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Apple’s HomePod makes a small dent in smart speaker market in debut quarter
Apple officially jumped into the smart speaker market in the first quarter with the HomePod…
Strategy Analytics: Apple shipped 600,000 HomePods in Q1 for 6% share of smart speaker market
Amazon and Google accounted for a dominant 70% share of global smart speaker shipments in Q1 2018 although their combined share has fallen from 84% in Q4 2017 and 94% in the year ago quarter…
Study: Google Assistant most accurate, Alexa most improved virtual assistant
Two more studies analyzing interactions with voice search and virtual assistants were released this week…
Amazon Prime to increase U.S. annual fee 20% from $99 to $119
Amazon will increase the annual cost of Prime for U.S. customers to $119 per year…
HomePod should become a hub for all Apple-centric needs
Today the HomePod is all about music, but it could be so much more…
Hey Siri: give me a product development road map for AI
Infighting, rushed development, and lack of vision have damaged Apple’s Siri development…
Former Apple employees reflect on Siri’s ‘squandered lead’ over Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant
Review after review trashed Siri with words like ‘dopey,’ ‘annoying’ and ’embarrassingly inadequate’…
Hey Apple, it’s time to drop the ‘Hey’ from ‘Hey Siri’
You don’t have to say “Hey Alexa,” so why do we still have to say “Hey Siri?”
There are nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S.
There are now nearly 50 million smart speaker users in the U.S…
Amazon’s Alexa is randomly laughing and nobody knows why
Some Alexa users may feel like they’ve been dropped into a science fiction story about an artificial intelligence gone awry…
Tim Bajarin: Why Apple needs a ‘HomePod mini’
Apple has some real headwinds when it comes to the HomePod’s ability to gain market share…
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker has plenty of room to grow
The past couple weeks of living with the HomePod has given me a bit of time not only to see what…
Apple HomePod hits 3 percent in U.S. market share
We recently surveyed 520 US consumers about smart speakers and found that 89% of respondents…
What Apple needs to do to improve Siri
The HomePod is coming Friday, and with it, even more attention is being paid to Siri…
Amazon Alexa could make these smart glasses way better than Google Glass
Amazon’s Alexa software has already made its way into just about every Internet-connected device…
Gene Munster ups Siri’s exam grade from ‘D+’ to ‘C’
In our latest 800 question test of AI assistant Siri, she was able to understand…
Smart speaker owners use their smartphones less – Accenture survey
64 percent said they used phones less for entertainment services…
Vuzix to debut first Amazon Alexa-enabled smart glasses at CES
The first augmented-reality glasses with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant will be shown…
Apple under fire for Siri’s responses to ‘sexual harassment’
I ran an experiment in which I sexually harassed Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google’s Google Home…
Believe it or not, Apple’s Siri is actually quite good at lots of things, recent data shows
Siri delivered the highest percentage of perfectly completed device responses in both quiet and noisy environments…
NYU Business Professor: Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook will all go out of business, all disappear within 50 years
Do I see all of them dying within our lifetimes? Yes…
Cornell study: Google AI boasts much higher IQ than Apple’s Siri
Compared to Bing and Siri, Google’s artificial intelligent system is a cut above the competition…
Siri, why have you fallen behind other digital assistants?
Apple has a reputation for entering markets late…
Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana to communicate with each other
The crowded pack of voice-controlled digital assistants…
Ikea’s smart home dares to make sense
The ‘smart home’ has not yet distinguished itself. Sure, you might dim your lights…
Apple has proven me wrong about HomeKit
Apple has made major changes to HomeKit that accelerate the standard’s trajectory…
Apple’s Siri is still the top-ranking personal assistant, but active users declined 15% YOY
The report analyzed mobile app usage of U.S. consumers between May 2016 and May 2017…
Amazon exec: Alexa and Siri should be able to communicate with each other
Alexa and Siri, rival voice assistants on Amazon’s Echo and Apple’s iPhone, don’t directly communicate…
Apple ready to talk up Siri at WWDC 2017
For much of the iPhone’s first decade, the main canvas for developers has been its touchscreen…
Apple readies second new hardware category under CEO Tim Cook
Apple reportedly has begun production on a voice-response smart speaker…
Apple’s ‘Siri Speaker’ likely targets Sonos, too
All the reports of Apple’s rumored Siri Speaker have it targeting Alexa and Google Home, but…
Apple’s ‘Siri Speaker’ has entered overseas production ahead of WWDC
Apple has started manufacturing a long-in-the-works Siri-controlled smart speaker…
Here are all the devices that are compatible with Apple’s HomeKit
Now you can ask Siri to turn on your Philips Hue lights (they can also check the air quality!) or check to see if your…
In his last weekly column, Walt Mossberg ponders the disappearing computer
As I prepare to retire at the end of that very long and world-changing stretch, it seems appropriate to ponder…
Apple Siri Speaker: What will it be, how might it look, and what will it do?
What might Apple want from a Siri Speaker? Well, first and foremost…
Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple likely to launch all-new 10.5 inch iPad Pro and Siri Speaker at WWDC
Apple’s WWDC conference kicks off on June 5th and whilst it is predominantly a software conference…
Microsoft’s ‘me too’ smart speaker
First there was Amazon’s Echo, which I characterized as an attempt to advance home automation…
Amazon dominates market for voice-controlled speakers
Amazon.com Inc is dominating the nascent market for voice-controlled speakers…
Bloomberg: Unclear if Apple’s forthcoming Siri Speaker will feature a display; Amazon would love to integrate Apple Music on Echo
Amazon has managed to outflank Google and Apple…
Amazon unveils ‘Echo Show’ with a display for video calls and more; ships June 28
Look out, world: Alexa is coming to a screen near you…
Wishlist for Apple’s Siri Speaker: Hi-Fi audio, multi-user control, HomeKit, and more
Amazon Echo and Google Home both offer features that I’d like, but there are things…
