At the event Alexa Live 2022, Amazon has unveiled new features and tools for developers working with its voice assistant. This way we can have soon new skills and new devices connected, to be controlled all by voice only.
Alexa Live 2022, new features for developers
Alexa is increasingly becoming a complete ecosystem, with several developers creating skills and apps designed specifically for Amazon’s voice assistant. The event was attended by several Amazon executives such as Dave Limp e Aaron Rubensonexperts like Jeff BlankenburgAlexa’s Chief Technical Evangelist, and many more.
Undoubtedly, among the most important innovations announcedAlexa Connect Kit SDK for Matter, which allows you to use the new standard for the smart home with OTA updates and cloud connectivity. It also allows you to evaluate the management and metrics of individual devices.
Alexa Ambient Home Dev Kit instead, it includes a set of APIs to provide a more harmonious experience in the smart home in the home, extending the functionality of the voice assistant to other devices. Instead Alexa Voice Service (AVS) SDK 3.0 combines Alexa Smart Screen SDK and AVS Device SDK to provide multiple tools for a multi-device experience.
Universal Device Commands (UDCs) e Agent Transfers (ATs) instead they allow you to find new words to awaken the voice assistant and to interact with different voice services. A feature that Amazon aims to implement from next year.
In the end, Alexa Shopping Kit allows you to include shopping experiences within your skills. A convenience for customer purchases and an extra possibility for those who sell, all without leaving the skill in use.
If you want to learn more, you can find additional material and recordings of the interventions at this address.