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.

With zero coding experience, John Gillilan never expected to find life-changing success building Alexa skills. Learn more about this avid Alexa user became an Alexa Champion and learned to build award-winning Alexa skills.

If you’re unable to attend AWS re:Invent in person, you can join us from your home or office to watch Alexa livestreams from the event. Learn more and check out our full Twitch schedule.

Ab heute können auch EntwicklerInnen in Deutschland und Österreich den FallbackIntent nutzen. Der AMAZON.FallbackIntent ist Teil der Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) Standardfunktionen und hilft dabei auf unerwarteten Anfragen geschickt zu antworten.

Starting today, developers can start creating and deploying Python-based skills using the Alexa Skills Kit Command-Line Interface and the ASK Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

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

本日からAlexa Presentation Languageを使用したスキルの認定が始まりました。

We are excited to announce the new Works with Alexa (WWA) console (beta), which provides a streamlined experience to help you achieve WWA certification for your smart devices.

Eigentlich hat sich Alexander Martin seinen ersten Amazon Echo nur zum Spaß gekauft. Doch es dauerte nicht lange und der Entwickler hatte schnell seinen ersten eigenen Skill umgesetzt

今回は初めてのAPLということで、まずは簡単にお手持ちのスキルにAPLを使った画面表示を加える方法をご紹介します。 APLによる画面デザインはゼロから作成することもできますが、今回はスキルビルダーで用意しているサンプルを利用します。

You can apply for a preview that lets you build, edit, and publish a skill without leaving the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) developer console.

Whether you’re attending AWS re:Invent in person or following re:Invent activities from home, here’s a short insider’s guide to help you get the most out of Alexa.

In the new Designing for Conversation course, we explain why scripting is a valuable step when designing any voice experience.

Now Alexa can automatically re-prompt your users who provide unacceptable slot values in delegated dialogs.

In this technical post, I build upon the coffee shop skill and share how you can simplify dialog management with the new slot validations feature.