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Leaked Internal Amazon Docs Show Users Quickly Tire of Smart Speakers

January 27, 2022 by Ted 3 Comments

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End of the Smart Speaker Era?

Amazon is widely credited with having created the entire smart speaker category with their Alexa voice-controlled Echo smart speaker and other products. The company has sold millions of them since their introduction in 2015, especially at often insane sale prices during the holiday selling season. But Bloomberg Businessweek has come into possession of leaked internal Amazon documents that paint a portrait of a category that appears to be in serious trouble, principally because it fails – often miserably – to retain consumer interest.

And, the documents show, not only do consumers lose their interest…they lose it quickly.

See more on smart speaker problems identified in Amazon internal docs

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Filed Under: Brands, News, Products, Research, Technology Tagged With: Alexa, Amazon, smart speaker, voice command, voice control, voice user interface

Josh.ai Offers Glitzy Launch of Interesting New Products

November 13, 2020 by Ted Leave a Comment

Josh.ai Founder & CEO Alex Capecelatro talking about Nano voice control microphone
CEO Alex Capecelatro in a spectacular L.A. home with a Josh.ai installation. The Nano is in this picture. Can you find it? [Click to enlarge]

On Tuesday, specialty voice control supplier Josh.ai held an event they called their “keynote” which turned out to be a very professionally produced video presentation of a significant product launch for the company. In this presentation, the company Founder and CEO Alex Capecelatro shared his thoughts on smart home technologies, including the thought that smaller is better when it comes to smart home devices.

And with that, Capecelatro introduced their new Nano and Core products.

Learn more about Josh.ai Nano and Core…

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Filed Under: Integrators, Manufacturers, News, People, Products, Technology Tagged With: Alex Capecelatro, Josh.ai, voice command, voice user interface

Finding His Voiz

July 16, 2019 by Ted 1 Comment

Photo of Voiz AiRadio Duo VR-80 in light finish

In consumer electronics, we tend to find products separated into certain ranges or categories, largely based on the intended target market. There are high-end/high-performance products targeted for audio aficionados (aka audiophiles) that tend to be better performing, but at a higher price. And then there are inexpensive items targeted to the mainstream consumer who likes the looks or features – such as a nostalgia look – but isn’t willing to pay much extra for performance…because that’s not necessarily their “thing.”

But like “East” and “West,” these two things almost never meet together in one product. Never, that is, until product design expert Hiro Ogura launched his Voiz lossless streaming smart speaker.

See why Voiz is unique…

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Filed Under: Products Tagged With: AiRadio, Amazon Alexa, lossless, streaming audio, voice, voice user interface, Voiz

CE Week Panel: The Future Will Be Lead by Smart Speakers

June 25, 2018 by Ted Leave a Comment

CE Week logoOne of the more interesting conference panels that took place at CE Week last week in the Jacob Javitz Center in Manhattan was a panel called, “Listening in the Living Room: How Smart Speakers are Striving to Be the Next Great Planform.” This panel featured Gary Schultz, Director, Business & Product Development, SDI Technologies Inc, the parent company of iHome and Andrew Vloyanetes, Sonos’s sales manager. The panel was moderated by John Quain, a contributor to The New York Times.

Some of what this panel had to say was in line with what you might expect – they are both pretty high on smart speakers and the category’s conjunction with voice control.

But there were some other interesting tidbits that emerged… [Read more…] about CE Week Panel: The Future Will Be Lead by Smart Speakers

Filed Under: Industry Trends, Marketing, News, Strategy, Tech Trends Tagged With: CE Week, iHome, smart speakers, Sonos, voice control, voice user interface

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