What can you do with Alexa as a developer?

Alexa:

Alexa is an intelligent personal assistant developed by Amazon, used in Amazon Echo, Echo Plus, Echo Dot, Echo Show, Echo Look, Amazon Tap and Echo spot. These devices connect to the voice-controlled intelligent personal assistant service which response to the name "Alexa". This "wake word" can be changed by the user to "Amazon", "Echo" or "Computer".



It is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do lists, setting alarms, playing audiobooks, streaming podcasts, and providing real-time information like weather, traffic, news, etc.,. Alexa can also control several smart devices. Users can extend the Alexa knowledge by adding apps called "skills". We can control these skills by using Alexa app on any device.

It was introduced in the United States of America in November 2014 with a limited version, later June 2015 released full version. It was released in the UK in September 2016; later in October 2016, it extended its services to Germany & Australia. In 2017 it was introduced in India, Japan, Canada, New Zealand and other 38 countries.

Alexa Skill Developers:

Amazon also introduces a developer portal for talented genius, who can add their own apps and skills. Alexa team will review your skills and certify for public access. Based on the highest customer engagement, developers are rewarded by cash every month and they will be notified when their skill eligible for the same. They have several categories like Education, Food, Games, Trivia & Knowledge, Health & Fitness, Kids, Lifestyle, Music& Audio, and Productivity. Developers can make a skill-based on location-specific like US, UK, etc., As of now, Alexa allows only English(US), English(UK), English(Australia), English(Canada), English(India) and Japan & German languages.
Amazon Developer Services is a suite of tools and services that enable a developer to build, test and sell applications and games in the Amazon App Store. Amazon Developer Services includes software development kits for building apps for Android or iOS mobile devices, multiple platform engines, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Alexa-enabled devices, PC and Mac.




AWS Promotional credits:
 
Amazon encourages developers with one-year free access for the development environment within their free tier limit. If their free tier limits exceed they can apply for AWS promotional credits.  If you have published one or more Alexa skills you are eligible to receive a $100 AWS promotional credit and can also receive $100 per month in AWS promotional credits if you incur AWS usage charges for your skill.

Alexa developers can build and host most Alexa skills for free using Amazon Web Services (AWS). Many Alexa skill developers currently take advantage of the AWS Free Tier, which offers one million AWS Lambda requests and up to 750 hours of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) compute time per month at no charge. However, if developers exceed the AWS Free Tier usage limits, they may incur AWS usage charges each month.


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