Voice assistant adoption rates are lower than previously thought
Nearly half of those surveyed never use a voice assistant
Voice assistant articles
Opinion: Microsoft bot frameworks enable custom voice assistants
Voice-based UIs and AI capabilities, a la carte
The Future of Tech: The Desktop PC
In this first part of our "Future of Tech" series, we'll call some predictions about the next generation of PCs. Rather than dreaming far into the future, we'll try to go for the practical and feasible... evolutionary steps that we could easily see happen in the next five to fifteen years.
Digital assistants and smart speakers face many of the same issues as the early Internet
Digital assistants must earn the trust of consumers
Facebook is reportedly working on an Alexa rival
Facebook tried this back in 2015 and failed
Microsoft patents technology that uses ingressive airflow for AI voice commands
Soon we could be whispering sweet nothings to Cortana
Google reportedly in talks to incorporate Duplex into call center industry
Bringing you more of the things you love -- automated customer service and robocalls
BBC's interactive audio adventure lets listeners control the story with their Alexa devices
A modern version of Gamebooks?
Amazon brings its Alexa voice assistant to the iPhone
It's integrated into the Amazon shopping app and can do pretty much anything the Echo can
