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Alexa Auto SDK

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The name of the base system (platform): Amazon Alexa (Echo)
Developers: Amazon
Date of the premiere of the system: August, 2018
Branches: Internet services,  Transport
Technology: Speech technologies

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2018: The publication on GitHub

In August, 2018 released Amazon tools for Alexa Auto SDK developers  by means of which car makers will be able easily and quickly to build in the voice assistant to Alexa the information and entertaining systems.

The Alexa Auto SDK set and also a number of trial applications, assembly scripts and  documentation  for support of the Android and QNX operating systems on processors of architecture of x86 from AMD are published on the GitHub portal. The source code and libraries of functions are written on With ++ and Java.

The voice assistant to Amazon gets into many cars. SDK for developers is released

In Alexa Auto SDK all main opportunities of the virtual assistant to Amazon, including a stream broadcast of a multimedia content, device management of the smart house, a weather forecast and support of many thousands of functions created by third-party developers are available. 

In the future emergence of special skills (skills) for Alexa adapted for cars is expected. In particular, it is about use of expanded navigation and search in vehicles.

Using Alexa, motorists can dial by means of spoken commands the phone number from the address directory, start reproduction of musical compositions from Amazon Music, iHeartRadio and Audible services, look for restaurants, drugstores, gas station and other institutions in the district.

Before several carmakers announced integration of the voice assistant to Alexa into the machines. Among such producers — Hyundai, Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Lexus and Toyota. It is supposed that Alexa Auto SDK will significantly increase the number of the cars supporting Alexa as not only car makers, but also independent software developers can use tools.

As the representative of Amazon explained to the VentureBeat edition, the source code of the Alexa Auto SDK set is open to simplify interaction of development teams and integration of the voice assistant with their products in the conditions of the fact that the multimedia systems differ depending on a car and the country.[1]

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