Alexa in-skill purchasing coming to the UK, Germany, and Japan; "ME!" sets record for Alexa voice requests; Amazon releases ASK for US Spanish; Spotify launches voice-enabled ads on mobile devices; Why your company needs a strategy for voice technology; Save-the-dates; and more.…
Pulse Labs Co-Founder and CPO Dylan Zwick will be part of the Alexa Live speakers line up! Dylan will co-present with Alexa Senior Solutions Architect Scott Dart on "Alexa Skill Developer Tools: Build Better Skills Faster." Tune into their presentation this May 2 at 11am PT.…
Esme & Roy skill has been nominated for the Outstanding Interactive Media for a Daytime Program 2019 Emmy Award! Find out how Pulse Labs helped Xandra create a delightful experience by conducting usability testing on the Esme & Roy Alexa skill for kids before it launched.…
Every week we bring you a selection of the most buzzworthy headlines on voice-first and related topics. Here's the news roundup for April 19-25, 2019.…
Amazon & Google Release Free Ad-supported Music Streaming; Facebook Working on Voice Assistant; Microsoft Joins Hearables Race; Global Smart Speaker Market to top 200M units by end of 2019; Voice Set to Replace Keyboards…
This week's most buzzworthy headlines: Amazon: Are Amazon Workers Listening in on you?, Voice is a Deciding Factor in Future Car Purchases, Alexa Gains Detailed News Reading, Learn How Alexa Works from a 5th Grader, Amazon and Google Are the Next Big Trend, Can now Launch without a Request…
Voice-First News Roundup 3/30-4/4/2019 HIPAA Compliant Alexa Skills; Alexa-enabled Earbuds; Conversational + Knowledge Data Set | Walmart Partners with Google; Google Assistant Features a Legend | Voice Home Assistants Grow in the UK, Global Smart Home Market Expected to Grow into Double-Digits…
Amazon: "Second-Screen Problem" Solved, Meet the Only Woman in the Top 10 of Amazon's Alexa Skills Challenge, the Future is Voice-First, Alexa Might Get a Body, Alexa Skill Earns Emmy Nom, Google Home Assists Interventional Radiologists, Smart Speakers Paced to Replace Radios…
The most buzzworthy headlines from March 16-22, 2019. Alexa Trial Kicks Off in Brazil; Google Assistant Leads in Smart Display Adoption in Australia; The Future of Retail is in Voice; Voice-first Beyond the Smart Speaker; New Genderless Digital Voice…
I've written a guest blog for The Leadership Network on the future of voice assistants. You can read all about it here. Two major points: Voice assistants will be moving beyond smart speakers and into almost all other electronic devices - very soon. The most exciting and transformative new location…