Items tagged with voice assistant

by Brittany Goetting - Sat, Aug 17, 2019

Heads-Up: Scammers Are Manipulating Phone Number Voice Search For Google Assistant, Siri And Alexa

Voice assistants can be great for looking up the weather, playing music, and answering inquiries. However, consumers should use caution before asking their voice assistant to call a business or customer service line. The Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently reported that voice assistants are accidentally dialing... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Tue, Sep 11, 2018

Study: Voice Assistants Like Amazon Echo Are Here To Stay, Most Commonly Used For Music

A new study published by Adobe Analytics that looks at the market for voice devices such as the Amazon Echo and Google Home. The study surveyed 1,000 consumers in the U.S. and looked at how people use the devices they own and what they use them for. According to the study, the most common use for voice assistant... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Fri, Sep 07, 2018

Hey BMW: BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant Is Proprietary In-Car AI

BMW has announced that it is putting a new proprietary AI assistant into its cars that it calls the BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant. This AI is proprietary and aims to enhance the BMW driving experience. The AI is always on and will respond to the voice prompt "Hey BMW" and can perform a range of functions for the... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Fri, Jan 12, 2018

Amazon Echo, Google Home Smart Speakers In Use By 39 Million Americans Says Study

New research has come out that looks at the number of Americans that own a smart speaker along the lines of the Amazon Echo or Google Home devices. The research came from NPR and Edison Research, and found that 16% of Americans own a smart speaker, putting the figure at around 39 million people. That the figure is... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Thu, Oct 19, 2017

Bixby 2.0 Adds Smart Home Integration As Samsung Opens AI Assistant To Third-Party Devs

Samsung has announced the next major version of its Bixby voice assistant at Samsung Developer conference (SDC) 2017. The new voice assistant is Bixby 2.0 and Samsung promises that the intelligent assistant platform will bring a connected experience that is "ubiquitous, personal, and open." Samsung says that it sees a... Read more...

by Shane McGlaun - Fri, Oct 06, 2017

Mattel Axes Kid-Friendly Aristotle AI Smart Speaker Due To Privacy Concerns

Smart assistant devices are very common today with the most popular line of speakers and devices with a voice assistant inside being the Amazon Echo with 70% of the voice enabled speaker market. Mattel, the company who makes many of the toys kids go crazy for, was set to bring its own voice assistant to market in 2018... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Mon, Jul 14, 2014

Microsoft's Cortana Predicted World Cup Winner, Brazil Is Voice Assistant's Only Blemish

If you want to beat the Las Vegas odds makers, you might want to look at the available software at your disposable. To wit, EA's Madden NFL franchise has correctly predicted the winner of the Super Bowl in 8 of the last 11 tries (but got it wrong this last time around), and Microsoft's Cortana voice assistant for... Read more...