Almond Skill for Alexa in UK?

[McGran]

Is the Almond Skill for Alexa available in the UK?

I've tried to find it without success.

Cheers

Andrew

[Ashok]

@ McGran,

Is the Almond Skill for Alexa available in the UK?

I've tried to find it without success.

Cheers

Andrew

Not yet, we have already sent the request for approval and waiting for them to approve it, which could happen any time now.

[mparadis]

It seems that the UK Alexa skills are slow all around in getting approved. Hope that is approved quickly for Securifi.

[ChrisF999]

Any news yet?

[mparadis]

I imagine this is all waiting on Amazon, the code is likely the same but I am not sure Amazon has fully opened up the Echo in other countries yet.

[MadJohn123]

So how are Amazon UK advertising that it 'works with Amazon Alexa' on the Almond+ product page?  I bought one assuming they did actually support it in the UK.

I actually feel cheated.  Assuming the Skill works fine in the US, so can it take so long to be cleared for the UK.  Surely the functionality is exactly the same.

[MadJohn123]

Any news on this please?

I need to know if I should return the router due to false advertising of features whilst I can still get my money back.  If the release of the skill is imminent, then I'll hold on.

[joltdude]

This is no different than region approvals for IOS or Android... Where the app has to be re-submitted or approved for that region, 

False advertising is a stretch... esp since the Alexa integration is approved and working in the states...
There are apps I cannot get for ios and android android due to region restrictions..  Securifi rightly assumed it would have been approved by now... since as you said. its really the same app... Might be some licensing restriction on amazons side that requires the app to be resubmitted and reapproved.. Might be due to Cortana being regional ....