1. What does Amazon Alexa do:
    • Alexa is a cloud-based voice service that provides AI based virtual assistant. It provides assistant by activating the devices wake-word followed by command, say “Alexa, what is the time”.
  2. Developer name: Amazon
  3. Initial released on: November 6, 2014
  4. Why Alexa named Alexa: The name Alexa has hard consonant with the X, has high precision
  5. Who is Alexa’s voice: Samuel L. Jackson
  6. Female voice of Alexa: Kesha Williams
  7. Do Alexa always listens: Alexa is designed in way, that it can listen when it is called upon.
  8. Alexa supporting platforms: Amazon Echo, Fire OS, iOS, Android, Cortana and Linux
  9. Languages supported by Alexa: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese and Hindi.
  10. Number of countries using Alexa: 41 Countries
  11. Total Number of employees work for Alexa: 10,000 employees
  12. Amazon Alexa devices have been sold: 100 million Alexa devices
  13. Total number of devices supported by Amazon Alexa: 20,000
  14. Number of functional skills Alexa have: 90,000
  15. Most popular Alexa skill: Setting a timer
  16. What is Alexa Skills Kit: A self-service APIs and tools that used to build Alexa skills
  17. Sports team can add to Alexa for receiving regular updates: 15 teams
  18. Top 3 Competitors or similar products: Siri, Google home, Cortana.
  19. Interesting fact about Alexa: Developers are able to create their own smart home skills using the Alexa Skills Kit.

One interesting news:

Voice is the new normal: Now, you can ask Alexa, ‘What’s my bank balance’.

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Akila is a business associate at HelloLeads. Her mission to help start-ups and small businesses to improve productivity and help them to scale up. She enjoys writing on tools & technology. Send an email to blogs@helloleads.io to reach her.

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