Today we’re excited to announce the all-new standalone Amazon Appstore mobile app for Android. The new mobile app is redesigned from the ground up, allowing customers to enjoy the same apps and games that they engage with on Fire TV and Fire tablets on their mobile phones.

Earlier this month, Sonos announced that its newest speaker will come integrated with Amazon Alexa, and if you are one of the many across the US, UK, and Germany who preordered the Sonos One, yours should arrive by mail soon.

Have you been too busy this fall to keep up with us at the Amazon Appstore? We've been busy too, from discussing the basics of developing with GameMaker with guest blogger Nathan Ranney to selecting games to feature on our favorite apps of the week. Here's what you missed.

Today, we are happy to announce that customers can now create and organize lists of their own choice to capture everyday ideas, plans, and tasks.

The Alexa Voice Service (AVS) team will be hosting several sessions at this year’s event, giving you an opportunity to learn more about how to integrate Alexa directly into your connected products.

In this four part series, guest blogger, Nathan Ranney, covers the basics of developing with GameMaker. This post explores setting up and animating sprites.

Today, we’re excited to announce reserved seating is open for the Amazon Alexa session tracks and hackathons at AWS re:Invent 2017, the largest gathering of the global Amazon developer community.

We’re excited to share that Intel has announced the Intel^® Speech Enabling Developer Kit, designed for device makers to quickly bring new Alexa-enabled products to market. This is the first solution that combines far-field voice processing and "Alexa" wake word detection on a single chip.

We’re highlighting apps that have invested time developing strong themes, beautiful artwork and a wealth of assets. When you’ve put this much energy into your app, make sure its protected from anyone from who might try to profit off your labor and ingenuity.

University students, it’s game time! Would you like to add voice to your favorite game? Do you have an idea for an all-new game? We invite you to put your creative energy to work and build a gaming skill for the Alexa gaming challenge.

The grand prize winner will receive $1,000 and an Amazon Echo. And the top two finalists will receive $300 each.