Alexa now supports voice interactions in Hindi in addition to other supported languages. Starting early October, we will support US Spanish and enable Multilingual Mode, which allows Alexa to switch between two languages.

Today we are excited to announce that Alexa Presentation Language (APL) is generally available.

We are excited to announce that the Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) is now generally available.

Con mucho entusiasmo anunciamos que en las proximas semanas, las skills en Español con el modelo de lenguaje: Spanish (US) o Español para los Estados Unidos, pueden ser publicadas en la tienda de Skills con compras dentro de las skill (ISP) y Recompensas Para Desarolladores. 

We’re excited to announce that you are now able to publish Spanish skills in the US and start making money with in-skill purchasing (ISP) and Alexa Developer Rewards.

With in-skill purchasing, you can build a business on Alexa and make money with your skills. The first step in creating a premium experience is to find a reasonable use case, that brings value to your customers. In this blog post, we have summarized some inspirational use cases for you.

Heizung und Klimaanlage werden mit Informationen aus dem Internet immer smarter. In diesem Blogartikel erzählen die Entwickler der Firma tado°, wie sie mit Hilfe ihres Alexa Skills eine komfortable Smart Home-Steuerung für ihre Kunden anbieten.

何度でも使いたくなるような魅力あふれるAlexaスキル開発の場をご提供することを目的に開催されたAlexa Developer スキルアワード2019の受賞者を発表いたします。日本での開発者向けコンテストとして２回目の今回は、応募作品がスキルストアに公開されていることが条件となり、昨年と比べて応募のハードルが上がりましたが、5月9日～8月25日の応募期間内に100件を超えるご応募をいただきました。スキルを開発いただいた全ての開発者の皆様に、心から感謝いたします。

Today, Amazon announced version 2.0 of the Alexa Auto SDK, which now includes a full-suite of offline, in addition to online, functionality for accessing Alexa in the car, including: music and radio, search and navigation, calling and messaging, and car control.

When a developer wants to link the Alexa back end to an external back end that requires authentication, account linking provides a secure way to do that. However, some skill types require the user to mutually link accounts so that skills can send proactive updates to the Alexa back end. Learn how.

If you are at IFA in Berlin, we encourage you to stop by the Amazon Alexa exhibit (Stand 201 in Hall 26) where we will showcase new products and solutions for developers.

As voice interfaces become mainstream entertainment and productivity tools, they will help facilitate the interaction between vehicle and driver from manual to autonomous experiences.

Ilarna Nche is only 23 years old but already created 30 skills and runs her own voice business, Adassa Innovations.

SMAPI and CLI error responses are now more detailed and more actionable for failed operations performed in skill development.

Newly added support for Express.js in the Node.js SDK and Jinja support in the Python SDK now make it easier to build and integrate skills.