customers in Australia and New Zealand. This launch follows up on the November 2017 release of the Alexa Skills Kit for these regions.

Amazon is happy to announce that Alexa, the brain behind Amazon Echo and other third-party Alexa-enabled devices, is coming to Ireland. Starting today, Irish customers can purchase Amazon Echo, Echo Plus and Echo Dot from Amazon.co.uk.

At CES 2018, we saw your hard work come to life, bringing Alexa to new categories and enabling voice control on additional products. Innovators shared plans to add Alexa to PCs, cars, headphones, and more. Check out the recap to get inspired, then start building your voice-first creation.

Today, we the launch the first single system-on-chip (SoC) development kits for the Alexa Voice Service (AVS). These new System Development Kits for AVS are ideal for OEMs and ODMs looking for a complete system SoC solution, including the audio front end (AFE) to build Alexa-enabled products.

We’re excited to announce the Alexa Mobile Accessory Kit, a new way to bring Alexa to portable, on-the-go devices such as hearables, headphones, smart watches, fitness devices, and more. The kit enables OEMs to add Alexa to their Bluetooth-capable devices with minimal integration effort.

Today, we launch the Amazon Alexa Premium Far-Field Voice Development Kit, a new Amazon-developed reference solution for AVS that makes it easier for OEMs to build Alexa-enabled products with premium far-field performance. 

We're excited to introduce a new series of guides to help you build a voice-forward product that customers will love. These new resources can help you navigate some areas where developers have asked for more help.

The Amazon Alexa team hosted several hands-on workshops at AWS re:Invent and Embedded Systems Conference 2017. We wanted to make sure attendees, and those who couldn't make it, had the opportunity to run through the sessions with these take-home tutorials.

Come meet the Amazon Alexa team at CES 2018. We have planned several panel and workshop sessions, as well as offline activations just outside the LVCC. All of this in addition to exciting new announcements from brands building magical voice experiences with Alexa technology.

Earlier this year, GE announced its new Alexa-enabled lamp, the Sol, with built-in Alexa Voice Service. Recently, we spoke with Tom Stimac, GE Lighting's chief technical manager, to learn how voice and Alexa have impacted GE's product roadmap.

Introducing Alexa Voice Service Solution Providers – Systems Integrators and Original Design Manufacturers that enable device makers to leverage complete designs that are pre-integrated with the technologies needed for a hands-free Alexa experience.

We are excited to announce a new competition that invites makers to create the smart home gadgets of the future. We’ve teamed up with Arduino, the world’s leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem, and Hackster.io to bring you the Alexa and Arduino Smart Home Challenge.

We are excited to announce Code-Based Linking, a new authorization method that allows customers to easily link their Amazon account with an Alexa-enabled product.

Amazon is happy to announce that Alexa, the brain that powers Amazon Echo, is coming to Canada, along with three Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, and Echo Dot.

私たちは11月8日に Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus と Alexa を日本で提供開始すると発表しました。続いて本日、ウェブベースのシミュレーター Echosim.io (通称：エコシム) が日本語のスキル開発のために使えるようになったことを発表します。

Echosim.io を通じて Alexa を体験する

iQuarius Media 社が提供する Echosim.io は、ブラウザ上で動作するため、誰でも、どこからでもアクセスして Alexa スキルをテストすることができます。つまり、Echosim.io があれば、スキルをテストするのに Alexa 対応デバイスを用意する必要はなくなります。

Echosim.io は Alexa Voice Service (AVS) と JavaScript のアニメーションを使用して実装されています。世界中の開発者は、Echosim.ioで、英語（米国、カナダ、英国、インド）、ドイツ語、そして日本語のスキルを体験することができます。

スキルをテストするには、Echosim.io にアクセスし、Amazon 開発者アカウントでログインして、使いたい言語を選んでください。マイクのボタンを長押しし、選んだ言語のスキルの呼び出しフレーズを話してください。まだスキルを開発していない場合でも、Amazon のアカウントで Echosim.io にログインし、体験することもできます。例えば、「アレクサ、今日の天気を教えて」と話しかけて、マイクのボタンを離すと、Echosim.io があなたの音声リクエストを処理し、答えてくれます。ぜひ試してみてください。

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