This is important
because voice assistant devices require wireless connectivity to operate.
Not exact matches
Because they'll all be online all the time, each of those
devices — whether a
voice - recognition personal
assistant or a pay - by - phone parking meter or a temperature sensor deep in an industrial robot — will be vulnerable to a cyberattack and could even be part of one.
Nonetheless, as this article points out, «
because voice assistants are so new and limited in scope, more established connected
devices such as webcams, routers and printers pose more of a threat for now.»
But
because the Shield itself uses Google
Assistant, you can use
voice commands on the remote control — or hands - free «OK Google» commands with the Shield's game controller — to toggle
devices and launch routines.
The fact that Google Home is tied to a single user is a problem
because table - top
voice assistants and smart speakers are designed as multi-user
devices.
That's been a big challenge with smart home and
voice assistants,
because you still may need 10 apps to set up those individual
devices before you can control it through Alexa.
Additionally,
because Assistant now recognizes your
voice with Google Home, the
device will call your dad, instead of another user's father that is linked to your Google Home account.
Amazon's Alexa seems to have made a breakthough
because, unlike
voice assistants like Siri or Google
Assistant, it's not trying to cannibalise other ways of communicating with
devices, but actually doing new stuff.
You can choose to activate the
assistant by saying «Hey Cortana» (however, this will drain the battery of mobile
devices more rapidly
because the microphone is always on), and train it to recognise your
voice to avoid it being activated by someone nearby.