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[ad_1] Amazon has the wrong business plan for its popular smart speaker. It should think of it more like the iPhone. When Amazon.com Inc. first introduced its Echo smart speaker in 2016, it was mocked in some parts of the tech press as a gimmick. Why would anyone want a speaker to tell them the day of the week, or ask how many teaspoons were in a tablespoon? It turns out lots of people do. An estimated 65 million Echo units were sold globally last year, and sales are project to continue increasing. When it comes to scale and popularity, the speaker's digital assistant Alexa has been a tremendous success. But the snark at the start of Alexa's life was partly right. Financially it's been a flop. Amazon sells its device at cost and with more than 10,000 employees working on the project,...

[ad_1] Switching to a single wake phrase might help Siri compete with Amazon's Alexa. American tech giant Apple is looking to change Siri's trigger phrase from 'Hey Siri', to just 'Siri', suggests a new report. According to The Verge, the said report was shared by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and this change would mean that users would just need to say 'Siri' followed by a command to activate the smart assistant. Gurman noted that Apple's been working on this feature for the past several months and is expected to roll it out next year or in 2024. However, in order for the functionality to work effectively, Apple would need to invest a "significant amount of AI training and underlying engineering work," since the smart assistant will need to grasp the single wake word in numerous acc...

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When It Comes To Loss-Making Alexa, Why Amazon Should Think of iPhone

Apple might change its ‘Hey Siri’ voice assistant trigger phrase