“She’s really into making the house smell beautiful, and I’m really into Alexa,” says Berger who lives in Weston, Connecticut. “So this is a great gift for both of us.”Voice-activated digital assistants are racing fromnovelty to mainstream computing device. Taken together, Amazon and Google probably accounted for at least four of every five smart speakers sold in the US last year, surveys show. But Chief Product Officer Christian Deilmann says the company is increasingly focusing its energies on Amazon, Google and Apple, which have the brand power and ecosystems to potentially attract millions more consumers. Consumer surveys show that most people still use smart speakers for music, simple questions or setting alarms, not controlling the parade of internet-enabled gadgets heading to CES show floors next week.

Source: Hindustan Times January 04, 2019 13:07 UTC