Univision announces Spanish-Language Skills Partnership with Amazon’s Alexa

Univision Communications Inc. and Amazon announced that they are partnering in the U.S. to introduce new Spanish-language skills on Alexa, Amazon’s cloud-based voice service. Starting in early October, Alexa users will be able to access Univision’s Spanish-language content on Amazon’s family of Echo products, including live listening on all Uforia radio stations across the United States and Puerto Rico, national news briefs from Univision Noticias and sports briefs from TUDN, Univision’s multimedia sports brand.

“As the leader in news, sports, entertainment and music for Hispanics, we are thrilled to bring Univision’s audio offerings to Alexa the leading voice platform,” said Jesus Lara, President of Radio, Univision. “We are excited in extending our rich content offerings to new platforms and to partner with Amazon to make voice search faster and more intelligent, en Español.”