Voice Activated Assistants news and trends

Amazon’s Alexa Wins The Digital Assistant Popularity Contest
Alexa // May 13, 2019

Amazon’s voice-activated assistant Alexa has emerged as the most-used voice assistant on the market. 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...

Bixby Eyes Third-Party Integration
Voice Activation // November 05, 2018

Samsung Electronics is expected to announce this week at an event in San Francisco that it’s opening Bixby, its voice-activated virtual assistant, to third-party app developers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Sonos CEO Says Google Assistant Integration Should Come Before Holidays
Voice Activation // August 03, 2018

Sonos, the newly-public smart speaker company, which debuted on the Nasdaq Thursday (August 3), is gearing up to roll out integration with Google Assistant soon. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...

Amazon’s New Chip To Make Alexa Even Smarter
Amazon // February 13, 2018

Amazon is reportedly working on its own artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chip to interface with Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, according to a Monday (Feb. 12) report by technology news source Engadget. The chip would work on all Alexa-powered devices, including the company’s Echo line of...

Interviews & Exclusives
Millennials Will Lead The Voice Commerce Revolution

October 19, 2020
Consumers across all age demographics have radically realigned their lives over the last eight months. To say that we aren’t quite the same people we were a year ago might seem overly dramatic. Still, the 2020 edition of the PYMNTS |Visa How We Will Pay consumer survey of a national sample of roughly 10,000 U.S. consumers […]

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Amazon’s Alexa Wins The Digital Assistant Popularity Contest

May 13, 2019
Amazon’s voice-activated assistant Alexa has emerged as the most-used voice assistant on the market. 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 […]

Bixby Eyes Third-Party Integration

November 05, 2018
Samsung Electronics is expected to announce this week at an event in San Francisco that it’s opening Bixby, its voice-activated virtual assistant, to third-party app developers. Get the Full Story...

Sonos CEO Says Google Assistant Integration Should Come Before Holidays

August 03, 2018
Sonos, the newly-public smart speaker company, which debuted on the Nasdaq Thursday (August 3), is gearing up to roll out integration with Google Assistant soon. Get the Full Story Complete...

Amazon’s New Chip To Make Alexa Even Smarter

February 13, 2018
Amazon is reportedly working on its own artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled chip to interface with Alexa, its voice-activated digital assistant, according to a Monday (Feb. 12) report by technology news source...