There are thousands of things you can find out by asking Alexa, the voice service behind Amazon’s popular Echo, Dot, and other hardware. And, if there’s not already a “skill” that does what you want, ...

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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 ...

Skills have done to Alexa what third-party applications did to mobile devices a few years ago. They are part of what give Alexa-enabled speakers nearly endless possibilities and a very bright future.

While Alexa-enabled devices like the Buy at Amazon come equipped with some built-in features, these gadgets are a lot like your smartphone in that you have to add on additional games and applications ...

Alexa apps, called Alexa Skills, are what makes the digital assistant shine. Here's what developers, business professionals, and home users need to know about using Alexa Skills. Alexa, Amazon’s ...

Amazon Alexa skills allow you to customize the artificially intelligent assistant to suit all sorts of needs. You can add new skills to Alexa from the mobile app, a ...

Since Amazon first debuted Alexa almost five years ago, the virtual assistant has really taken off, despite concerns that Alexa is listening in on your conversations (spoiler alert: it's not). Even if ...