[jingai]

There is a new addon/skill that has just become available: Amazon Echo Alexa Video Skill for Kodi.  This was very easy to setup, basically the same as any other Alexa skill.  Would that be the direction to move forward?  What is the difference between the two skills and why would one be better/preferred over the other?

 We are not likely to utilize an addon, but the biggest difference between this skill and that one (with regard to setup effort) is that he/she is hosting the skill for you.  We are planning to offer the same and are working on it, but we want to retain the option of hosting it yourself.

As far as functional differences, that skill is what Amazon calls a "Video Skill."  Our skill here is a "regular" Skill.  There are pros and cons to either approach, but the reason we have not steered away from a 'regular' skill is that a Video Skill is going to be limited to requests that search for and play/display media and control playback (pause, mute, fast forward, etc).  We can respond to any kind of request we want to include, such as "ask Kodi if there are any new episodes of show X?" etc.