The idea to pay developers directly is meant to help fuel
the growing voice app ecosystem ahead of broader adoption of monetization tools like in - skill purchases and paid subscriptions.
Offering cash for top skills is only one way Amazon has been trying to
grow its voice app ecosystem.
Not exact matches
This
growing adoption could open up major opportunities for
voice app developers and
voice assistant providers to enter the $ 3.4 trillion healthcare industry.
Research by Capgemini predicts that an actual preference for
voice - based interactions over traditional websites or
apps will
grow rapidly in the next 3 years from 24 % now to 40 % by 2020; they also suggest that the appetite for
voice assistants instead of physical outlets like banks and shops will
grow from 20 % now to 31 % in 3 years.
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In less than a year, Volley has amassed an audience north of 500,000 monthly active users across its suite of
voice apps, and has been
growing that active base of users at 50 to 70 percent month - over-month.
Since then, the Google Assistant ecosystem of third party
apps has to
grown to include nearly 250
voice apps, from a Bible
app that reads scripture based on your mood to a slang dictionary to the ability to control smart locks, lighting, and security systems.
Healthcare
voice apps may have their own challenges but they do provide unique opportunities to improve quality of care, especially for the
growing elderly population.
«Alexa» is the virtual,
voice - activated assistant housed in the smash hit Amazon Echo smart speaker, and one of her claims to fame is a
growing library of third - party
voice apps called «skills.»
It can take some time for a local developer ecosystem to
grow and provide a rich
voice app ecosystem for consumers.
Games have
grown to become one of the popular skill categories on Amazon's skills store, its marketplace for
voice apps, both in terms of engagement and sheer number of skills available.
If that were true, the only material changes to consider would be the heightened importance of being the top search result, building
voice apps with deep link discovery phrases and developing an appreciation of Bing's
growing influence.
Google Home
voice apps grow to 568 and there is now deeper integration with Google Assistant in terms of Assistant..
It's just as smart as before, too, with all of the same Alexa tricks along with plenty of new ones thanks to a rapidly
growing library of third - party
voice app «skills.»
Research by Capgemini predicts that an actual preference for
voice - based interactions over traditional websites or
apps will
grow rapidly in the next 3 years from 24 % now to 40 % by 2020; they also suggest that the appetite for
voice assistants instead of physical outlets like banks and shops will
grow from 20 % now to 31 % in 3 years.
As I said in my keynote address to the Smart
Voice Summit in Paris last month, if brands don't have a
voice app, they are literally silent on the fastest
growing technology platform today.
Android Wear continues to
grow its library of
apps and functions, and recently added the ability to let you make
voice calls over Wi - Fi from your wrist.
Since opening up the platform to developers in 2015, Amazon has been able to
grow the number of «Skills» (like
apps but specifically for
voice control) which Alexa offers to over 10,000 — a fairly large number, everything considered.
This adds to the
growing list of
apps like YouTube, YouTube TV, Google Photos, and Netflix that already support Home
voice commands.