Amazon Alexa brings a new category of skill sets on Alexa for children. Those skills sets are specifically introduced for the children under 13 years. Alexa India Skill Store already has 15000+ skills set for several genres like games, cartoons, music and many more.

The updated skill set has over 350 Alexa skills to give a better platform for learning for the kids. This focus is to bring back experiences and characters faced by them from renowned Indian and global brands. These five major skill sets are which include rhyme-game skills, trivia & joke skills, adventure game skills, educational skills and interactive story skills.

Skill Sets by Amazon Alexa

  • Nursery rhymes, songs, and rhyme-game skills are offered from ChuChuTV, Appu’s Adventure, Hungama Rhymes, Hoopla Kids and Bob the Train.
  • Brain Teasers, Quizzes, Trivia & Joke skills from Amar Chitra Katha, Suppandi, Shambhu, Beano and Would You Rather Family.
  • Immersive & Adventure game skills from Forest Fortune and Panda Rescue.
  • Educational skills from Playablo
  • Fun and Interactive story skills from PAC-MAN, Amazon Storytime, and Moshi Twilight.

Commenting on the launch, Dilip RS, Country Manager for Alexa Skills, Amazon said:

In line with our vision to keep expanding Alexa as a service that provides a delightful and fun experience for the entire family, we have curated a special catalogue of skills to engage, entertain and educate children. Our developer guidelines ensure that the skill experiences encourage exploration and creativity among kids.

All these skills can be accessed directly through the Amazon Echo devices as well as from Alexa app for smartphones.  The kid skills ability can be controlled by the main account holder, a user can enable/disable via the Alexa app or Kid Skill section on Amazon India website.

Source – Fonearena