Fahad HJul 1, 20192 min readPrivacy issues may be hurting smart speaker market growthPrivacy concerns are starting to weigh on adoption of smart speakers and may even be dampening usage among existing owners, the latest...
Fahad HMar 11, 20192 min readReport: 65 million US smart speaker owners, smart displays quickly gaining tractionTwo recent reports agree that there are about 65 million smart speaker owners in the United States, with more than 130 million actual...
Fahad HFeb 18, 20192 min readReport: Apple buys voice tech platform PullStringA screenshot from Pullstring’s Converse software. Siri could be getting a boost, following Friday’s report that Apple has acquired voice...
Fahad HJan 7, 20192 min readAs CES opens, Amazon, Google tout digital assistant stats that highlight respective market strengthsFollowing Thanksgiving weekend, Amazon said that the Echo Dot was the top-selling product on Amazon globally. Last week, the company...
Fahad HDec 20, 20187 min readWhy one marketer thinks smart speakers have their work cut out for themVoice technology and voice search have, arguably, been adopted faster than any other technology in history. Analyst estimates on smart...
Fahad HNov 8, 20182 min readReport: As Facebook portal goes on sale, smart speaker growth is slowingProduct image from Facebook’s site promoting Portal Perhaps the novelty is fading. Smart speaker growth had been on a tear, but Consumer...
Fahad HSep 21, 20182 min readAmazon 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....
Fahad HSep 12, 20183 min readiOS 12 release gives users more power, marketers more optionsLet’s dig right in. Changes to notifications make it easier for users to opt in — and opt out. The update gives users more control...
Fahad HAug 16, 20182 min readWho’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...
Fahad HAug 16, 20183 min readMicrosoft 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...
Fahad HAug 15, 20181 min readReport: Google continues to gain global smart speaker shareConsistent with earlier data, Strategy Analytics reported that Google is gaining global share in the smart speaker market. It’s also...
Fahad HAug 3, 20182 min readApple’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...
Fahad HJul 20, 20182 min readReport: Smart speaker ownership driving voice adoption on smartphonesNPR and Edison Research have released a new “smart audio” report. It’s the third installment of research that began in 2017, intended to...
Fahad HJul 9, 20182 min readAnalyst firm: Smart speaker market will reach 100M units by year-endAnalyst firm Canalys is projecting that the global smart speaker market will reach 100 million units by the end of 2018. It further...
Fahad HJun 4, 20183 min readApple’s WWDC 2018 keynote: An overview of the announcementsEarlier today, Apple wrapped its WWDC 2018 developer keynote, with a long list of announcements. Apple has four platforms: iOS, MacOS,...
Fahad HApr 12, 20182 min readReport: Sales of Apple smart speaker stallSales of Apple’s HomePod smart speaker have stalled, according to new data from Slice Intelligence. Since its launch in January, HomePod...
Fahad HFeb 14, 20184 min readIn (partial) defense of Apple’s HomePodApple’s HomePod is being hailed as the best speaker among the current smart speaker cohort, which includes Google Home, Amazon Echo,...
Fahad HFeb 12, 20181 min readMicrosoft’s Cortana comes to iPad, ChromeOS devices to get Google AssistantLast week, Microsoft released a version of Cortana for the iPad. Cortana is already available for the iPhone but has now been optimized...
Fahad HFeb 8, 20182 min readApple HomePod gets mixed reviews, Nest returns to GoogleThe battle for the smart home is well underway, triggered by the advent of smart speakers. Apple’s entry, HomePod, will finally be...
Fahad HNov 29, 20172 min readHas 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...
