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15 May 2023

Alexa’s APL widgets revolutionize interactive experience

Amazon Alexa's new APL (Alexa Presentation Language) widgets are an exciting development for developers looking to create engaging and interactive experiences on Alexa-enabled devices. In this blog post, we'll take a deep dive into APL widgets and explore their features, benefits, and potential use cases. What are APL widgets? APL widgets are custom, interactive visual components that can be easily incorporated into Alexa skills. These widgets allow developers to create dynamic visual components that can respond to user input, display real-time data, and more. Previously, developers were limited to creating simple, static visuals that were displayed alongside Alexa's voice responses. However, with the introduction of APL widgets, developers can now create dynamic visual components that can enhance the user experience [...]

15 May 2023

Amazon préparerait une Alexa dopée à l’IA générative

Alors que Siri a l'air de s'enfoncer dans la médiocrité et les petites luttes intestines, les éditeurs des autres assistants ont pris le taureau par les cornes pour se mettre au niveau de l'intelligence artificielle générative. Microsoft mène la charge avec l'intégration au chausse-pied de GPT-4 dans Bing, Google tente de suivre avec Bard et ce projet plus global de refonte du moteur de recherche. Et chez Amazon, alors ? Là aussi on a sorti la grosse artillerie. Andy Jassy, le CEO du groupe, a affirmé durant les résultats trimestriels qu'il voulait faire d'Alexa « le meilleur assistant personnel au monde ». Et cela va passer par des fondations plus modernes. Dans un mémo partagé par Business Insider, l'assistant doit [...]

03 Apr 2023

Alexa can now make and receive calls through T-Mobile

Alexa now has the ability to let T-Mobile subscribers make and receive phone calls on dedicated devices hands-free. The new feature comes in the form of an Alexa skill, which can link your T-Mobile service directly to your Alexa Account. The new feature joins the other big US carriers AT&T and Verizon in enabling Alexa to handle phone calls. ”This is completely free for T-Mobile customers and it’s fully available to all Alexa customers today,” wrote T-Mobile spokesperson Trang Nguyen in an email to The Verge. In comparison, Verizon still charges you $5 per month to use its Alexa skill. You can enable the new feature by opening your Alexa app and then going to More > Settings > Communication. [...]

06 Mar 2023

How to set up and use Alexa multiroom music

Get your Echo speakers (and more!) in sync with wireless multiroom audio playback and learn how to use the new features in the Alexa app to control your music. Multiroom music (MRM) is a big selling point of Amazon’s Echo smart speakers. For a fraction of the price of some whole-home wireless audio setups (using Amazon’s inexpensive Echo speakers, including the $50 Echo Dot or the $99 Echo), you can stream music, podcasts, audiobooks, and more throughout your house or on several speakers in one room for some seriously souped-up sound. Also, new features for controlling your music with the Alexa app now make it easier to manage your multiroom-audio setup. Alexa’s MRM works with audio from various services, including [...]