A new Visual Studio Code extension from the Amazon Alexa dev team targets the development and deployment of skills, or capabilities the voice-activated virtual assistant can perform in response to ...

Amazon Alexa can be a terribly useful device, and yet many fear that it collects terrible secrets. Any time you place Alexa or any other “smart speaker/virtual assistant” in your home, you’re ...

A secret Alexa code revealed on TikTok has been viewed by millions of users. Saying the code aloud causes Amazon’s smart speaker to “activate Super Mode” – and will spark a Siri response too. The ...

Developers of skills for the Alexa platform no longer need an Echo, Tap, or Dot to test their code. Amazon has launched the Echosim.io site that uses a virtual Echo to test code. It runs just like an ...

Amazon’s Alexa devices can be a lot of fun, but her answers aren’t always the ones you’d like to hear. Now you can easily create your own personal Alexa skills with one of more than 20 pre-made ...

Amazon has introduced a series of no-code, fill-in-blank templates that let anyone build Alexa skills specifically for their personal Amazon account. Alexa is the brain of Amazon's Echo and digital ...