Parks Associates research indicates 40 percent of U.S. smartphone owners use voice-recognition software, generally eclipsing the use of phones for streaming music to speakers or video to a second screen.
From the article "Top 5 Home Tech Trends and Opportunities for 2017: From Voice Control to VR" by Julie Jacobson.
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