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Orbita Healthcare, a home health solutions firm, has unveiled a new technology called the Voice Experience Designer which it hopes will assist patients adhere to their medications and keep in touch with care providers by using Amazon's Echo voice - operated digital assistant device.

Orbita plans to team up with Boston's Commonwealth Care Alliance to introduce the technology into patients» homes, where they can communicate with the digital assistant (dubbed Alexa) to relay information such as blood pressure readings and get in touch with care providers about their medical questions.

Two years after Amazon.com Inc introduced the Echo, a $ 179.99 hands free speaker with AI - powered virtual assistant Alexa, the virtual home assistant category is poised to beat out virtual reality and possibly a few other high tech competitors, according to the Consumer Technology Association.

Whereas Amazon's Alexa and the Google Assistant digital voice recognition technologies enable Echo and Google Home to understand and react to human voices, Microsoft's Cortana will power the Invoke.

Companies like Amazon (amzn) and Google (goog) are using AI to improve their digital assistants, those voice operated helpers on smartphones and home automation hubs, said Accenture chief technology officer Paul Daugherty during a Wednesday media event.

Companies that make the underlying technology for Amazon products, such as the Kindle (e-files), the Kindle Fire (touchscreens, computer chips), and the Amazon Echo (microphones for digital assistants), so they can compete with Apple's iPad and the Google Home smart speaker.

Commonwealth Care Alliance, Libertana Home Health and Northwell Health are pioneering the use of ambient listening voice assistants in healthcare, and they all have so far achieved success with the technology as measured by patient satisfaction.

But for early adopters who have plunged head first into all that technology has to offer, the broader application of personalization is the magic that happens with a voice activated home assistant such as Amazon's Alexa or Echo, Apple's HomePod, or Google Hhome assistant such as Amazon's Alexa or Echo, Apple's HomePod, or Google HomeHome.

In the future, this technology could help self - driving cars anticipate future events on the road and produce more intelligent robotic assistants in homes, but the initial prototype focuses on learning simple manual skills entirely from autonomous play.

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With voice - first, connected - home technology (think Amazon Echo, Google Assistant) exploding into the public consciousness and audio publishing finally taking its rightful place as a serious player, we're seeing a broader audience of reluctant readers and non-readers discovering information and storytelling in their own way.

Overall, the Alexa skills marketplace demonstrates a key difference of the Amazon smart home technology from Google Assistant or Google Hhome technology from Google Assistant or Google HomeHome.

For streaming there's support for Amazon, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, YouTube and many other key channels; for home and remote playback there's best - in - class Plex and Kodi support; for extra gaming fun there are Android games and exclusive conversions of classic titles, such as Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3; for remote PC playing there's GeForce NOW and GameStream; for relaxed user control there's voice - powered Google Assistant; and for future household tech there's SHIELD's Smart Home technologhome and remote playback there's best - in - class Plex and Kodi support; for extra gaming fun there are Android games and exclusive conversions of classic titles, such as Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3; for remote PC playing there's GeForce NOW and GameStream; for relaxed user control there's voice - powered Google Assistant; and for future household tech there's SHIELD's Smart Home technologHome technologies.

NLP is the technology that underlies smartphone and smart - home assistants (such as Siri and Alexa), as well as digital chat bot assistants found on many websites.

There's no doubt about it: Amazon and Google are making smart speaker assistants and smart technology a must - have in the home.

It includes Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana to answer questions and manage smart home technology to streamline tasks.

SAN FRANCISCO - In less than a year, Amazon's combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice - controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy - to - use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words.

This is another data point that shows the strength of demand for smart home and voice assistant - enabled technology.

«Personal home assistants — Alexa from Amazon and Google Home — were among the biggest breakout hits for new technology in 2017,» said Netpop's Crandhome assistants — Alexa from Amazon and Google Home — were among the biggest breakout hits for new technology in 2017,» said Netpop's CrandHome — were among the biggest breakout hits for new technology in 2017,» said Netpop's Crandall.

Their list of compatible smart home devices is longer and, at a time when developers are having to decide which virtual assistant technology to invest their time into, it still feels like Alexa is ahead.

Google's chief message at the event appeared to be that Google Assistant — widely regarded as the best artificial intelligence and machine learning technology in the space — will be available to users everywhere, whether at home or on the go.

Amazon's smart speaker, Echo, paired with its proprietary voice - enabled virtual assistant Alexa, has already laid a fine groundwork for intuitive integrations of smart home devices, and although the ecosystem sometimes missteps, the technology has proven very effective and useful.

Apple has begun production of a high - end speaker with Siri - based digital assistant technology to compete directly with Amazon's Alexa - based Echo speakers and the Google Assistant - powered Home speaker, Bloomberg reported Wassistant technology to compete directly with Amazon's Alexa - based Echo speakers and the Google Assistant - powered Home speaker, Bloomberg reported WAssistant - powered Home speaker, Bloomberg reported Wednesday.

From checking on weather, appointments, or traffic to controlling your smarthome, a home assistant is one of the more futuristic technologies available today.

Samsung plans to integrate the San Jose - based company's AI platform, called Viv, into the Galaxy smartphones and expand voice - assistant services to home appliances and wearable technology devices.

Google Home is one of the best voice assistants that the technology has bestowed us with.

Intelligent assistants — be they built into smart home devices or bots in chat apps — are the next big rush for technology companies.

Amazon and Google, which offers a rival voice - based computing technology called Google Assistant that's built into its Home smart speakers, are going to show off the latest developments for their respective systems.

Despite voice technology being at an early stage in Australia, with just 1 % of respondents currently owning a smart speaker, almost half (47 %) could name at least one voice device... and (46 %) are willing or excited to use an in - home voice assistant to interact with and shop from retailers.

It may not come with the same search expertise as Google's Assistant, but the fast rollout of support for third - party smarthome partners means it's more likely to be of use if you have smart, connected technology from multiple brands in your home.

In among the swathe of new products at CES 2018 - the world's largest consumer technology show - it's the new Lenovo Smart Display Google Assistant product that's stood out from the crowd, given its clear position to take on the Amazon Echo Show in the screen - based, voice - controlled smart home race.

With the new Google Assistant features, Google is trying to put technology in homes and living rooms without putting them in people's faces.

So, yeah, what we assumed to be the fifth - generation Apple TV with 4K support receiving regulatohry approval may actually materialize as a home automation hub «based on the Siri voice assistant», and gifted with «more advanced microphone and speaker technology» to eclipse the Echo and Google Hhome automation hub «based on the Siri voice assistant», and gifted with «more advanced microphone and speaker technology» to eclipse the Echo and Google HomeHome.

Apple looks to surpass Amazon and Google's home assistants with a more robust microphone and speaker technology.

Between smart home gear and digital assistants, it's looking like consumer technology's future may lie in voice controls — but one leader in the field might be taking a step backwards.

Major tech companies are leveraging hotel rooms and public lodging spaces as pseudo-show floors to showcase the capabilities of modern voice assistants and smart home technology, notes Bloomberg.

A team of more than 100 engineers is apparently in the early stages of the voice assistant technology in Huawei's home country, China, as per a report by Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter.

The advanced voice assistant technology would also extend to other smart home products.

AI technology can be found in voice and home assistants, such as Siri, Google Home / Assistant, and the Amazon Ehome assistants, such as Siri, Google Home / Assistant, and the Amazon EHome / Assistant, and the Amazon Echo.

Through Google Assistant, the device offers the standard feature set of voice assistance, the ability to play music from streaming services like Google Play, Pandora, Spotify and YouTube Music, smart home control — including compatibility with iHome's own SmartPlug devices — and support for Google Cast technology.

From connected appliances to do - it - yourself home security and voice - assistant technology, here are some of the biggest smart home trends.

With much of the Google buzz at CES being centered around Google's smart assistant and its integration into multiple devices, it might be that the reason we haven't seen a Google - built smart speaker with a screen (like the Amazon Echo Show or JBL View Link) is because Google is planning to integrate this technology into a possible Google Home View — though that's pure speculation at this time.

Although Google Assistant, the software powering Google Home, is new, the technology is based on the work Google has already put into its Google Now voice search functionality.

Apple reportedly has begun production of a high - end speaker with Siri - based digital assistant technology to compete directly with Amazon's Alexa - based Echo speakers and the Google Assistant - powered Homeassistant technology to compete directly with Amazon's Alexa - based Echo speakers and the Google Assistant - powered HomeAssistant - powered Home speaker.

Google Assistant, the company's voice recognition and control technology found in devices like Google Home, is coming to Android TV.

The voice assistant is therefore expected to become a part of smart home technology.

The Amazon Echo features Amazon's intelligent assistant, Alexa, which gives the device access to an ever - growing list of smart home technology and other integrations.

While Microsoft, Apple and Google also offer voice assistants in the form of Cortana, Siri and Google Assistant, at this time only Amazon is actively working to bring voice into boardrooms as well as homes, with Amazon's chief technology officer and vice-president Werner Vogel stating «Voice represents the next major disruption in computing.»

The technology behind Google Home got some new stuff too as Google Assistant will finally be gaining the ability for users to type out their interactions instead of having to speak them, which will certainly be better for privacy when users are out in public.

«HomePod packs powerful speaker technology, Siri intelligence and wireless access to the entire Apple Music library into a beautiful speaker that is less than 7 inches tall, can rock most any room with distortion free music and be a helpful assistant around your home.»