Fahad HAug 26, 20192 min readAnalyst firm: Google smart speaker shipments dropped in Q2 2019According to Canalys, the global smart speaker market grew 55% in the second quarter of 2019. However, the firm reported that Google saw...
Fahad HAug 9, 20193 min readAlexa devices maintain 70% market share in U.S. according to surveyIn January, 2018 Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) estimated that Amazon Echo/Alexa controlled 69% of the U.S. smart speaker...
Fahad HMay 7, 20193 min readGoogle Nest Hub Max: A new weapon in the smart home battle against AlexaAs expected, Google introduced a new 10-inch screen smart display at Google I/O. Google smart displays and speakers have now been...
Fahad HApr 18, 20192 min readA Facebook voice assistant may have buy-in from marketers – but will users want it?Facebook is rumored to be working on a voice assistant similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Siri, reports CNBC. Two former Facebook...
Fahad HApr 3, 20193 min readWalmart doubles down on voice grocery shopping with Google HomeYesterday Walmart announced a simplified way for customers to order groceries using voice commands on any device that features the Google...
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 14, 20192 min readGoogle rolls out ‘interpreter mode’ for Home and smart displaysGoogle Translate is now rolling out Google Home devices. The capability was first announced at this year’s CES. Since then, the company...
Fahad HFeb 6, 20192 min readSuper Bowl ads show Alexa as part of daily lifeSuper Bowl ads this past Sunday bounced between the past and the future, with a generous dose of nostalgia (Stella Artois) to offset...
Fahad HJan 8, 20192 min readSurvey: 118 million smart speakers in US, but expectation is low for future demandThe latest smart audio report from NPR and Edison Research estimates that there are now nearly 120 million smart speakers in U.S. homes,...
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 16, 20182 min readAnalyst: Amazon Echo owns 75 percent of global smart speaker marketRoughly 75 million devices by year-end. The firm has projected 75 million devices “for the whole of 2018.” It’s not entirely clear...
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 HOct 10, 20182 min readWhy Google’s Home Hub could outsell Echo Show, other smart displaysYesterday at Google’s hardware event, it introduced a number of new devices. Among them, the anticipated Pixel 3 and 3XL handsets, a new...
Fahad HSep 11, 20182 min readAdobe: 47% of smart speaker owners using device in shopping processAdobe. And it supports the narrative that smart speakers are an important, emerging commerce channel. Adobe surveyed 1,000 US consumers,...
Fahad HAug 30, 20182 min readGoogle expands Assistant device network, adds polyglot supportGoogle Assistant devices have an advantage over Echo in international markets. Seeking to capitalize and expand on that, the company is...
Fahad HAug 17, 20182 min readReport says Google to launch own smart display in time for holidaysOut of more than 50 million Alexa devices sold, fewer than 500,000 have been the Echo Show, according to Canalys. That’s partly because...
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...
