It can be difficult to view the
rise of voice assistants as a whole as more voice assistants and their smart speaker devices enter the market.
Consumers have purchased smart speakers in large numbers and will be able to extend usage
of voice assistants in 2018 to their household fixtures and cars.
As more voice assistants and their smart speaker devices enter the market, it can be difficult to view the rise
of voice assistants as a whole.
Comparison of the state of development for a
range of voice assistant sectors, and an outline of the capabilities and offerings of key players in this market.
Many people marvel at the natural language processing
capabilities of voice assistants, but few realize that «wake word recognition» is different and also complex.
Many people first think of either the utility features
of voice assistants such as sending a text or the voice apps that enable you to play games or control smart home devices.
We created a timeline
of voice assistants for you to see how the voice revolution evolved since its beginnings in the early 1960s.
With three big players all selling some
form of voice assistant enabled device, you can bet global sales will climb even higher.
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.
The new feature sounds like a much more practical solution for short announcements without having to pull out your phone — which is the whole
point of voice assistants anyway.
It could also get another set of consumers comfortable with the idea of voice - first control and further facilitate the adoption
of voice assistants overall.
That means wearables and Bluetooth devices should see a similar
pattern of voice assistant integration that we saw in 2017 for wireless speakers.
However, there is a clear issue with privacy and data security in the current
generation of voice assistants, which customers often cite this as a significant concern.
As more voice assistants and their smart speaker devices enter the market, it can be difficult to view the
rise of voice assistants as a whole.
To drive greater
adoption of voice assistants, tech companies will likely need to provide more visibility for third - party voice apps from businesses.
It can be difficult to view the rise
of voice assistants as a whole as more voice assistants and their smart speaker devices enter the market.
Siri has been recently facing competition from a deluge of AI - based voice assistants, such as Samsung's Bixby, HTC's Sense Companion and Microsoft's Cortana, which is why Apple is expected to launched an improved
version of the voice assistant with the iPhone 8 this year.
Sonos recently made its first real foray into the
world of voice assistants with its new Sonos One, powered initially by Amazon's Alexa.
One of the more interesting developments at CES 2018 was the migration
of voice assistants from electronics to household fixtures...
PwC has added to the
understanding of voice assistant use in a recent survey by identifying what activity consumers are most commonly engaged in when summoning their voice assistants.