Connected CE and Platforms
The voice-first consumer market is rapidly changing. Stakeholders continue to announce new moves and product roadmaps. Integrations and partnerships are regularly being made. New entrants, seeking opportunity in the intensifying appeal of voice-enabled technologies, are placing their bets with their own offerings.
Both devices and applications are now on market—primarily in the personal assistant space—that embrace voice-first; that is, they feature an...
by Dina Abdelrazik | Apr. 24, 2017
Tags: Amazon, Apple, connected CE, Google, Internet of Things, Microsoft, smart home, voice control
Tags: Amazon, Apple, connected CE, Google, Internet of Things, Microsoft, smart home, voice control
Today Facebook will address the changing environment for consumers to communicate, including the introduction of AI, VR, social sharing models, and more, at its F8 Developer Conference. Companies in connected CE, smart home, mobile, and entertainment IoT spaces are watching the emergence of these new technologies and business models to determine their impact on device development, content creation, and consumer engagement.
Companies need to continue to expand consumer familiarity...
by Parks Associates | Apr. 18, 2017
Tags: connected CE, mobile, smart home, smartphones, virtual reality
Tags: connected CE, mobile, smart home, smartphones, virtual reality
Samsung’s new Gear VR headset and motion controller that it announced at Samsung’s Unpacked event are exactly what Samsung needs to remain at the top of the mobile VR space.
Samsung already boasts a majority of advantages when Gear VR is compared to competitors such as Google Daydream and other mobile VR viewers. Gear VR was the first major VR headset available on the market, and it also benefitted from Samsung’s marketing, demos, and promotion throughout its lifecycle, which...
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Consumers love drones. They were a hot holiday gift item in 2016, and interest continues to grow. In fact, Goldman Sachs estimates the consumer market for drones will generate $17 billion between 2016 and 2020.
Driving much of this growth is consumer interest in drones and their social, leisure, and security applications. Social media feeds are starting to feature “dronies” – selfies taken with a drone. A host of new, smaller drones...
Last Thursday, Google provided an unsolicited ad to Google Home users, testing, for the first time, its ability to run ads on its smart speaker. Google Home users reported asking their device about their schedule and along with the weather, news updates, and traffic, the speaker played a 17-second promotion of the new movie Beauty and the Beast. Users immediately took notice of the sly ad insertion taking to social media to relay their frustrations,...
Voice-enabled technologies have experienced massive growth in the consumer market since the introduction of Siri in 2011. The momentum in voice technologies is similar to the Internet boom in the 1990s. Companies who did not get on board and create a web presence, especially in commerce, fell behind to their competitors. The voice-first movement may elicit the same effect. For companies to capitalize on the current market opportunity, they must consider enabling a voice experience with...
by Dina Abdelrazik | Mar. 15, 2017
Tags: Amazon, Apple, connected CE, Google, Internet of Things, Microsoft, smart home
Tags: Amazon, Apple, connected CE, Google, Internet of Things, Microsoft, smart home
Major appliances have always offered convenience, reduction of labor, and better results over formerly manual tasks, such as washing clothes in the river or cooking over an open fire.
International research firm Parks Associates will join Appliance Design to host the webinar “ Advancing Ease of Use through Sensors and Appliance Automation ,” which will examine how today’s smart appliances are leveraging innovative sensor technologies to evaluate appliance task status,...
by Parks Associates | Feb. 10, 2017
Tags: energy, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, smart home
Tags: energy, home automation, industry event, Internet of Things, smart home
Much like last year at CES, Amazon, without a booth or formal attendance at the show, is still a dominant presence with Alexa. With companies unveiling both built-in Alexa products and integrations, Amazon is extending its lead as a way to tie together the smart home with voice-enabled capabilities.
Some announcements from this year’s show include the following alliances with varying companies and Alexa:
Ford – One of the largest U.S. manufacturers of cars, Ford...
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