Amazon to Stop Paying Developers to Create Apps For Alexa
- End of program scraps key element of effort to build app store
- Google killed third-party apps for its Assistant in 2022
An Amazon.com Inc. Echo Show 8 Alexa-enabled smart display.
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Amazon.com Inc. will no longer pay developers to create applications for Alexa, scrapping a key element of the company’s effort to build a flourishing app store for its voice-activated digital assistant.
Amazon recently told participants of the Alexa Developer Rewards Program, which cut monthly checks to builders of popular Alexa apps, that the offering would end at the end of June.