Boston works with students to improve Alexa Skill

The City of Boston teamed up with General Assembly students to improve its Alexa Skill, which was  developed and launched last year with Code for Boston. The voice application now includes COVID-19 updates, an improved user experience and more.

The Skill allows anyone with an Amazon Alexa stand-alone home device or the Alexa app to receive daily alerts from the city, find food truck locations, and learn about the latest BOS:311 requests. Users can also find information about city services, such as rubbish pick-up times or parking updates, based on their address.

As the COVID-19 crisis began to unfold and the city was faced with new challenges and goals around sharing information, Bosto...