Voice-based clinical assistants are gaining investor attention, but it’ll be difficult for entrants to carve into the market with the threat of Microsoft-owned voice assistant Nuance. For example, besides Suki, Robin Healthcare recently scored $50 million to build out its “Alexa for healthcare” scribe device that uses AI to record patient-provider interactions and upload clinical notes into the EHR.

US adults find themselves saying “Alexa, it’s me again” quite often. At-home smart speakers (32%) are on par with phones (31%) as the most popular way to use voice assistants multiple times a day, according to a May 2021 survey from Vixen Labs and Open Voice Network. Groceries topped the list of product categories that voice assistant users shop for.

Amazon Alexa can alert users about whether there’s a person or a package waiting at the door. New software that can reportedly differentiate objects from people integrates with video doorbells and security cameras from Ring, Google Nest, and Adobe. Ambient.ai has a computer vision intelligence platform that monitors the physical security of entire buildings.

What Tripadvisor did: Tripadvisor launched two voice assistant campaigns where users could interact with itineraries on Alexa or Google Assistant, one for Abu Dhabi and the other for Visit Orlando. The campaigns attempted to fit into the audience’s daily life and met consumers where they spent the most time—in their homes.

Amp plans to introduce many more capabilities in the future, including Alexa integrations and other search and discovery features that will connect listeners with creators.

During Earth Month, US customers can tell Alexa to “grow a tree” to donate $1 to One Tree Planted in support of reforestation worldwide, per a company blog post. Amazon is donating $1 million to the organization to plant 1 million trees through the rest of 2022. This comes on the heels of the retail giant’s new eco-friendly Aware line, announced last month.

Interest in voice-based payments is middling despite increased smart speaker ownership. US smart speaker ecommerce sales growth plunged last year, per our forecasts. Two factors drove the drop-off:. Lack of interest.

Its AI-powered virtual assistant added a predictions tool that lets customers view projected cash flows. It could help RBC keep up with rivals’ mobile money management features.

Smart TVs and voice assistants were the most popular advanced devices. India’s internet users are among the world’s most receptive to voice assistants. More than 30% of those polled in H1 2021 had used a voice assistant, such as Siri, Cortana, or a smart speaker device, in the previous week to find information. Likewise, 29.1% had used voice to complete a task.

Notwithstanding high smartphone penetration, uptake of voice assistants—such as the Siri and Cortana mobile apps—was quite limited in H1 2021.

More than a quarter (26.2%) of internet users polled in H1 2021 said they had used voice command tools such as Siri or Cortana, or a voice assistant such as Amazon’s Alexa or the Google Home, in the prior week. Some 19.0% had used voice to find information, while 15.6% had used a voice assistant to complete an action, such as playing a song or placing a grocery order.

Voice assistants, by contrast, are already part of the everyday landscape for many of Brazil’s internet users. In total, over 20% of respondents had used a voice assistant such as Siri, Cortana, or Alexa in the prior week to find information, and a similar share had used voice tools to complete an action, such as placing an ecommerce order or making a phone call.

Voice assistants, such as Siri and Alexa, are gradually entering the mainstream via early adopters—chiefly internet users ages 16 to 24. In H1 2021, more than 20% of this cohort had used a voice assistant in the prior week to find information or complete an action. Broadcast TV, radio, and social networking claimed larger slices of time than other specific media activities.

Voice assistants, such as Siri and Google Home, were more widespread. Some 14.5% of those polled in H1 of this year had used a voice command in the prior week to find information, and 12.6% had used a voice assistant to carry out an action. Over 34% of internet users owned a smart TV in H1 2021, compared with 29.5% a year prior.

Meanwhile, the youngest internet users remained the leading adopters of voice assistants. While fewer than 11% of all respondents had used voice assistants, such as Microsoft’s Cortana app, to find information in the previous week, 16.7% of those ages 16 to 24 had done so. By contrast, social networking and messaging were popular with virtually all of Switzerland’s internet users.

Over 15% of respondents had used a voice assistant, such as Siri or Alexa, in the previous week to find information, while over 17% had used a voice command to complete a task, like an online grocery order, per H1 2021 data. Usage was most prominent among the youngest respondents and those living in higher-income homes.

Voice assistants, which have been on the scene for years in the form of Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, have had limited success in Hong Kong. In H1, 18.2% of respondents had used voice commands in the previous week to find information, and 16.7% had used a voice tool to complete an action, such as playing a song or tuning in to a radio program.

Voice Assistants. Voice assistants like Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are becoming a standard feature in new cars. These services can give marketers new customer insights and allow them to personalize experiences. Nearly half of the US population has used an in-car voice assistant, according to an August 2021 report from Voicebot. Commerce and In-Vehicle Payments.

More of Taiwan’s internet users are taking advantage of voice assistants. In H1 2021, over 20% of respondents said they’d used a voice command with a mobile app or a smart speaker to search for information in the prior week, and 16.5% had used voice to carry out a task. Respondents ages 16 to 34 and those in high-income households recorded above-average usage.

Builder Bot is an AI system that allows users to build 3D-generated parts of VR worlds simply by describing them to a voice assistant. Zuckerberg demoed the technology by creating a virtual beach, adding clouds, ships, and a musical soundtrack with voice commands. Meta also demoed a universal language AI translator, ostensibly to help users in the metaverse better communicate in different languages.

By upgrading and integrating voice of the customer strategies throughout the entire organization, businesses can improve the customer experience and boost financial results.