Alexa Voice Service
Bring Alexa to your connected products with Amazon's intelligent cloud-based voice service
Use the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) to add intelligent voice control to any connected product that has a microphone and speaker. Your customers will be able to ask Alexa to play music, answer questions, get news and local information, control smart home products, and more on their voice-enabled products.
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AVS is now available for India, Japan, the UK, Germany, and Austria. Learn how to build and launch products with Alexa for these regions on the AVS for International page »
Alexa has finely tuned automatic speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (NLU) engines that recognize and respond to voice requests instantly. Learn more about AVS localization »
Alexa is always getting smarter with new capabilities and services through machine learning, regular API updates, feature launches, and custom skills from the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK).
The AVS API is a programming language agnostic service that makes it easy to integrate Alexa into your devices, services, and applications. Best of all, it’s free. Build a prototype with Raspberry Pi »
We’re excited to introduce the first reference solution for AVS with a linear mic array for far-field voice capture. This dev kit brings Alexa to new device types, including smart panels, kitchen appliances, and other electronics that benefit from far-field voice capture in a linear form factor. The XMOS VocalFusion 4-Mic Dev Kit for Amazon AVS is also the first dev kit to pack audio signal processing hardware & software and I/O processing into a single chip.
AVS provides hardware and software development tools to help you easily build products with Alexa.
Whether you're building a hand-held device like a TV remote or smart watch or developing a hands-free experience for a connected speaker or home intercom system, we provide you with the development tools to create the best user experience for your Alexa-enabled product.
Our Marketing and Brand Guidelines will provide you with an Amazon Alexa brand and messaging overview for how to integrate Alexa into your marketing, including packaging, promotional materials, and advertising. It also includes an overview of marketing recommendations and opportunities.
Your product will also need to go through certification for access to Amazon Music, Audible, and/or third-party media services. Submit for review »
The Alexa family of devices gets bigger every day. Learn how these companies voice-enabled their products in our Developer Spotlight series below, and shop available products on the Alexa-Enabled Storefront.
The smart thermostat with built-in Alexa Voice Service and far-field voice control. Learn more »
Add far-field Alexa voice control to every room in the home with this speaker from Anker. Learn more »
