Why read this item?
We are in voice devices of 2 app companies...this is Amzn ALexa on voice apps. I want to get a feel for it-voice apps.
Amazon's Alexa now lets you pay for premium voice apps
Today, it's a few select games -- tomorrow, maybe Alexa's top personalities could quit their day jobs.
DECEMBER 14, 2017 1:53 PM PST
s Amazon's description of the first in-skill purchases available today:
- The popular Heads Up! game from "The Ellen DeGeneres Show": In a first for a voice service, you can say, "Alexa, open Heads Up!" and start playing the wildly popular game from Ellen DeGeneres. Customers try to guess the word on Alexa's "card" based on clues from Alexa. The skill has 3 free decks to get you started and offers a collection of 5 decks for $0.99 for Prime members and $2.99 without a Prime membership. This collection includes the decks: Millennials; It's, Like, the 2000's; That's So '90s; Family Fun; and As Seen on TV.
- Teen Jeopardy! and Sports Jeopardy! skills let you guess free weekly clues from Alexa and now you can also purchase themed premium packs of 50 clues for $0.99 for Prime members and $1.99 without a Prime membership.
- The popular Match Game show has been adapted into a new skill for Alexa. Just say, "Alexa, open the Match Game" to get started. Fill in the missing blanks as you play Match Game's Super Match featuring the Audience Match and Head-to-Head rounds of the classic game show -- then see how you rank against other players. Premium packs of 50 more rounds of game plays are available for $0.99 for Prime members and $1.99 without a Prime membership.
- History buffs can play the Ultimate History Quiz for Alexa, a brand-new skill from History. Each day, you can play the Free Daily Three with questions on topics like ancient civilizations, World Wars, US Presidents and more. You can also see how you rank against other players. Premium packs of 50 questions are available for $0.99 for Prime members and $1.99 without a Prime membership.
If you're a prospective Alexa developer, you can read more about the new monetization options here. And if you're a parent worried about accidental purchases, Amazon tells us that skills with in-app purchases will be clearly marked, they'll require your voice code before authorizing a purchase (if you've set one up) and the company will refund accidental purchases if you ask within seven days.
So use this to see how Voice is moving into everything. That early adopters will maybe play these games over the holidays.
Have a blast. Get used to voice more and more.....come to really LIKE it and expect it .
What did I learn?
I sort of look at voice as a UI, a way to get stuff done, but with this item I sort of get how voice could be a BLAST and make people happy?
So as we learn about our pipeline and it grows, there increases the chance that ONE of these devices turns into a HIT, hugely popular?
The QUIK affective disorder would disappear just like that. Not necessary, but it is possible now?
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A snip from Nick Hunn's great essay of 1 yr ago, on the IoV
Forget the Internet of Things – it’s a bubble. The majority of products currently claiming to be IoT devices are just the same, vertical M2M products we’ve always had, but taking the opportunity to benefit from a rebrand. Most of the rest of the IoT is the wet dream of Venture Capitalists and Makers who think that by overfunding and stimulating each other’s egos in a frenzy of technical masturbation, they can create a consumer market for the Internet of Things. As the IoT slips slowly backwards into the foothills of Gartner’s Hype curve
you need to look elsewhere to find the real Internet device opportunity, which is only just emerging. It’s the IoV, or the Internet of Voice.
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