Alexa skill kit vs Alexa Voice Service

Question

I\'m working on an Alexa skill (for Echo), and i\'ve looked into Alexa skill kit from the very start.

Now, i\'m confused about Alexa Voice Service. i\'ve read documenta

Answer 1

I think of AVS as an API to integrate Alexa into any 3rd party hardware that has the capabilities of alexa (mic and speaker)

How AVS relates to ASK: -AVS just has the same abilities of ASK, but isn't really used for anything specially amazon. I think AVS is more so again for 3rd party hardware so in building alexa skills there is no need to focus on it.