There is a new chart from Business Insider by way of Statista by way of comScore on how people use
smart speakers today.
It was launched to better understand U.S. consumer trends and use cases for
smart speakers today.
The number one use case on
smart speakers today is music listening.
In addition, the report suggests that household adoption of
smart speakers today is 13 % and will grow to 55 % by 2022.
The same thing is happening on
smart speakers today.
It also gets rid of a problem that plagues
all smart speakers today: Get too far away from Wi - Fi and service is interrupted.
Most
smart speakers today only send data to the cloud after the «wake word» such as «Alexa» or «Cortana» is recognized.
The use cases in the short animated video and on the page speak to smart home, calendar, music and other tasks users employ on
their smart speakers today.
The report also found that 11 % of U.S. Households own an Amazon Alexa
smart speaker today and that almost 70 % have at least one Alexa skill enabled.
Even without these future additions, the Sonos One is a great
smart speaker today.
Amidst all the announcements from Google and Amazon this week, you may have missed the fact that Sonos launched a new Alexa - enabled
smart speaker today.
To be
a smart speaker today requires a voice assistant for many consumers.
However, it may well be the highest profile, high - end
smart speaker today in the Alexa ecosystem.
Not exact matches
Google Home Max was announced
today as a high end
smart speaker targeting audiophiles.
The company
today delivers audio ads that consumers can interact with by voice on mobile and hopes to do the same on
smart speakers when the voice assistant platforms update their advertising policies.
Confirming one of the industry's worst - kept secrets, Google announced
today that it finally has a cost - reduced version of its Google Home
smart speaker.
Also, I learned
today at CES that Naver's Clova Friends
smart speakers will support Mandarin in 2018.
If you are looking to try out Cortana on a
smart speaker,
today might be your best bet.
However, if you have interest in Microsoft's first foray into the
smart speaker market,
today would be a good day to make your Invoke purchase.
Here are a few sales that are available
today if you are in the market for
smart speakers and voice - interactive displays:
So, there are many opportunities to save
today if you are looking to pick up some more
smart speaker and
smart home equipment.
Discounting with the promo code makes it among the most attractively priced entry - level
smart speakers on the market
today.
«Most of
today's
smart devices including
smart TVs, Google Home, Amazon Echo and smartphones come with built - in microphones and
speaker systems — which lets us use them to play music, record video and audio tracks, have phone conversations or participate in videoconferencing,» said co-lead author Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, a UW doctoral student in computer science and engineering.
Today, three years later, 16 % of Americans own a
smart speaker.
Walmart and Google are
today announcing a new partnership that will enable voice shopping through Google Assistant, Google's virtual assistant that lives on devices like its
smart speaker, Google Home.
The survey showed growth in the voice segment will be driven by a surge in the number of homes using
smart speakers, rising to 55 % from 13 % percent
today.
Today, 13 percent of U.S. homes have a
smart speaker, and 36 percent of those homes regularly use the device to make purchases, the report says.
Today, Roku is unveiling a licensing program for manufacturing partners that include reference designs for
smart speakers,
smart soundbars, surround sound and multi-home audio systems that use new Roku Connect software to communicate wirelessly and be controlled by voice.
Nearly one in five U.S. adults
today have access to a
smart speaker, according to new research out this week from Voicebot.ai.
The Announcements feature is rolling out to Alexa users in the US and Canada starting
today, and will be available across Amazon's entire lineup of Echo
smart speakers.
A new e-commerce study from Adobe discovered that the Echo Dot is the best - selling
smart speaker in the market
today.
That's the way all
smart speakers work
today (Amazon's new Echo Plus, $ 150, is an exception: It will have a bona - fide
smart home controller inside it when it ships).
Confirming one of the industry's worst - kept secrets, Google announced
today that it finally has a cost - reduced version of its Google Home
smart speaker.
Google Home Max was announced
today as a high end
smart speaker targeting audiophiles.
The big news in
smart speaker land
today is the official availability date for the Apple HomePod.
Apple
today announced plans for a
smart speaker named HomePod to compete with Amazon Echo, Google Home, and other
smart speakers.
Apple
today announced that the HomePod
smart speaker will no longer be made available this year, but rather in early 2018.
Nest Cam IQ Indoor is gaining Google Assistant Support
today, which means if you have one of these security cameras in your home somewhere you can now use it to control other
smart home products, like lights, thermostats, fans,
speakers, switches, and any number of other products which are integrated with connectivity and support Google -LSB-...]
Today, approximately 13 - percent of U.S. homes have a
smart speaker, whereas OC&C expects 55 - percent of them will in four years» time.
After months of speculation, rumor has it that Apple at WWDC
today will introduce a new Siri - based
smart speaker designed to compete with Amazon's Echo and Google Home.
Those interests
today are migrating to expectations around using
smart speakers and
smart home technologies.
Discounting with the promo code makes it among the most attractively priced entry - level
smart speakers on the market
today.
Xiaomi, a top global smartphone manufacturer headquartered in China, earlier
today launched a
smart speaker rival to take on Alibaba's Tmall Genie X1 and JD.com's LingLong DingDong.
Price is the most important factor for consumers shopping for
smart speakers like Google Home, Amazon Echo, or the yet - to - be-released Apple HomePod, according to a Morning Consult survey released
today.
Google
today unveiled the Google Home Mini, a smaller version of its flagship
smart speaker.
During Google's biggest hardware event of the year
today in San Francisco, the company unveiled the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, the Home Mini and Home Max
smart speakers, the Pixelbook laptop, Pixel Buds earbuds, and more.
The new Echo Dot comes out on the same day that Amazon announced its flagship
smart Echo
speaker is finally launching outside of the U.S, kicking off with the U.K. and Germany
today.
The next generation Amazon Echo
smart speaker made its debut
today, one of half a dozen devices unveiled by the company in a press conference at Amazon headquarters in Seattle.
Google
today unveiled Home Max, a premium
smart speaker for $ 399 available in December.
Also out
today are Echo Spot, an alarm clock for $ 129 with a 2.5 - inch screen and Alexa inside; the Amazon Connect, a $ 34.99 device that connects to your home phone line to turn any Echo
smart speaker into a speakerphone; and Echo Buttons for $ 19.99, which can be used to play multiplayer games with Alexa.