Forty - one percent
of smart speaker owners report having used their device to make a phone call and 34 % have used messaging.
By that time, over 70 million households will have at least one
of these smart speakers in their home, and the total number of installed devices will top 175 million.
Despite the increased
adoption of smart speakers with voice control capabilities, the new report points out that the majority of voice assistant usage won't be through these in - home devices.
In addition, the rise
of smart speakers with voice assistants has made it more convenient to listen to audio recordings in the home, helping to boost adoption further.
That effectively eliminated any legal
use of smart speakers by children because they must speak to interact with the system.
And now it boasts the largest
lineup of smart speaker options, including the only smart speakers with display screens.
Depending on the size of your home and the
number of smart speakers and Bluetooth speakers you already own, you could have the same song play throughout all areas of your house.
Both assistants broke
out of the smart speaker packages we're used to seeing and found their way into new and exciting applications.
I will be honest with you, the majority
of smart speakers on the market are not aesthetically pleasing.
Among the heavy
users of smart speakers, 52 % are under age 35, although the 35 - 54 age group is the largest share for all other groups of use volume.
The development kit will virtually offer audio manufacturers a reference design for their products, and the kit should allow for the development
of smart speakers at a variety of price points.
Having to vacuum the
top of my smart speaker instead of just wiping it off with a rag is something I never thought I'd have to consider, yet here we are.
More than
half of smart speaker owners report at least trying a game on their device and nearly one - third say they use them monthly.
If you're investing in one or a set
of smart speakers from one company, you're less likely to mix and match brands.
Still, if this is a product, they should probably release it as part of a
suite of smart speakers rather than just this car thing.
While
most of the smart speakers out there were assembled by companies with little to no history with audio products, it is not hard to realize that audio quality is mostly just acceptable.
On the upside, choosing one brand
of smart speaker over another generally won't tie you into that brand's entire ecosystem.
In addition, the report suggests that household adoption
of smart speakers today is 13 % and will grow to 55 % by 2022.
Only 39 % of consumers trust in the «personalized» product
selection of smart speakers and only 44 % believe they offer the best value selection of products.
With the affordable
cost of some smart speakers, households can sometimes have more than one device installed in different areas like the kitchen, living room, bedrooms, and more.
The company has mentioned that the
images of the smart speaker are not final and that its appearance may change before the product ships.
The idea of targeting casual music listeners has long been one of the company's main missions with music, but the
advent of smart speakers have shown a brand new audience to reach.
It turns out that this premise was false and that the hands free, far - field voice recognition is the killer
app of smart speakers.
But this new report believes the rapid adoption
of smart speakers means we'll also see a massive increase in voice shopping.
One of the earliest
problems of smart speakers, aside from trying to figure out what they're useful for, is being able to recognize other people's voices.