Amazon today simplified smart locks for Alexa, by adding a Door Lock API to its Alexa Skills Kit. This API, or application program interface, is designed to improve voice commands for lock partners ...

Alexa is expanding its reach in the kitchen with a new smart-home skill API (application programming interface) that will allow consumers to control their connected microwave ovens by voice. The new ...

Alexa is about to get smarter, and it’s all thanks to you. In an attempt to make the Echo’s virtual assistant even more helpful than ever before, Amazon has released a whole new set of open software ...

Your smart home’s cameras and doorbells can now make event-driven announcements via Alexa with new programming tools announced on Amazon’s developer blog. For example, if a doorbell camera motion ...