Alexa Integration Among the Feature Additions in Ayla Networks' Platform Update

Alexa integration is among the enhancements Ayla Networks added to its IoT platform to spur consumer adoption of connected products, said the company in a Monday announcement. Manufacturers can implement Alexa skills on their connected products via the Ayla IoT platform without writing code or running servers on Amazon Web Services, it said. The Ayla Insights 2.0 upgrade also includes integrations with mnubo for IoT machine learning and artificial intelligence to provide operations monitoring, predictive maintenance and product usage analytics, said Ayla. Proactive support can reduce service and maintenance costs by giving manufacturers more visibility over their installed Ayla-connected products in real time, it said. Other updates include a mobile data streaming service that provides automatic updates for consumer IoT mobile apps from the Ayla cloud with no manufacturer or consumer action required; multifactor authentication for an extra security layer; and support for WeChat users in China.