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Amazon Echo continues to dominate U.S. smart speaker market share
Amazon, which already holds a dominant position in the US smart speaker market, will continue to dominate U.S. smart speaker market share through 2021…
Amazon unveils new Echo devices, including Apple HomePod and AirPods competitors
At an event in Seattle, Amazon today unveiled a series of new Alexa-enabled Echo products, ranging from a new high-end speaker to a lamp…
President Trump considers new project that would use Apple Watch to identify mental illness that could lead to violent behavior
President Trump has been briefed on a proposal to develop a way to identify early signs of changes in people with mental illness…
Google and Amazon follow Apple’s lead on voice assistant grading policies
Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
63% of people find smart home devices ‘creepy’
Smart home devices are ‘creepy’ according to the majority of people who own them…
Sonos speakers enable Apple Music voice control via Amazon’s Alexa
Owners of Sonos speakers in the U.S. and U.K. can now use Alexa voice controls for Apple Music…
Amazon confirms it is listening to Alexa recordings captured in Echo owners’ homes and offices
Some people are reluctant to invite the devices and their powerful microphones into their homes out of concern that someone might be listening…
Apple Music comes to Amazon Alexa in the UK with new skill update
Amazon has brought Apple Music to Alexa smart speakers for the first time in the UK…
Apple Music now available on Amazon Fire TV; Apple Music on Amazon Echo expanding to more countries
Apple Music is now available on the Amazon Fire TV…
Apple further opens walled garden’s gate: Apple Music soon to launch on Google Home speakers
Apple Music is apparently coming to Google Home speakers, yet another sign…
CIRP: Apple’s HomePod holds 6% share of smart speaker market
The US installed base of smart speaker devices is 66 million units, up from 53 million units in the September 2018…
Apple’s HomeKit was a surprise winner of CES 2019
Without stepping foot in Las Vegas or making a single announcement of its own, Apple is having one of its best CES conferences in years…
Apple’s Siri has gotten a lot more accurate over the past 9 months
We recently tested four smart speakers by asking Alexa, Siri, Google Assistant, and Cortana…
Strategy Analytics: Amazon dominates U.S. with 63% of smart speakers in use
According to a new consumer survey, the most popular smart speaker model in the US is the Amazon Echo…
43 million people in the U.S. now own at least one smart speaker
18 percent of American adults, or around 43 million people, now own a smart speaker…
More than 1 in 10 consumers want voice commands for their toilet
Amazon’s recent launch of Echo Show and Fire TV Cube, is in clear response…
Google overtakes Amazon to lead in smart speaker market unit sales
Smart speakers continue to be the world’s fastest-growing consumer technology segment…
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…
In defense of Apple’s HomePod
My HomePod, Google Home and Amazon Echo all live within about 15 feet of each other…
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…
Why Apple’s HomePod targets home entertainment, not a voice-first mobile-free world
Imagine turning your home into the bridge of the Star Trek Enterprise, where a disembodied voice deftly answers every question…
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…
Amazon follows Apple by designing custom AI chips for Alexa
Amazon has started designing a custom artificial intelligence chip that would power future Echo devices…
One hour with Apple’s new HomePod smart speaker
There’s finally good news for those eagerly awaiting Apple’s take on the smart speaker…
Apple’s iOS 11.3 beta delivers AirPlay 2 with multi-room playback
Apple released the first developer betas of iOS 11.3 and tvOS 11.3, including new features…
How Apple is positioning the HomePod and why
From the very beginning, Apple has positioned HomePod as a high-quality-sound speaker….
TechHive reviews Google Home Max: This is the best-sounding smart speaker you can buy
Amazon certainly has nothing close to it in terms of audio performance…
Tim Cook says audio quality puts HomePod ahead of ‘squeaky-sounding’ competition
Tim Cook on Tuesday offered a peek into Apple’s ambitions for HomePod amid a landscape littered with smart speakers…
Apple to ship crippled, incomplete HomePod months late
Those waiting eagerly for Apple’s HomePod smart speaker have now twice been disappointed…
HomePod: Late and pricey, but Apple’s smart speaker could still have one advantage over its rivals
Apple’s HomePod smart speaker could be on sale in the next few weeks, with reports…
Amazon sells tens of millions of Alexa devices worldwide in record holiday season
mazon celebrated its biggest holiday season with customers all around the world…
Looks like smart speakers were popular holiday gifts as Amazon Alexa, Google Home top App Store charts
The App Store charts always provide some interesting nuggets of information…
Echo Dot was Amazon’s Black Friday – Cyber Monday bestseller as Apple’s delayed HomePod waits for 2018 release date
Just days after Apple delayed its HomePod speaker and personal assistant into 2018…
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…
Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana to communicate with each other
The crowded pack of voice-controlled digital assistants…
Apple’s future is Siri
The iPhone shows no signs of going away, and it’s possible to imagine that we’ll still be carrying some…
