Amazon has given me a precious gift: infinite new ways to troll my family and house guests with Alexa. On Thursday, the company released a set of DIY apps for the voice-assistant that anyone can make.

Since Siri was first built into the iPhone 4S in 2011, the voice assistant has been synonymous with Apple's line of smartphones. Being able to control your device with your voice and have it talk back ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Alexa is Amazon’s voice service behind millions of devices, like Amazon Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show. KGW now produces a news report specifically for Alexa-enabled devices. Alexa ...

Search for Amazon Alexa and you should see the Ask Alexa widget. If you don't, open the Alexa app and let it run in the background for this step. To use the Ask Alexa widget, simply tap the widget and ...

Amazon's new Alexa ap feature uses an iPhone to map out a room and assign devices. Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends The good news is that you don’t need a physical Alexa device to use Alexa as a voice ...

The (ad-free) diginomica app is downloadable from both Google Play and Apple’s App Store, available for all mobile devices on those platforms. (Read on for Alexa briefing details). You can expect the ...

Amazon has decided to stop paying developers to build Alexa apps and giving them free AWS credits, shutting down the Alexa Developer Rewards Program and the AWS Promotional Credits for Alexa program ...