Following Apple’s decision to temporarily halt Siri grading as it evaluates the program’s privacy safeguards, Amazon and Google this week followed suit…
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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…
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…
Apple Music may be coming to Google Home devices
Apple Music may be soon be available as an option on Google Home devices…
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…
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…
Sonos rises 15 percent in IPO debut
Sonos, the maker of smart speakers for the home, rose as much as 9 percent in its debut trade Thursday…
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…
Bugs plague Google Home and Chromecast devices worldwide
If you’ve woken up to find your Google Home device isn’t working properly…
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…
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 HomePod hits 3 percent in U.S. market share
We recently surveyed 520 US consumers about smart speakers and found that 89% of respondents…
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…
Smart speaker owners use their smartphones less – Accenture survey
64 percent said they used phones less for entertainment services…
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…
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…
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…
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…
China’s Xiaomi launches a $44 Amazon Echo rival
Xiaomi launched its own smart speaker on Wednesday to rival the likes of the Amazon Echo…
Consumers appear eager to buy Apple’s upcoming HomePod smart speaker
Even though Apple’s HomePod is $170 more than its nearest-in-price competitor…
After seeing Apple’s HomePod, Amazon is working on an Apple HomePod echo
It’s been over two years since Amazon debuted the Echo…
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 Echo has a problem: Apple’s HomePod has major advantage over rivals
Amazon has seen huge success with its Alexa-powered Echo but this clever device…
Apple’s HomePod first impressions: Lots of mystery, impressive sound quality
This week, we learned that Apple’s much-rumored smart speaker is real, and it’s called HomePod…
With HomePod, Apple just wants to shake things up (for now)
Apple’s HomePod speaker is a depth charge dropped into the ocean where Google Home and Amazon Echo sail…