Salesforce Quietly Shuts Down the Einstein Voice Assistant
Enterprise business software giant Salesforce is shutting down the Einstein Voice Assistant this month, according to the company’s newest release notes. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
Whether it’s Alexa activating your morning routine, Sonos playing your favourite tune, asking your microwave to defrost your meal, or a Smart Bulb to activate your lights, the commands we make are becoming increasingly voice-led. Full Story: SmartCompany.com.au
Can a Device That Detects Voice Assistant Transmissions Reduce Privacy and Hacking Concerns?
Voice assistants are facing more scrutiny than ever, including a new inquiry by the European Union into potential antitrust violations and ongoing lawsuits over children’s privacy in the U.S. Academic researchers have built a new tool for possibly assuaging some of those privacy concerns. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
How marketers can capitalize on the rise of voice technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented new challenges for brands across all industries. Full Story: ClickZ
Best Smart Home Devices You Don’t Want to Miss
Smart home devices are becoming more impressive and exhaustive than ever. Using a smart system is no longer limited to asking Alexa to search for the meaning of a word on your behalf. Full Story: Robots.net
Is Voice The Ultimate Touchless Payments Experience?
Voice technology was already on the rise long before the global pandemic broke out, with a steadily increasing share of consumers using voice assistants like Siri or Alexa to shop, listen to music, find recipes and more. Full Story: pymnts.com
A New Gadget Stops Voice Assistants From Snooping on You
Meet LeakyPick, the low-cost audio spy detector for your Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and other network-connected devices. Full Story: WIRED
Meet Celia, Huawei’s Google Assistant Replacement
Siri, Google Assistant, Bixby, Cortana, Alexa, and now, Celia. Yes, there’s yet another voice assistant on the market thanks to Huawei. Full Story: How-To Geek
Zoom Launches Giant, Voice Assistant-Free Smart Display for Home Offices
Zoom announced on Wednesday that it is jumping into hardware, starting pre-sales for a kind of oversize smart display, only without any voice assistant. Full Story: Voicebot.ai
Siri, Alexa Targeted as EU Probes ‘Internet of Things’ (1)
Voice assistants such as Apple Inc.’s Siri and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa face scrutiny as the European Union opened a sweeping antitrust inquiry into how Silicon Valley uses data to gain a tight grip on growing markets. Full Story: Bloomberg Law
