Episode 273: What Is The Difference Between An Alexa Skill And A Siri Shortcut? Data Driven Daily Tip 352

Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 5 a.m.

I was talking recently with a good friend of mine, QuHarrison Terry, who is the co-founder of Inevitable/Human and the head of growth marketing at Mark Cuban Companies.

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He was asking me about why I thought the Alexa Skills Store would be the next $46 billion App Store.

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My answer, that Amazon does an amazing job incentivizing developers to build Alexa Skills - full-fledged voice-based applications, vs. Apple not really opening the door to developers to build full voice apps on top of Siri, sparked Q to ask me my take on Siri Shortcuts.

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As of this filming/writing, Siri Shortcuts are TOTALLY DIFFERENT than Alexa Skills. This video explains further.