Brands across a variety of industries including Media, Entertainment, Retail, Travel, Banking, Local, CPG, and more have built voice applications for Alexa and Google Home. Apple’s efforts with Siri and HomePod, Samsung’s Bixby, and Microsoft’s Cortana round out the major tech firms efforts in this space.īrands and developers are right there alongside the major tech firms building applications for these devices. Google is right there as well with the addition of the Google Mini to go along with the original Google Home. With the addition of new devices like the Echo Show, Echo Plus, improved Echo Dot, and a new form factor for the Echo, there’s an option for everyone’s budget. Amazon Alexa passed over 10 million unit sales earlier in the year and there are over 24,000 Skills in the store. It’s the natural evolution of human computer interaction.Ģ017 has turned out to be the year of voice. If you recall all the videos of two-year olds swiping iPhones and iPads, the same thing is happening with devices like Alexa and Google Home - kids already know how to interact with them.

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