According to Amazon, Alexa Skill Deals allows developers to apply discounts to in-skill purchases through a cloud-based management console.

Amazon will soon stop paying developers to create skills for Alexa. In a notice spotted by Bloomberg, Amazon told developers it’s ending monthly payouts after June 30th, 2024.

In its ongoing push to grow high-quality Alexa Skills, Amazon announced a new revenue-sharing model and plans for added benefits to help developers grow its voice assistant's capabilities.

At its annual Alexa Live event, Amazon introduced new Alexa developer tools including services to support multiple voice assistants running on the same device.

Sabrina Ortiz/ZDNET 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 ...

Amazon had been paying developers to create Alexa apps since 2017. Developers will still be able to monetize apps via in-app purchases, similar to how iOS and Android developers generate revenue.

The news has left dozens of Alexa Skills developers wondering if they have a future with Alexa, especially as Amazon preps a generative AI and subscription-based version of Alexa.

Amazon recently announced the availability of the Alexa Radio Skills Kit, or RSK, console for radio providers. You may recall that in the early days of the smart ...

Use simple commands to have Amazon's voice assistant trigger actions like dimming the bedroom lights or reading the headlines.

Alexa users will be able to access content from third-party skills on the Echo Show home screen later this year, under a new developer feature announced by Amazon today.