How our scientists are making Alexa smarter
Amazon Alexa head scientist shares how his teams are working to improve customers' experiences with Echo devices.
Among our many innovations, our devices give customers something they can read, watch, listen to, or engage with.
Searching for information about sight loss?
The British Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) now provides information about living with sight loss through Alexa.
Amazon makes it, he breaks it
Inside Amazon’s reliability lab, which ensures Echo, Kindle, and other devices are built to last.
From builders' merchant to award-winning author
He used to write after putting his children to bed. Now David Leadbeater is a bestselling action-adventure author and winner of the inaugural UK Kindle Storyteller Award.
Amazon creates more than 650 new permanent jobs in Bucharest
The Corporate Office and Technology Development Centre will continue to focus on developing new and innovative features, including helping to build the speech and language solutions behind Alexa.
Introducing new accessibility features for Amazon Fire tablets and Fire TV
Features include braille input/output for Fire tablets and magnification for Fire TV, for blind and visually impaired customers.
Smart through everyday life: “Alexa, is it raining today?”
Alexa plays music, reads the news, knows the latest football results, the best recipes and memorizes the shopping list. And with Alexa's weather forecast, nobody must stand in the rain.
Amazon Academy: How we're helping people with disabilities
In our first Amazon Academy on Accessibility, we discussed with the policymakers how Amazon devices can help remove barriers for people with disabilities.
"Alexa, play John Legend’s new holiday song"
Listen to John Legend’s new holiday song, featuring vocals by daughter Luna and wife Chrissy Teigen, only on Amazon Music.
Kindle Storyteller Award winner hits the high notes
Ian W. Sainsbury’s first-ever psychological thriller The Picture on the Fridge scored this year’s Kindle Storyteller Award in the UK thanks to a solid hook and a shocking twist.
Helping children develop a passion for reading
Donating Kindle devices to a local Luxembourg school to support a school-led writing competition.
Alexa
Amazon Echo
In 2014, Amazon introduced Echo, a new category of device designed around your voice.
"Alexa, what am I holding?"
Show and Tell is an Alexa feature designed to help blind and low vision customers identify grocery items.