In this episode, Teri talks about the milestones achieved by Amazon.ca and Alexa in Canada over the past month and explores where Alexa is going in 2018.

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the New Year at Alexa in Canada! So much has happened over the past month and this is a special episode to highlight some of the achievements of Amazon introducing Alexa to Canada and an update on the Alexa in Canada community!

Amazon.ca Updates!

Amazon released Alexa and Echo devices in Canada just in time for the holiday season on December 5, 2017.

Holiday Bestsellers in Canada and Worldwide

The best-selling smart home product in Canada and worldwide was the TP-Link Smart Plug.

Amazon Devices and Alexa

  • It was a record holiday shopping season for Amazon Devices, with millions more devices purchased worldwide this year compared to last year’s holiday season.
  • The Echo Dot was the #1 selling Amazon Device this holiday season, and the best-selling product from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon, with millions sold.
  • This holiday, millions of Prime members voice shopped with Alexa for gifts, Amazon devices and everyday household essentials. The most popular items purchased by voice were the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote and TP-Link Smart Plug Mini.
  • Alexa helped mix tens of thousands of cocktails this holiday season with Martini and Manhattan being the most requested drinks.
  • The recipe for chocolate chip cookies was the most requested recipe from Alexa this holiday season.
  • The most requested song from Alexa customers this holiday season was “Jingle Bells.”
  • Alexa customers turned on their holiday lights more than a million times via Alexa this holiday season.
  • Alexa customers asked for tens of millions of jokes this holiday season.
  • Music listening time on Alexa was three times as much this holiday season compared to last holiday season.
  • Customers wished Alexa a Merry Christmas, Happy holidays and Happy Hanukkah three and a half times more this year when compared to last year’s holiday season.
  • People asked Alexa about Santa four times as much this holiday season compared to last holiday season.
  • Customers asked Alexa for cooking related advice more than nine times as much this year compared to last holiday season.
  • The most requested movies this holiday season via Alexa were Trolls and Elf.
  • Alexa customers set three times as many timers this year compared to last holiday season.

Mobile Shopping

  • The top items ordered on a mobile device included the Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote and the TP-Link Smart Plug.
  • Customer worldwide shopping on the Amazon App increased nearly 70% this holiday season.
  • More than 1,400 electronics products were ordered per second on a mobile device this holiday season.

Digital Entertainment

  • This year, four times more music from Amazon Music was streamed over Alexa compared to last holiday season.
  • Amazon Music listeners loved using the lyrics feature to ask for songs on Alexa over the holidays, requesting “Jingle Bells” more than any other festive track just by saying a few words from the song.
  • Listeners wanted to slow down and unwind this season, asking Alexa to play “relaxing” music more than any other mood through Amazon Music.
    Christmas by Michael Bublé was once again the most played album on Amazon Music during the holiday season.
  • “All I want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey held the top spot for the most streamed holiday song on Amazon Music for the second year in a row.

Alexa in Canada  – The First Month!

Alexa in Canada had a great first month and we accomplished so much together. Here are the highlights of our first month (which happens to be the last month of 2017).

Alexa in Canada  – The New Year

I have big plans for our community as we start 2018. We will be continuing with everything above, plus a lot more:

  • I am creating partnerships with other Alexa/Echo fans to bring the community even more value!
  • We will be featuring guest interviews in the upcoming podcast, bringing different perspectives to the Alexa community.
  • A little sneak preview of our biggest development to date: A Flash Briefing for the Alexa in Canada community… stay tuned on how you can win an Echo Dot!

Happy New Year

I wish you all the best, health, and happiness for the new year!

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