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Smart Speakers will be in 55% of US Homes by 2022

by Andrew Fenn

New data coming from Juniper Research has predicted that smart speakers like Amazon Echo, Google Home and Sonos One will be in 70 million US homes by 2022—55% of the country’s households. The Google …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Google Assistant Rolling Out on Sony Android TVs

by Andrew Fenn

Google Assistant is now available on all 2017 and select 2016 Sony Android TVs. The Sony Bravia XE93. Consumers can control their TVs, search for content or ask questions in a similar fashion to …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| sony| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 42

Aibo is Back—Sony Has New Robot Dog

by Andrew Fenn

After over a decade off the market, Sony’s robotic dog companion Aibo is making a comeback. The Aibo reboot uses artificial intelligence to heighten the experience, compared to previous iterations of the device. AI …

Dish Hands Free TV Brings Alexa Voice Control to Whole Home

by Andrew Fenn

Dish has extended its Hands Free TV functionality to Joey clients, allowing users to control their TVs with Amazon Echo’s Alexa voice recognition in any room of their house. Amazon Echo support was integrated …

Amazon Working on Wearable Alexa

by Bob Raikes

Amazon is reported by the FT to be working on a version of its Echo devices that would be like a pair of smart glasses and would support the Alexa voice assistant. Amazon wouldn’t …

Tags:Amazon| Mobile Display Monitor| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 38

Google Has a Busy Week

by Bob Raikes

Google had a busy week with the release of the new Pixel 2, new members of the Google Home voice systems and a new Google Pixelbook. Both models have OLED displays with the 6″ …

Nvidia Shield Update Brings Google Assistant Support

by Andrew Fenn

The latest update for the Nvidia Shield set-top-box adds support for Google Assistant, as well as 360° video via YouTube and Samsung SmartThings, alongside an array of other new features. The update marks the …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Nvidia| OTT Video| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 37

Tivo Sees Big Interest in its Voice Technology

by Bob Raikes

After the takeover of Tivo by Rovi and the change of name to Tivo, the company remains a supplier of ‘entertainment discovery solutions’. In the past, Rovi impressed us with the quality of its …

Looking to the East at IFA

by Bob Raikes

In 2015, at the IFA conference run by IHS Markit, I was struck by a talk by Tom Morrod of IHS entitled “China is More Than Just a Factory”. I was reminded of the …

Tags:China| TCL| TV Production| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 34

Voice Control and China at IFA

by Bob Raikes

Well, I’d like to pretend that this editorial was carefully planned and thought through, but the reality is that it’s being hammered out in my hotel room as we desperately try to get both …

EE TV Adds Alexa Voice Control

by Yvette Raikes

BT-owned EE TV is offering support for Alexa voice control, the first UK operator to do so. Customers will be able to ask what’s on or record shows, using the same source as Freeview …

Tags:Amazon| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 31

Sony Android TVs Can Now Be Controlled with Amazon Echo

by Andrew Fenn

Owners of Sony’s 2017 line of Android UHD TVs can now use Amazon Echo to control their TV. Amazon Echo enables users to perform all kinds of tasks by using voice commands, via its …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| sony| Voice Input| Vol 24 - Issue 17