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The 5 Alexa Skill Types

Written by Jay Cahill | Jul 19, 2023 7:02:26 PM

5 Alexa Skill Types

The 5 Alexa Skills Types

Alexa skills are like smartphone apps. Skills are voice-driven Alexa capabilities where you can bring your products and services to life. To date, there are over 50,000 Alexa Skills worldwide!

It’s easy to be overwhelmed and confused by these many skills.  Don’t panic, we identified 5 different types of Alexa skills and categorized them so you can get a sense for how a skill strategy may start to layout.

The Informer

The Educator

The Transactor

Alexa Skill Transactor

The Entertainer

The Controller

Bringing Your Company to the Voice Age

With over 39 millions Americans using smart speakers according to a new research report, you can bet that these numbers are only rising.  Don’t wait, start developing a skill for your business now! Not sure where to start? We’re here to help! Feel free to contact us for a FREE voice skill consultation. 

Your customers are talking - are you listening?

Sources:

Voicebot.Ai:

Amazon Alexa Now Has 50,000 Skills Worldwide, works with 20,000 Devices, Used by 3,500

Brands

TechCrunch:

39 million Americans now own a smart speaker, report claims

Photo Source:

https://www.amazon.com/alexa-skills/b?ie=UTF8&node=13727921011

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Amazon Alexa