Privacy issues may be hurting smart speaker market growth
Privacy concerns are starting to weigh on adoption of smart speakers and may even be dampening usage among existing owners, the latest...
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Report: 65 million US smart speaker owners, smart displays quickly gaining traction
Two recent reports agree that there are about 65 million smart speaker owners in the United States, with more than 130 million actual...
Report: Apple buys voice tech platform PullString
A screenshot from Pullstring’s Converse software. Siri could be getting a boost, following Friday’s report that Apple has acquired voice...
As CES opens, Amazon, Google tout digital assistant stats that highlight respective market strengths
Following Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon said that the Echo Dot was the top-selling product on Amazon globally. Last week, the company...
Why one marketer thinks smart speakers have their work cut out for them
Voice technology and voice search have, arguably, been adopted faster than any other technology in history. Analyst estimates on smart...
Report: As Facebook portal goes on sale, smart speaker growth is slowing
Product image from Facebook’s site promoting Portal Perhaps the novelty is fading. Smart speaker growth had been on a tear, but Consumer...
Amazon launches a dozen new devices to put ‘Alexa everywhere’
At a hardware event yesterday, Amazon introduced a number of updated or new Echo devices and a range of appliances with Alexa integrated....
iOS 12 release gives users more power, marketers more options
Let’s dig right in. Changes to notifications make it easier for users to opt in — and opt out. The update gives users more control...
Who’s really winning the smart speaker market, Amazon or Google?
Earlier this week, Strategy Analytics released its Q2 global smart speaker shipments report. The data showed Amazon still as the global...
Microsoft and Amazon marry their assistants, but will the honeymoon be short-lived?
Roughly a year ago, Amazon and Microsoft announced that they each would be integrating their respective digital assistants into the...
Report: Google continues to gain global smart speaker share
Consistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also...
Apple’s HomePod makes modest gains against Echo, Google Home [Report]
Using consumer survey data, Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) reported this week that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker made...
Report: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphones
NPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in 2017, intended to...
Analyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-end
Analyst firm Canalys is projecting that the global smart speaker market will reach 100 million units by the end of 2018. It further...
Apple’s WWDC 2018 keynote: An overview of the announcements
Earlier today, Apple wrapped its WWDC 2018 developer keynote, with a long list of announcements. Apple has four platforms: iOS, MacOS,...
Report: Sales of Apple smart speaker stall
Sales of Apple’s HomePod smart speaker have stalled, according to new data from Slice Intelligence. Since its launch in January, HomePod...
In (partial) defense of Apple’s HomePod
Apple’s HomePod is being hailed as the best speaker among the current smart speaker cohort, which includes Google Home, Amazon Echo,...
Microsoft’s Cortana comes to iPad, ChromeOS devices to get Google Assistant
Last week, Microsoft released a version of Cortana for the iPad. Cortana is already available for the iPhone but has now been optimized...
Apple HomePod gets mixed reviews, Nest returns to Google
The battle for the smart home is well underway, triggered by the advent of smart speakers. Apple’s entry, HomePod, will finally be...
Has Apple already missed the smart speaker market?
With the recent news that Apple’s HomePod smart speaker wouldn’t ship until next year, the company is missing the critical holiday...
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