{"id":51706,"date":"2020-07-23T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2669128"},"modified":"2020-07-23T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T14:55:00","slug":"alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-launch-and-control-ios-and-android-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-launch-and-control-ios-and-android-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexa will soon be able to launch and control iOS and Android apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">You can ask Alexa to start your TikTok recording.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-07%2F7408ec20-cc3b-11ea-a799-d5b4e32ba355&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=69cd825399f985f8009a51469d408968c1dd414e\" alt=\"Amazon&#039;s Alexa for Apps developer tool\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Alexa%20will%20soon%20be%20able%20to%20launch%20and%20control%20iOS%20and%20Android%20apps;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>In the near future, you&rsquo;ll be able to launch and navigate Android and iOS apps using Alexa voice commands. Today, Amazon released a bunch of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\/en-US\/blogs\/alexa\/alexa-skills-kit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">new developer tools<\/a>. The most interesting might be&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\/en-US\/blogs\/alexa\/alexa-skills-kit\/2020\/07\/you-can-now-seamlessly-connect-alexa-skills-to-mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alexa for Apps<\/a>, which allows developers to add Alexa functions to their Android and iOS apps.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon has tested the tool with companies like TikTok, Uber, Yellow Pages and Sonic. So already, you can ask Alexa to start your TikTok recording or open the Sonic app so you can check the menu. If you book an Uber ride through Alexa, the voice assistant will ask if you want to see the driver&rsquo;s location on a map in the app.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"engadget-post-continued-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>As more developers use the tool, you&rsquo;ll be able to ask Alexa to open apps, run quick searches, view more info and access key functions. This will work through the Alexa app, Alexa built-in phones or mobile accessories like Echo Buds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ksocLf0e6JU\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/ksocLf0e6JU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This could give Alexa an advantage over other voice assistants like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/siri\">Siri<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/tag\/google%20assistant\">Google Assistant<\/a>&nbsp;because it will allow Alexa to cross the iOS-Android divide. But as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/7\/22\/21333548\/amazon-alexa-for-apps-android-ios-open-launch-skill-app-data-information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Verge<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;points out, it could also be more work for developers. Many apps already work with both Siri and Google Assistant, and now they&rsquo;ll have to work with Alexa too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alexa for Apps is still in preview, and interested developers can request early access.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\/en-US\/blogs\/alexa\/alexa-skills-kit\/2020\/07\/you-can-now-seamlessly-connect-alexa-skills-to-mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/developer.amazon.com\/en-US\/blogs\/alexa\/alexa-skills-kit\/2020\/07\/you-can-now-seamlessly-connect-alexa-skills-to-mobile-apps<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Christine Fisher<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Christine Fisher<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">You can ask Alexa to start your TikTok recording. In the near future, you&rsquo;ll be able to launch and navigate Android and iOS apps using Alexa voice commands. Today, Amazon released a bunch of&nbsp;new developer tools. The most interesting might be&nbsp;Alexa for Apps, which allows developers to add Alexa functions to their Android and iOS &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/23\/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-launch-and-control-ios-and-android-apps\/\">Continue reading <span>Alexa will soon be able to launch and control iOS and Android apps<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-launch-and-control-ios-and-android-apps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alexa will soon be able to launch and control iOS and Android apps - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/alexa-will-soon-be-able-to-launch-and-control-ios-and-android-apps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alexa will soon be able to launch and control iOS and Android apps - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You can ask Alexa to start your TikTok recording. 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