Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills (Ashley Carman/The Verge)

Ashley Carman / The Verge:
Amazon updates Video Skill API so Alexa can start recordings, launch apps, and carry out playback commands on set-top boxes; Dish and others are building skills  —  Alexa's ability to control DVRs is going to improve in the near future.  Amazon announced today that it's updated its Video Skill API …

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