Tag: smart speakers
For the love of smart speakers
February 20, 2019Ginger Hill
The love of smart speakers is permeating the world, as more and more people are introducing these devices into their homes for various reasons—to listen to their favorite tunes, search for real-time and factual information, listen to news, chat with the voice assistant for fun (I mean, it's pretty cool to play trivia with Alexa!), and use alarms and timers, and more. So, to do all these activities, what are people looking for in a smart speaker?
After surveying more than 13 percent of...
In the home, voice is king
February 20, 2019Paul Ragusa
The success of smart home assistants such as Amazon Alexa has spurred the growth of smart speakers within the home, as voice control in the home seems to be a trend that is not going away any time soon.
In fact, the adoption of these devices increased by 800 percent from 2016 to 2018, reaching nearly one-third of U.S. broadband households by the end of 2018, according to research by Parks Associates.
In the firm's “Strategies for Integrating Voice in the Smart Home,” report, it estimates...