Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
While one new study on voice assistants compares the quality of different providers’ answers, the other drills into Google’s data sources for 22 verticals.
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Want to target position 0? Here’s what you need to make that happen
Hey Google, how do you become the answer people hear on their voice assistants? Contributor Karen Bone explains how to make that happen by doing your homework on featured snippets.
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In big win, Apple hires Google AI chief John Giannandrea away from Google
Apple must succeed in AI if it is to remain competitive with rivals.
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Once a competitive advantage, Siri now seen as liability for Apple
Failure to improve Siri will eventually impact iPhone sales.
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Google Assistant adds new media capabilities ahead of HomePod release
You can now wake up to a favorite playlist and use voice to pick up where you left off with Netflix shows.
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Analyst firm: Google Home gains ground on Amazon Echo, now 44M total devices sold
A new survey from CIRP argues that Google Home captured about 40 percent of holiday sales.
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Survey: People becoming less inhibited about using voice search in public
Texting is the most common use case for voice, and men use voice search more than women, according to new data from Stone Temple Consulting.
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Apple says HomePod is finally coming on February 9, but can it compete?
Apple also said that Siri is now used on more than 500 million devices.
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Google bringing the Assistant to tablets and Lollipop Android phones
The move comes against the backdrop of accelerating virtual assistant usage and intensifying competition.
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Report: Smart speaker owners increasingly using them instead of typing or swiping
Survey respondents also showed openness to buying assistant devices from Facebook and other companies that don’t currently offer them.
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Google aims to make apps for Google Assistant more functional and discoverable
It also enables users to start a task on Google Home and complete it on a smartphone.
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Voice search: Content may be king, but context is queen in the new voice-first world
Yext VP of Industry Insights Duane Forrester discusses his new e-book, “How Voice Search Changes Everything,” and what marketers can do to adapt and compete.
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Siri, Safari and Google Search: What does it mean for marketers?
Columnist Jim Yu explains how Apple’s recent announcements and updates to Siri and Safari have had a major impact on the search marketing industry.
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Echo and Home will probably have to tell you they’re always listening — in Europe
As smart speakers proliferate around the world, some governments will require strong privacy disclosures and consent to recording.
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Google’s ‘Manhattan project’: Home device with a screen to compete with Echo Show
Can Google Home emerge from Amazon Echo’s shadow?
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Amazon just upped the ante in the battle of the virtual assistants
Smart speakers are the ‘gateway drug’ to smart home adoption.
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Apple switches back to Google search results for iOS & Mac
After serving Bing web search results in iOS and Mac for a few years, Apple has just switched the results back to Google, its original search partner.
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Report: Google to debut ‘Home Mini’ smart speaker for $49 on October 4
The device is Google’s answer to the low-cost Amazon Echo Dot.
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Alexa and Cortana will soon work together, allowing each to access the other
You’ll soon be able to ask Alexa to “open Cortana” and vice versa.
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NPR survey: Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’
There may already be 20 million virtual assistants in US households.
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