2018 has been a big year for Alexa, and as we look back we are humbled and inspired by what our Alexa developer community has done to make Alexa smarter, more useful, more fun, and more engaging for customers.

Today, Amazon announced the general availability of the Alexa Mobile Accessory (AMA) Kit. The AMA protocol is the key technology that powers on-the-go Alexa experiences on headphones, headsets, and other Bluetooth devices. 

Introducing the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) Hosted Splash screen to create a better and more consistent Alexa registration experience for devices with Alexa built-in.

Amazon today announced that Alexa, the brain that powers the Echo family of devices, is coming to Mexico, along with Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, and Echo Spot.

Following our recent launches in France, Italy, and Spain, Amazon Alexa is excited to announce that we are further expanding the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) capability bringing Spanish language Alexa experiences to customers in Mexico.

Original Design Manufacturers Calix and Gemtek, two smart home connectivity solutions with Alexa built-in, have recently been added to our qualified white-box designs for AVS. This enables device makers to leverage complete designs that are pre-integrated with technologies needed to enable Alexa.

We’re excited to announce that device makers building with the Alexa Voice Service can create fully integrated solutions, so their products can be registered with Alexa for Business and managed as shared devices in organizations. 

We’re excited to share that we’re launching updates to the Alexa Voice Service that make it possible for device makers to bring localized Alexa experiences to customers in Italy and Spain. 

Amazon today announced that Alexa, the brain that powers the Echo family of devices, is coming to Italy, along with Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Sub and Echo Spot, and Amazon Smart Plug.

Amazon today announced that Alexa, the brain that powers the Echo family of devices, is coming to amazon.es, along with Alexa-enabled devices: Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Sub and Echo Spot, and Amazon Smart Plug.

Today, we’re excited to announce that developers can start building voice experiences, called “skills,” for French Canadian customers using the Alexa Skills Kit with the Canadian French voice model.

The HiSilicon STB Push-to-Talk Development Kit for Amazon AVS enables STB device makers and TV operators to create new device designs with Alexa built-in and retrofit deployed STBs to support Alexa.

お客様はAlexaを通じてデバイスで音楽を聞くことを好みます。多くの場合、お客様は話しかけたデバイスと同一デバイスで音楽が再生されるようにAlexaに話しかけます。また、お客様は別の場所、もしくは同じ空間内にある別のデバイスで同時に音楽を再生させたいとも考えています。

Introducing the Alexa Smart Screen and TV Device SDK and dev kit. The solutions enable device makers to create voice-forward, screen-based products with rich visual experiences.

When we announced Alexa Multi-Room Music (MRM) for Echo devices last year, we introduced a developer preview for third-party device makers to enable them to create similar Alexa MRM experiences for their products. Today, we make the development tools generally available to all device makers.