Amazon's Alexa adds 3,000 more 'skills' and Sonos to its repertoire
Alexa, the voice assistant housed in Amazon's Echo, has reportedly gained a further 3,000 “skills,” a 300% increase since its launch in June this year. Music system, Sonos, is also said to be working with Amazon with a view to adding voice support in 2017. The voice service, which was developed to enable voice commands in the home via Echo, is also to feature new skills for the Food Network and GE Appliances, and applications for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football, Bloomberg, and What to Expect When Expecting, are expected by month end.

"Alexa, tell Geneva to preheat the oven to 350 degrees."

That's just one of Alexa's new skills. Amazon on Tuesday said its voice assistant has over 3000 "skills," with more on the way. That number has increased by 300 percent in the three months since June 2016, Amazon said in a release.

The Alexa Skills Kit and the Alexa Voice Service were released in June 2015 and were designed to enable home control and voice commands via the Amazon Echo. Amazon has since added the Echo Dot and the Echo Tap.

One of the most surprising companies to add voice support, given that the Echo is primarily a music device, is Sonos. The two companies said they would be working together to enable voice control of Sonos music systems in 2017.

On Tuesday, new Alexa skills for the Food Network and GE Appliances are available, Amazon said, with Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football, Bloomberg and What to Expect When Expecting coming by the end of September.

Amazon's Alexa assistant is one of several products vying to be the center of the connected home alongside the Apple HomeKit, Samsung SmartThings and Google Home.