Alexa Skills Kit > Get Deeper > Response APIs > Alexa for Apps
Add Alexa for Apps (preview) to a custom skill to let mobile customers use their voice to quickly search, view more information, and access any functionality in your app.
Quickly begin searches with voice. Transition to a mobile app or website to browse, select, and/or complete a task.
View additional complex information best displayed on screen. Show an interactive map, view order details, and more!
Trigger any functionality in your app that is deep link enabled. Start a workout, begin a recording, or change settings... the possibilities are endless!
TikTok created a first-of-its-kind experience for their platform with Alexa, offering voice-activated search and navigation in the app powered by Alexa. Mobile users can ask Alexa to search for videos, find music, and start a recording!
The Twitter skill now allows customers to consume tweets in the app, just by asking Alexa. Mobile users can also compose a tweet by voice and search content in the app!
Local search is what they do at the Real Yellow Pages. With Alexa for Apps, Thryv was able to easily launch their first Alexa skill to connect voice searches to the Yellow Pages app.
Alexa for Apps was a natural fit for SONIC. By making it as easy as asking Alexa to find nearby locations and discover what's new in the app, they keep friction out of the way of their customer's appetite!
Volley is using Alexa for Apps to allow customers to configure and continue their listening experience in their app.
Zynga's Alexa skill, Word Pop, allows players to have a Words with Friends experience, in the world of voice. Alexa for Apps creates a bridge between their voice game and their mobile game, Words With Friends 2.
With Alexa for Apps, you're in control with a variety of user experience options for requests that start on a mobile device.
It's up to your skill when to send a deep-link request. Create the right balance between voice and app that serves your customers best.
Choose from four different deep link types. If you already have existing deep links, there's no need to modify your app.
If a customer doesn't have your app installed, you can take them to your website for a continued experience, or take them to the app store.
Customize your voice responses based on context. Provide more information for users when they ask from a locked device.