If you’ve been following our blog, you already know we have a series of blog posts called ‘How to make Alexa smarter’ where we present awesome skills in a variety of categories that make Alexa better. So far, we’ve covered the fun (best Alexa game skills), productive (best Alexa productivity skills), and healthy/fitness (best Alexa health and fitness skills) side of Amazon’s smart assistant. With this blog post, we’re taking a slightly different approach and focusing on a dif

With the total number of skills approaching the 100K mark, it can be hard to know what exactly Alexa Skills store has in store (ha!) for you. In the myriad of built-in capabilities, we decided this is as good of a time as any to pay attention to the Health & Fitness category and get your body moving. The pairing of health and technology makes for one potent mix, especially when it’s delivered by the closest thing you can get to personal health assistant. There are more than 1

Smart speakers are popular things these days. In fact, these devices are not your regular popular cool thing: these are commonly referred to as one of the fastest-growing segments in the consumer technology market and the next big thing since smartphones. A lot of things make smart speakers great, namely the way they changed how we interact with technology. That leads to a major question mark looking down at businesses: how does this shift in user behavior reflect on the shop

One of Alexa’s somewhat hidden superpowers is making people more productive (or at least helping them feel that way), whether it’s at the office, in the kitchen, or any other place. It’s an easy way of saving time and staying focused on whatever it is you’re doing. Who doesn’t want to be more productive? While Alexa on its own can improve your productivity (e.g. setting appointments or reminders), there’s, even more, to be gained by enabling a few skills here and there. In ou

The increased sophistication of voice-recognition systems, largely propagated by digital voice assistants has created a voice-first world. The way we listen to and search for information, shop, and a whole lot more has changed. It became easier and more convenient, enticing more people to the system. Voice technology is on the rise. In fact, it has been growing in usage for a while now, even though it’s still in its infancy. What better way to learn and stay up-to-date on ind

As some of you may know already, skills are voice-powered abilities that enhance and personalize Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, and subsequently all your Alexa-enabled devices. Essentially, you are (sort of) adding voice apps with various features so Alexa can do more. If you’ve been following our blog, you already know we enjoy sifting through various smart speaker-related things to bring interesting stuff to the spotlight. This post will be no exception, so if you’re not s

At the mention of smart speakers, what’s the first one that comes to mind? Is it something from Amazon’s Echo line of smart speakers? Statistically speaking, that’s the most probable guess. According to a joint study by Voicebot and Voicefy, in the US alone Amazon Echo has a 61% market share among smart speaker owners, with Google Home holding a 24% share. That means the remaining 15% of the smart speaker installed base falls on the “other” smart speakers, including both big

One of the frequent buzzwords on the world wide web are smart speakers and the accompanying aspects such as virtual assistants that power them, third-party integrations, and so on. The fact that the majority of people immediately link smart speakers with the seemingly ubiquitous voice technology only helps the cause. More than ever before, there are more touchpoints and channels to engage with buyers, and smart speakers are doing an incredible job of incorporating them into t