The trends that started with
mobile voice search have accelerated with the introduction of voice assistants on devices ranging from desktops and mobile to smart speakers.
The remaining Chinese startups on the list include three other Beijing - based ones: Face + +, best known for its face recognition technology, its close rival SenseTime, as well as Mobvoi, the developer behind the Siri - like
mobile voice search service Chumen Wenwen.
-- Zhifei Li, founder and CEO of Mobvoi,
a mobile voice search company equipped with proprietary AI technology including Chinese voice recognition, semantic analytics, and search technology.
Not exact matches
Just as marketers have optimized content for web 2.0 and
mobile, they will start optimizing content for
voice search as well.
Much like having an app or a
mobile - first website,
voice activation is another platform that you need to consider, and being found in a
voice search is as crucial as being found on a
mobile, tablet or desktop.
Its most recent iteration reported
voice search as having 20 percent of the
mobile search origination share, and comScore predicts that number will swell to 50 percent by 2020.
You'll have to play by new rules to target
voice search, lightning - fast page speeds and
mobile - friendly content.
But as the business of
search has evolved, the impact of social media,
mobile apps,
voice - assisted
mobile devices, new types of specialized
search results and a competitive
search atmosphere has led to a blurring of the lines between paid and organic advertisements, the FTC contends.
The extension of these
voice interaction habits forming in the home along with greater familiarity with
voice search is logically extending into more
voice interaction on
mobile devices for a variety of use cases.
With integrated Google technology, the Droid Charge 4G brings one - touch access to the popular Google
mobile services millions use every day, including Google
Search by
voice, Google Maps with Street View, GTalk instant messaging (with presence capabilities), YouTube, and Picasa.
Built using powerful hardware (a dual - core processor, 1 GB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, dual - band, and dual - antenna Wi - Fi with MIMO), the Fire TV Stick boasts Amazon's award - winning user interface accessible by the included remote control (or «you can use your phone as a remote with the free
mobile app that includes
voice search»).
Google ™
Mobile Services The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is preloaded with the full suite of Google
Mobile Services including access to more than 250,000 applications on Android Market ™, Gmail ™, Google
Search ™, Google Maps ™ 5.7 with 3D maps, and Google Talk ™ with video and
voice chat.
This also means that developers must support multiple versions of the Android platform, however, and it also means the overwhelming majority of Android users do not have access to the latest features, security updates and other improvements brought about by newer versions of Google's
mobile platform — nearly 99 % of current Android device owners are using a version of Android that does not support great new features like Google Now, enhanced
voice search support and «Project Butter» performance enhancements.
The A50 integrates Google
mobile services with one - click access to Google
Search by
voice, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, calendar, contacts and Android Market, where users can find more than 20,000 applications to expand and personalize their phone to fit their lifestyle.
According to Google, 20 % of
mobile searches now are from
voice queries.
Hat tip to Dario Bonacina at the New Blog Times for a report on Vic Gundotra's remarks at the Web 2.0 expo on Google's migration to
voice activated
searches, which would be a killer app for
mobile phones.
You can perform
voice recognition in a variety of situations, whether on telephone support lines or your
mobile phone or in certain locations on the Web such as Google's Web
search.
Consumers can use the simple included remote control or the free Roku
mobile app for iOS and Android
mobile devices which acts as a remote, includes a keyboard and offers features like
voice search, private listening, and more for this new line of Roku streaming players.
According to Global Web Index, 25 percent of 16 - 24s use
voice search on
mobile.
You need to make your site as
mobile - friendly as possible as smartphones are the primary device on which people perform
voice searches on.
You can get more people exposed to your business by making putting your information where the
voice assistants get information, having a localised SEO strategy, making your site
mobile - friendly and copying what your competitor who is ranking for
voice search does.
Ignore the desktop OS foundation; the Windows 8 app is much closer to the touchscreen - oriented
mobile version with its oversized
search box, service shortcuts, an emphasis on
voice recognition and finger - friendly instant previews of the results.
, 25 percent of 16 - 24s use
voice search on
mobile.
According to Google, 20 percent of all
mobile search queries are
voice search, and that number will only go up.
And while there's no
voice search or headphone jack on the remote, those features are available on Roku's
mobile app (which, in the absence of an RF remote, is arguably better for controlling the Express than the physical remote).
For instance, you can listen to audio through headphones using Roku's companion
mobile apps, which also support universal
voice search and allow you to control the player with touchscreen buttons.
Under a new program, retailers can list their products on Google
Search, as well as on the Google Express shopping service, and Google Assistant on
mobile phones and
voice devices.
AI personal
voice assistant usage time is 13 % of
search apps on
mobile and 7.7 % of
search websites.
Even though Amazon has a Fire TV remote for Android, iOS, and their
mobile Fire devices, the remote's
voice functionality is limited to the original Fire TV
voice search and, inexplicably, does not support Alexa.
Google says 20 % of
mobile search is by
voice, Microsoft's Bing sees 25 % of all
searches in Windows task bar are by
voice and comScore says 50 % of all
search will be by
voice in 2020.
You can also do a few things with your
voice, such as send a message or perform a Google
search, but Android Wear doesn't have a great ecosystem of useful third - party apps, nor does it support
mobile payments like the Apple Watch does.
Most notably, the Ultra is the now the only Roku model with
voice search on the remote, as it's been relegated to Roku's
mobile app for its other models.
iOS 9, the latest version of Apple's
mobile operating system, brings a plethora of new features to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad, including Apple News, a new Notes app, transit directions in Maps, an updated Apple Wallet, an iCloud Drive app, and a more intelligent
voice and text assistant with Siri and
Search.
Tap Activity controls to put a stop to anything from
voice search logs to tracking of your
mobile browsing history.
Spotify is presently in the process of testing a
voice - enabled
search service in its
mobile app, as originally spotted by one user of the platform earlier this week.
Google is incredibly accurate at understanding
voice searches, which makes it super useful on
mobile when you might want to find information without using your hands.
That's changed in iOS 10, as Apple has opened up its
voice - powered personal assistant to a select group of apps, such as ride - booking, photo
searching,
mobile payments,
voice over IP and fitness tracking.
While Bing is well behind Google in both desktop and
mobile search volume, the service was carving out a niche in
voice search.
He also mentions that Cortana, Microsoft's
voice - activated Windows 10 desktop and
mobile assistant, is set to make her way to the Xbox One at some point in 2016, bringing
voice internet
searches and contextual
search options to the Xbox One.
The Roku remote doesn't have
voice control like the Fire TV remote does; Roku's solution, instead, is to offer
voice search through the free Roku
mobile app for iOS and Android.
Amazon's Fire TV and Apple's Apple TV are the obvious standalone - box alternatives, and they're roughly the same size, too; far cheaper is a $ 35 Chromecast, which misses out on the fancy
voice searching but supports the same Google Play access and, assuming you have the app on your phone or tablet, can be used to «Cast» (aka stream) video from your
mobile device.
The Roku
Mobile App offers
voice control functionality for
searching content, while the Chromecast supports a wide range of apps and has the ability to cast tabs from Google Chrome.
After all, the set - top box already supports
voice searches via the remote control or a
mobile app.
Meanwhile, the Roku Premiere + is controlled using Roku's
mobile app which boasts
voice search capability and easy access to a wealth of content from various streaming providers.
Recent enhancements to RPR
Mobile, including the ability to
search by
voice, are upping the ante even further, according to Nicolay.