There are now more than 15,000 Alexa skills in the US, Google Assistant supports only 378

Back in March, we reported that there were more than 10,000 Alexa skills available to owners of an Echo or Echo Dot device (Echo Show was not available back then). Recent estimates by Voicebot, also confirmed by Amazon, show that Alexa can now ‘learn’ more than 15,000 skills that are available in the US, thanks to a very engaged skill developers community.

Amazon’s voice assistant has taken the smart home arena by storm, having launched in late 2014. Alexa’s skills are small, app-like pieces of software that are capable of carrying out specific functions upon command – ‘Alexa, what’s the ...