Amazon has decided to stop paying developers to build Alexa apps and giving them free AWS credits, shutting down the Alexa Developer Rewards Program and the AWS Promotional Credits for Alexa program ...

It’s been said that no one uses Alexa for voice-based shopping. But retail giant still sees the potential for Alexa as a shopping companion — just in a different way. That’s why this month the company ...

Alexa Plus, combined with a redesign of the Alexa app that puts the generative AI-powered assistant front and center, has ...

Amazon is refreshing the alexa.com website and the Alexa mobile app so that Alexa Plus subscribers will be able to use the revamped, AI-powered voice assistant. We don’t have many details beyond that, ...

Amazon’s revamped AI-powered assistant is now available to everyone in the US, with new tiers that include a free option for ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Have you ever had a question about whether an item is recyclable? Monroe County on Tuesday announced a new program aimed at making recycling a little easier through the Alexa app.

Amazon to End Program That Pays Developers to Create Alexa Skills The program, which dates back to 2017, offers free AWS credits and monthly checks to Amazon app developers with popular Alexa Skills.

Alexa hasn’t worked out the way Amazon originally planned. There was a time when it thought that Alexa would yield a robust ecosystem of apps, or Alexa Skills, that would make the voice assistant an ...

An announcement for the new Favorites feature popped up in my Alexa app this morning, with Amazon calling Favorites a way to “quickly turn on or off lights and more.” The Alexa app will auto-add some ...