10% of Global Consumers Own AI Devices Such as Automated Personal Assistants, Smart Speakers – PwC PwC’s annual Global Consumer Insights Survey 2018 reports that 10% of consumers around the world own an “AI device.” The.. AI 18 Mar 3
Verizon Announces Alexa Fios Integration for Cable TV Service Verizon has announced Alexa Fios integration for its cable TV service. Comcast’s Xfinity cable TV service has included a voice.. Amazon Alexa 12 Mar 1
New HAL 9000 Replica Includes Alexa Integration The 50th anniversary of the Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” is reinvigorating interest in the film. Hoping to capitalize.. Amazon Alexa 12 Mar 2
Amazon Echo Maintains Large Market Share Lead in U.S. Smart Speaker User Base Harman Kardon, JBL, Sony and other speaker manufacturers launched competitors to Amazon Echo in 2017 and Google Home made big.. Amazon Echo 8 Mar 3
New Reports of a Sub $200 HomePod Model for Late 2018 MacRumors has a story today via websites in Japan (MacOtakara) and Taiwan (Economic Daily News) that Apple is planning to.. Apple HomePod 7 Mar 2
New Voicebot Report Says Nearly 20% of U.S. Adults Have Smart Speakers Voicebot collaborated with PullString and RAIN Agency to conduct an in-depth national survey of 1,057 U.S. adults to find out.. Amazon Alexa 7 Mar 2
Huawei HiAssistant To Show Up in Chinese Smartphone Models XDA-developers has found evidence of HiAssistant in Huawei’s Kirin 970 model running EMUI 8.1. HiAssistant is Huawei’s alternative to Google Assistant.. AI 6 Mar 1
Samsung Acquires AI Startup Kngine to Enhance Bixby Samsung reports 10 million users of its Bixby voice assistant, but has received little praise from users or technology reviewers... AI 6 Mar 1
Apple Working on New Siri-Enabled Headphones AirPods have quietly become a hit product for Apple. The Siri-enabled hearables were cited as big contributors to the company’s.. Apple Siri 6 Mar 1
Microsoft Cortana Available on 400 Million Devices Gets a New Product Leader Axios is reporting that Javier Soltero is moving from leading the Microsoft Office product group to taking the reigns for.. AI 2 Mar 2