Getting Started: Personalize your Cortana Skill interactions by leveraging User profile and Context
Welcome to the second blog post of our Getting Started series! Through this series, we aim to help you build great Cortana Skills, that...
PlayStation Vue now lets you watch four channels at once on Apple TV
Sony is bringing PlayStation Vue’s multi-view feature, which lets users view several channels at once, to the Apple TV today. Until now,...
Updated Tutorial: Build a Monetized Fact Skill with the Premium Facts Sample Skill
Many developers have created a skill using our fact sample skill template because it’s an easy way to get started in the world of...
How to Set Up Assistant Routines in Google Clock on Android
If your Android phone is your alarm clock, you can make it a lot smarter. Google’s Clock app now has Google Assistant-powered routines that...
Apple Releases New 12.2 Software for the HomePod
Alongside the iOS 12.2 update that was introduced following Apple's services-focused "It's Show Time" event, Apple has also debuted a new 12.2 software update...
Getting started: Playing short audio clips & composing speech responses in your Cortana Skill
In this blog post we will see how Cortana skills can play short audio clips and compose the Text-to-Speech(TTS) responses that Cortana speaks on...
Introducing Product Access Control for the AVS Developer Portal
On 8-March-2019, Alexa Voice Service (AVS) launched a new capability in the AVS Developer Portal called Product Access Control. This capability enables portal...
More Android TV devices add full voice control via Google Assistant, Home following Nvidia...
Last year the Nvidia Shield, Android TV’s flagship offering, added full control via Google Assistant. Now, Android TV as a whole seems to be...
Getting Started: Build a Cortana Skill that can stream audio on the new Harman...
This week, Harman Kardon launched Invoke - the voice-activated speaker featuring Cortana. The Harman Kardon Invoke speaker combines the rich, captivating sound that Harman Kardon is...
How to Use the ‘Hey Siri’ Command With AirPods (2nd Generation)
Apple refreshed its AirPods wireless earbuds in March 2019, adding a number of new features that set it apart from the previous generation AirPods....
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The Wild West era of the smart home is at an end
The Stringify app lets you combine services and gadgets to create flows.
The buyers of smart home gear woke up on Monday to some pretty...
How to Debug Errors for Custom Alexa Skills
While building an Alexa skill, you may run into issues when Alexa says, “There was a problem with the requested skill’s response” (for the...
Microsoft demonstrates xCloud game streaming a week before Google’s ‘future of gaming’ event
Microsoft has provided a live demonstration of its upcoming Project xCloud game streaming service. The software maker originally unveiled xCloud last year,...
