Voice Activated news and trends

Almost Half of Consumers Want Voice AI Tech to Manage Schedule Changes
artificial intelligence // July 30, 2023

Trust and capability considerations continue to rank high on the list of concerns limiting broader adoption of technology.  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...

Millennials Willing to Pay For Smart, Conversational Voice Assistant
Mobile Commerce // April 25, 2023

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Voice Assistants Will Open a New Front in Online Grocery Wars
Voice Activation // July 08, 2022

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Voice Tech Holds Key to Unlocking Biometric Security’s Full Potential
Biometrics // November 30, 2021

Speech is powerful — signaling intent, signaling what we need and want. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

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Voice Tech Holds Key to Unlocking Biometric Security’s Full Potential

November 30, 2021
Speech is powerful — signaling intent, signaling what we need and want. 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 our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from […]

This Week In Payments: Feeding The Hunger For Innovation, Sometimes Literally

January 10, 2020
The payments and commerce ecosystem got busy getting busy this week as the first full week of 2020 kicked off the press releases began raining down from the sky from...

Fiserv: Why Gas Is Just The Start Of What Alexa Will Pay For

January 10, 2020
While there were many attention-grabbing announcements coming out of the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), among the more eye-opening was the joint announcement by ExxonMobil, Amazon and Fiserv that paying...

Alexa’s Expanding Ecosystem

January 08, 2020
When Alexa was first introduced in November 2014, it didn’t look much like the next big thing in user interfaces. There wasn’t very much like it in the market at...

Quick Reads
Alexa Conversations To Get More Natural

June 06, 2019
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa Conversations, a new deep learning-based approach that developers can use for creating natural voice experiences on Alexa with less effort, fewer lines of code, and less training data. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content […]

Amazon Pay Debuts Alexa Delivery Notifications For All Merchants

May 20, 2019
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa delivery notifications for all merchants via Amazon Pay. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Amazon Wants Alexa To Track Medicine, Provide Health Data

April 08, 2019
Amazon.com is aiming to enable Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, to keep tabs on customers’ medicine and provide personal health updates. As part of an effort to expand into healthcare,...

Amazon’s Alexa Now Offers HIPAA-Compliant Skills

April 04, 2019
Amazon just entered a whole new market now that Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, is HIPAA-compliant, which it means it can handle patients’ sensitive information. Get the Full Story Complete the form...