Today, we’re excited to announce new features you can use to make your smart devices easier for customers to setup, use, and maintain, and easier for you to build. You can join us in our Frustration-Free Setup initiative, and use simple setup, app-to-app account linking, and automated...
We are excited to announce that the Alexa Connect Kit (ACK) is now generally available. ACK enables device makers to connect any device to the Internet and Alexa using an Amazon-managed hardware module, without worrying about managing cloud services, Alexa skills, or complex networking and...
Last fall we introduced toggle, mode, and range building block APIs to enable seamless voice control of any feature of any device. Since then, device makers have used building block APIs to build new devices with more features than ever that are easy to control with Alexa, from Moen’s U...
Last year, we introduced cooking capabilities in the Smart Home Skill API that allow you to enable customers to control microwave ovens and other appliances that cook by time or preset. Coming soon, we are enhancing the cooking capabilities to allow you to enable Alexa control...
We’re excited to announce the general availability of simple setup for Wi-Fi and Zigbee devices, and a preview of simple setup for Bluetooth devices coming soon. With simple setup, you can enable customers to securely connect your devices to their home networks simply by plugging them in. As a...
Heizung und Klimaanlage werden mit Informationen aus dem Internet immer smarter. In diesem Blogartikel erzählen die Entwickler der Firma tado°, wie sie mit Hilfe ihres Alexa Skills eine komfortable Smart Home-Steuerung für ihre Kunden anbieten. Ein Drittel des globalen...
We are excited to announce proactive discovery and endpoint management, an addition to the Alexa Discovery APIs that allows customers to seamlessly update and maintain their devices and scenes with less direct interaction. Proactive discovery and endpoint management keep a customer’s...
Today we are excited to announce equalizer (EQ) and sound mode controls for smart home entertainment devices, available today for customers in the US across the Amazon Echo family of devices, and on select Alexa-enabled devices built using the Alexa Voice Service (AVS). Now customers can...
Customers already use Alexa to control smart devices in their homes millions of times each day. Today Amazon announced the next generation of Echo, Echo Plus, and a number of exciting new experiences for Alexa smart home customers including Routines, which allow customers to control...
Today we released updates to the Smart Home Skill API that make it easier for you to support customer smart home experiences with Alexa. As a result, you are probably wondering how much effort it will take to update your smart home skill. The good news is that migrating existing functionality...