Alexa Skills Kit > What's New
Australian and New Zealand brands share their experience about building for voice with Alexa Skills
Announcing Motion and Sensing APIs
31 New Features Unlock More Natural and Immersive Alexa Experiences
Seamlessly Connect Alexa Skills to Mobile Apps
Alexa Developer Rewards now available in Australia / New Zealand
Release Roundup
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Alexa Developer Forum [global]
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Hear from developers and brands building for Alexa.
Start building quickly with our video tutorials. From ideation, to brainstorming concepts, to using situational design to map out the voice interaction, building engagement through sounds, through to creating a voice experience using the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK), learn by watching these on-demand videos.
| Date | Name | Summary | Locale | Links | Type |
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| 10/21/2020 | Select Built-in Intent | Lets users indicate that they want to select a particular item, such as an item on a list | All | Documentation | Beta |
| 9/24/2020 | Motion & Sensing APIs | Build motion-capable Alexa skills for the all-new Echo Show 10 | All | GA | |
7/22/2020 |
Alexa Conversations |
Create Alexa skills that feel more natural with fewer lines of code |
US |
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Beta |
7/22/2020 |
Quick Links for Alexa |
Customers can launch your skills by clicking a link from your mobile app, website, or online ads |
US, es-US |
Beta |
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7/22/2020 |
Skill Resumption |
Allow customers to easily return to your skill after using Alexa accomplish another task |
US |
Preview |
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7/22/2020 |
ASK SDK Controls framework |
The new Controls Framework makes it easier and faster to code manage multi-turn skills |
All |
Beta |
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AWS Promotional Credits
You can build and host most Alexa skills for free using Amazon Web Services (AWS) promotional credits.
