The smart speaker installed base is expected to near the 100 million mark by the end of 2018, representing close to 2.5 times the installed base at the end of last year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy...
Amazon’s voice-activated digital assistant Alexa and Google’s Assistant are leading the voice digital speaker market, with competition between the two expected to get even fiercer. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
Amazon, Google and Apple are all gunning to become the biggest name in the global smart speaker market, but Russia is one country that has been more or less left alone by the international tech giants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Many have worried that Amazon’s Alexa is spying on them through their Echo device. Others, like this Oregon family, merely joked about it — until one day, the voice-activated assistant gave them evidence. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...
The ideal goes something like this: Consumers at any location — a friend’s house, a car — could speak into a voice assistant or smart speaker and be instantly recognized by the device no matter who owns it. That consumer could make secure transactions or...
Sometime around the year 2000, small business (SMB) owners woke up one day and realized they needed a website. The case for SMBs having their own websites is so clear as to be moot today, but that wasn’t the case in the early days of...
Researchers have discovered possible security implications for digital assistants such as Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, and Google’s Assistant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to...
There’s a lot that developers can do with voice, and that’s at the heart of the PYMNTS.com Voice Challenge with Amazon Alexa – but there’s even more that can be done with voice and visuals together. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...
Hello there. Hey. Hi. How ya doin’? If you’re a human, these greetings likely mean the same thing to you — but if you’re a voice-activated assistant, things may not be so simple. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...