https://www.cnet.com/news/amazon-new-alexa-gadgets-toolkit-lets-alexa-toy-around/

To do so, Amazon is launching the Alexa Gadgets Toolkit, a new set of software tools designed for third-party gadgets that connect with Amazon's Echo devices via Bluetooth. Developers who put the toolkit to work will be able to take advantage of four new features. Here's how Amazon describes them:

The new features sound like a good fit for gee-whiz integrations from third-parties that make Alexa-friendly toys and novelty gadgets. (Remember that the first Alexa Bluetooth gadget was Amazon's own light-up Echo Buttons, introduced last year.)