Alexa

Amazon Alexa, known simply as Alexa, is a virtual assistant developed by Amazon, first used in the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Echo Dot smart speakers developed by Amazon Lab126. Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that allows users to add products to a wish list, re-order items, check order status, and more - using just their voice.

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Amazon’s Alexa Now Offers HIPAA-Compliant Skills
Amazon’s Alexa Now Offers HIPAA-Compliant Skills
April 04, 2019  |  Amazon Innovations

Amazon just entered a whole new market now that Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, is HIPAA-compliant, which it means it can handle patients’ sensitive information. In a...

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Voice Shopping: Walmart’s Newest Grocery Play
Voice Shopping: Walmart’s Newest Grocery Play
April 03, 2019  |  Retail

Retailers are turning to voice assistants to make it easier for customers to shop for groceries amid strong competition. Walmart, in one case, has rolled...

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Alexa For Biz Lets Workers Make Custom Voice Apps
Alexa For Biz Lets Workers Make Custom Voice Apps
March 28, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon has launched Alexa for Business Blueprints, which are templates for the company’s voice assistant that will allow users to make and publish private voice...

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Amazon’s Developer Reward Program For Alexa Expands To Spain, Italy And France
Amazon’s Developer Reward Program For Alexa Expands To Spain, Italy And France
March 11, 2019  |  Amazon

Amazon has expanded a program that rewards developers for creating top apps for its Alexa voice assistant to Spain, Italy and France, in a push...

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Amazon Discontinues Physical Dash Buttons
Amazon Discontinues Physical Dash Buttons
March 01, 2019  |  Amazon Commerce

Amazon, the eCommerce giant, is discontinuing its physical Dash buttons that provided an easy way to order certain products over and over again. According to...

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Cedars-Sinai Tests Smart Hospital Rooms With Alexa
Cedars-Sinai Tests Smart Hospital Rooms With Alexa
February 26, 2019  |  Healthcare

Cedars-Sinai, a hospital in Los Angeles, California, has begun a pilot program that placed an Amazon Echo in 100 patient rooms for hands-free nurse interaction...

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Amazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
Amazon Debuts Third Alexa Accelerator Program
February 26, 2019  |  Alexa

Amazon’s Alexa Fund has announced the launch of the third year of the Alexa Accelerator, powered by Techstars. Up to ten companies from around the world...

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Sears Gets Alexa Nod For Smart Appliances
Sears Gets Alexa Nod For Smart Appliances
February 25, 2019  |  Retail

Sears has announced that more than 40 Kenmore smart appliances are now certified as Works with Alexa. The certification means that the appliances meet Alexa’s Works...

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Google Assistant Skills Trail Alexa By 52K
Google Assistant Skills Trail Alexa By 52K
February 19, 2019  |  Google

When it comes to the competition for developer mindshare in voice apps, Amazon is well ahead of Google. Amazon recently announced that the number of available...

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