It’s been Year 5 I’ve been using the Alexa app on iOS, and the UI has remained more or less the same: dumb, unintuitive, likely designed by a six-year-old kid. How about a search feature for the Routine list to start with?
Have a TPM offer in the alexa mobile app team. Any insight on the work culture and any reviews on PIP as part of this org ? Edit: Have read bad reviews on Blind for Alexa org in general. Is Alexa org same as Alexa Mobile App team? Or diff? ?#culture #officelife #workplace
I have an android phone. My Alexa app and my phone are fully updated. But the app is slow AF. So slow to respond to navigation within the app. Also, here's a kicker, my amazon music app on my android auto shit the bed two days ago and now it just shows a blank screen when trying to use it in the car...Read more
Why would anyone write a standalone app for the Alexa or google assistant when I don’t see any way to monetise them ? Am I missing something ?
I'm about to interview for above position at Amazon. Can you please help me with following information? 1. What's the salary range for L6? 2. I am test lead at current position, never got to do performance reviews. How to handle hiring/mentor related questions? 3. Level of technical preparation for...Read more
#amazon #alexa #appstore Hi all, I have been given an option to choose between Alexa Data Service Team in Hyderabad India, and Amazon App Store Team in Bangalore, India. Can anyone suggest which team is better in terms of learning opportunities and work culture. Thanks
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Title says it all. Terrible. Must be good to have a monopoly. TC $52M
What do you think? Like it? What do you use for? "Alexa trigger fire place on"?
Amazonians, please help I got an offer from a company/startup that makes apps/skills for Alexa. Is it a wrong time to join them since Amazon is cutting Alexa team and potentially Alexa will die or fade out? #Alexa #tech #Echo #Banana
Go to any product, swipe down to reciwes and you see the search bar for reviews. The amazon mobile app just plugged in a raw LLM to answer reviews, any sde and team with 2 brain cells would have designed to eliminate this and catch this. What are the Senior SDEs, PMs, Test engineers, managers doing...Read more
I got a new Smart TV today. I was able to fully install and configure the TV from their phone app. As Steve Jobs would say it was a magical experience. Then it happened. TV has Alexa built in and I tried to connect it to Alexa. After 20 mins of struggle my Alexa still cannot identify the TV. If a ...Read more
I recently noticed that I no longer see Alexa promos on Amazon app. No more deals on Alexa Ring or Microwave? Anyone notice the same? #amazon
Hi! What are the best alternatives to Alexa smart home? We control our outdoor/indoor cameras, doorbell, security system, HVAC, rooms with Alexa smart home app. But the app is so clunky and integration always keep dropping with smart devices. We have a mix of Alexa devices, google, and Yale. What...Read more
As a single heterosexual dude who has never been on an dating app, which of these apps would you recommend? And why? Trolls are always welcome on my posts, as are the serious replies. TC: The Alexa rank of matchmaker dot com
How’s is Alexa mobile team? I know the app sucks, but generally how are the people and work there?
https://news.shopify.com/meet-shop-your-new-personal-shopping-assistant Does it make Alexa at Amazon Shopping App look outdated in comparison? Spend a lot of money on Alexa to build moat and gain first mover advantage, but then OpenAI opens up door for competitors to leapfrog you with fewer resour...Read more
Really interesting to see how App Store rankings change over the holiday. Fitbit #1, Alexa #4, lots of VR apps and games moved up, all the major social networks still in the top *except* Pinterest which crashed to #64 (wtf?). Uber down at #77 (expected since no one working just hanging at home). Bi...Read more