Recently, I have been working on developing voice apps (Alexa skills) for Amazon Alexa. At first, I was just making things I wanted to use myself, but before I knew it, I had developed four of them.

They could be useful new ways to interact with the revamped, AI-powered Alexa. They could be useful new ways to interact with the revamped, AI-powered Alexa. is a senior reporter covering technology, ...

Amazon's huge voice assistant upgrade is conversational, connected and well-suited for Prime users. I enjoy it, but still have misgivings. The new, large language model-fueled version of Alexa is ...

They have more premium designs, cost more, have Alexa deeply integrated, and—most importantly—finally run all apps from the Google Play store.