Voice Assistant

According to a report by the Financial Post, Canada's navy is developing an AI voice assistant that could be used on the bridge of combat vessels. While the Navy has been working on the idea for more than a year, it is still at least another year away from conducting tests aboard a warship. Dubbed the “Boatswain’s...

Based on the findings of two separate consumer-focused online surveys, Microsoft has recently released a report titled 2019 Voice Report: Consumer Adoption of Voice Technology and Digital Assistants, that found Apple's Siri And Google Assistant tied at 36%, followed by Amazon’s Alexa at 25% and Microsoft’s Cortana at 19%. First of the two surveys was conducted by...

Google has decided to permanently remove a feature that caused a "small number" of Home Mini units to record audio thousands of times per day, instead of when it was just triggered. In a statement released today, Google said that it made the decision because “we want people to have complete peace of mind while...

Samsung's virtual assistant Bixby finally supports voice globally, with the South Korean giant rolling out the update in over 200 countries around the world, including Canada. According to a new report from The Verge, the South Korean company has confirmed that Bixby's voice capabilities are now expanding to countries worldwide. This comes a month after it began rolling out...

When Apple first introduced its digital voice assistant Siri, it had no real competition for the first three years. However, it now seems to have lost its edge, which according to The Wall Street Journal, is because its competitors came up with new, easy to use voice-powered products for the home, while Apple remained focused on...

Both Apple's Siri and Amazon's Alexa voice assistants are being put through their paces by Marriott International, who hope to use one of the AI platforms to control devices in its hotel rooms. The Aloft Hotel, owned by Marriott, is using both the Amazon Echo as well as a collection of iOS devices in order...

According to a new study by Creative Strategies' Carolina Milanesi, virtual voice assistants that are offered by many major tech companies are not used by regular users on an average basis. The study notes that about 70 percent of iPhone users use Siri sometimes or very rarely. However, nearly all iPhone users (98%) have tried...