Voice Activation
What Smart Speaker Owners Would Like From Brands [CHART]
More than one-quarter of Alexa owners have asked their device about deals, recent research has revealed. Now, new data from Google and Peerless Insights indicates that Smart Speaker owners are most interested in receiving information about deals, sales and promotions from brands.
Read MoreVoice Activated Digital Assistant Users By Generation [CHART]
And users of such services are expected to skew young. This year, for example, nearly half of voice-enabled digital assistant users will be millennials, eMarketer estimates.
Read MoreConsumer Openness To Smart Speaker Audio Ads [CHART]
Three in 10 said they would entertain ads via voice assistants if they were simply asked if they wanted to hear one before it played. In addition, 28% were open to ads if they got to choose the brands doing the advertising.
Read MoreSmart Speaker Ownership [INFOGRAPHIC]
One in six Americans now own a smart speaker, according to new research out this week from NPR and Edison Research – a figure that’s up 128 percent from January, 2017. Amazon’s Echo speakers are still in the lead, the report says, as 11 percent now own an Amazon Alexa device compared with 4 percent who own a Google Home product.
Read MoreSmart Speaker Answer Accuracy By Category [CHART]
Loup Ventures put Apple’s HomePod through the smart speaker gauntlet which included 782 queries and compared the HomePod’s accuracy to Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Microsoft’s Cortana.
Read MoreVoice Assistant Use By Daypart [TABLE]
After a surge this past holiday season – when 4% of U.S. adults reported they acquired their first smart speaker device — ownership is up 128% since January 2017, to now one in six Americans (16%) having a smart speaker.
Read MoreVoice Activation [INFOGRAPHIC]
This infographic by Raconteur illustrates the competition over voice activation technology between Google and Amazon via their smart speaker products.
Read MoreVoice Trends Among Smart Speaker Owners [CHART]
Roughly one-third of US households own a Smart Speaker. And it seems that the longer they own them, the more likely they are to use them for tasks previously accomplished through typing or swiping.
Read MoreConsumers' Expected Video Consumption Changes [CHART]
More than three-quarters of people in several countries across the world believe that their video viewing habits will change in the coming 5 years. The change that most people see coming is watching TV in virtual reality, as if they are inside the content.
Read MoreAmazon Echo Deal Queries [CHART]
Smart Speakers are already having an impact on commerce. Almost one-third of owners say they’re spending more on Amazon and Google since getting their Smart Speaker.
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