Sheetz continues its mission to provide the ultimate convenience to customers ALTOONA, Pa., 2017-Dec-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sheetz, one of America’s fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience chains, is proud to announce customers can now order their favorite Made-to-Order food without even getting up from the couch. Sheetz created a new skill for […]
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Morrisons launches “voice skill” using Amazon’s Alexa
Bradford, UK, 2017-Nov-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Customers can now order from Morrisons.com without lifting a finger using Amazon’s Alexa. Morrisons online shoppers will now be order their weekly shop from Morrisons.com using only their voice. Customers will be able to ask Alexa to add milk, bread or any other item to their Morrisons.com […]
Alexa and Echo are now available by invitation in Japan
Developers can now create Alexa experiences for customers in Japan—Alexa Skills Kit also now available in Japan, and Alexa Voice Service coming later this month SEATTLE, 2017-Nov-09 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Nov. 8, 2017) announced that Alexa and Echo are now available by invitation in Japan. Additionally, developers can now use the Alexa Skills […]
Town & Country Federal Credit Union releases skill for Alexa with bank account linking with the help of NCR
Maine-based Town & Country Federal Credit Union publishes first credit union Alexa skill with bank account linking and account management functionality Duluth, Ga., 2017-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a global leader in omni-channel solutions, today (October 3, 2017) announced that it has teamed with Town & Country FCU to release a skill […]
Alexa and Echo now available in India; will launch in Japan later this year
The Alexa Skills Kit and Alexa Voice Service also now available for developers in India Amazon also announced this week that Alexa and Echo are coming to Japan this year SEATTLE, 2017-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Oct. 4, 2017) announced that Alexa and Echo are now available by invitation in India, and that they are coming to Japan later […]
Amazon and Microsoft collaborate to help Alexa and Cortana talk to each other
SEATTLE, 2017-Aug-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced today (Aug. 30, 2017) that Alexa will be able to talk to Cortana, and Cortana will be able to talk to Alexa. You will be able to turn to your Echo device and say, “Alexa, open Cortana,” or turn to your Windows 10 device […]
Amazon announces all-new Alexa feature that lets you synchronize music on multiple Amazon Echo devices in your home
New multi-room music feature lets you group multiple Amazon Echo devices for synchronized music streaming in every room New Alexa developer tools extend multi-room audio to other connected speakers and audio systems SEATTLE, 2017-Aug-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon today (Aug. 29, 2017) announced an all-new Alexa feature that lets you control and synchronize […]