smart speakers

Samsung Eyes Early 2018 Launch For Smart Speaker
Samsung Eyes Early 2018 Launch For Smart Speaker
December 15, 2017  |  Mobile

Sources say that Samsung Electronics is planning to launch a smart speaker in the first half of 2018. According to Bloomberg Technology, the device will...

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Amazon Takes Echo Global, But Not Local
Amazon Takes Echo Global, But Not Local
December 11, 2017  |  Amazon

Amazon is making its Echo voice-enabled smart speakers available for purchase in more than 80 countries, but will only ship to the countries via Amazon.com....

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Furlexa Lights The Way For Smart Speaker Differentiation
Furlexa Lights The Way For Smart Speaker Differentiation
December 04, 2017  |  Retail

This month in 1998, parents across the U.S. were fighting in toy stores over Furbies to give to their children as holiday gifts. It was...

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Report: In Five Years 50 Percent Of US Homes Will Have Voice Assistants
Report: In Five Years 50 Percent Of US Homes Will Have Voice Assistants
November 09, 2017  |  Innovation

If you don’t own a smart speaker now, chances are you will soon enough. According to a new report from Juniper Research, devices like the...

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Experts Predicting 224 Million Smart Home Devices By 2022
Experts Predicting 224 Million Smart Home Devices By 2022
October 30, 2017  |  Amazon Innovations

It looks like smart home technology — driven by the ever-increasing installed base of smart speakers — is igniting all around us. According to estimates...

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Amazon To Control 68 Percent Of Smart Speaker Market In 2017
Amazon To Control 68 Percent Of Smart Speaker Market In 2017
October 13, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

Despite the efforts on the part of competitors to reign in Amazon’s leadership in the voice-activated smart speaker market, thanks to the Echo powered by...

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Amazon Rules The Smart Speaker Market, Ahead Of Google
Amazon Rules The Smart Speaker Market, Ahead Of Google
September 19, 2017  |  Amazon Technology

When it comes to voice-activated smart speakers, Amazon is the undisputed leader, with 76 percent of the market share. That’s according to Consumer Intelligence Research...

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Smarter Homes And Offices
Smarter Homes And Offices
September 15, 2017  |  Voice Activation

OK, Google. Listen up, Alexa. Playtime’s over. It’s time to step outside the smart home and begin to build the smart office. The same tools...

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Google Tracker: Smart Move In Smart Speaker Race
Google Tracker: Smart Move In Smart Speaker Race
September 05, 2017  |  Retail

The Google Assistant finds a home away from the Home as third parties integrate it into their smart speakers using Google’s open software development kit....

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