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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Bing announces AI-powered new ‘intelligent search’ features
None of the features or changes is disruptive, but they collectively point to the fact that search evolution is accelerating.
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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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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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No more ‘OK Google’: Cortana can now be the default assistant on Android
It’s Cortana you’ll get when you long-press on the home button.
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Bing launches bots for local businesses
Bots are created automatically from data in Bing Places and will soon work with Facebook Messenger and Cortana.
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Siri is Google’s nearest mobile search competitor [Report]
According to a survey from Fivesight Research, Siri had a larger share of mobile search than Bing or Yahoo.
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Google Assistant to roll out across newer smartphones
The virtual assistant capability will soon be available on smartphones running Android 6.0 and 7.0.
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Survey: Alexa the most frequently used assistant, Cortana seen as most accurate
Nearly 60 percent used voice because it was faster or easier than typing.
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More than 30 million “voice-first” devices in US homes by year end — [report]
Amazon Echo and Google Home devices have significant implications for marketers.
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Survey: 60 percent of voice users want more “answers” and fewer search results
Making calls, searching, texting and map lookups were the most common use cases for voice.
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Essential voice search strategies for 2017
Are you prepared for the rise in voice search? Columnist Sherry Bonelli discusses how voice search will impact local businesses.
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Microsoft debuts brilliant Cortana SDK strategy
The strategy potentially means that Cortana will show up on many more devices and device types than if it Microsoft had simply copied Echo.
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Move over Amazon Echo & Google Home: Here comes Microsoft Cortana
Cortana will be baked into a new smart speaker from Harman Kardon to be released next year, potentially the first of many Cortana-powered devices.
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Report: Microsoft responds to Amazon Echo, Google Home with “HomeHub”
Software approach would make Cortana available from the lock screen and provide other smart-home features.
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Google Assistant is only an incremental advance over current voice search
High expectations made me want it to do more and be more naturally conversational. That will come.
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Buying Viv, Samsung makes its “me too” virtual assistant play
Like Siri, Viv sells itself before its ambitious product vision is realized.
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The voice search explosion and how it will change local search
Voice search usage is seeing unprecedented growth, with personal assistant devices leading the way. Columnist Wesley Young explores why this new medium is taking off, how it differs from keyword searches, and the challenges for local businesses to comp…