Amazon Exports Alexa Voice Service to Ecuador, Hong Kong, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand.

Amazon is exporting the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) to Ecuador, Hong Kong, South Africa, Taiwan, and Thailand. Device manufacturers in those five countries will be able to embed Alexa into their products, augmented with local data and unique features as Amazon continues its ongoing AVS expansion across the globe.

Global AVS

AVS streamlines the integration of Alexa into third-party devices and offers more flexibility and features than developers in those countries had been able to access. The resulting smart speakers, wireless earbuds, TVs, and even cars will be able to link with more smart home devices and host more communications and entertainment options as a result. AVS enables Alexa to communicate in the U.S. version of Spanish in Ecuador, and the U.S. version of English in the other four locations. In other ways, AVS…