Big news: this is a who’s who of companies that want to make voice assistants completely interoperable on any device: Amazon, Intel, Qualcomm, Spotify, Microsoft, Baidu, Salesforce.
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) September 24, 2019
....but not Google, Apple, and Samsung. https://t.co/VQ6EHVl99P
This is a massively aggressive move by Amazon - basically welcoming every also-ran voice assistant onto its hardware to create scale against Google and Apple https://t.co/a382XJPLJO
— nilay patel (@reckless) September 24, 2019
Good to see Amazon doing this, but without Apple and Google then it feels like not much is going to change https://t.co/VduwZCkBLX
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) September 24, 2019
Boom!
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) September 24, 2019
“Amazon and Leading Technology Companies Announce the Voice Interoperability Initiative”
This will fundamentally change how the world views #VoiceFirst. An astounding move by @Amazon.
A prequel to the big Alexa news tomorrow.https://t.co/fGtnBiXHc6
My personal hell is people shouting "ALEXA!" "CORTANA!" "SIRI!" "HEY GOOGLE!" "EINSTEIN!" all at once. https://t.co/PrNzfijynq pic.twitter.com/ef7eGI1zf7
— Shira Ovide (@ShiraOvide) September 24, 2019
Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility https://t.co/CPhTcC5IdZ pic.twitter.com/sXgxm3iKPl
— The Verge (@verge) September 24, 2019
The market has just 10x its size. Astonishing news, to be honest. Quoting @BrianRoemmele Boom! https://t.co/zuyejcIuHD
— Francisco Rivas (@franciscorivash) September 24, 2019
Many more details here: https://t.co/VQ6EHVl99P
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) September 24, 2019
Amazon’s New Devices Could Include Alexa Earbuds, Improved Echo - will be covering tomorrow’s Amazon launch with @mattmday https://t.co/YulJhRI0LS
— Mark Gurman (@markgurman) September 24, 2019
Voice Interoperability Initiative is a big deal.
— Daniel Rubino (@Daniel_Rubino) September 24, 2019
Amazon, Microsoft, Salesforce, Sonos, Sony AG, and Spotify are on board to make using voice more seamless between agents.
Multiple simultaneous wake words could turn an Alexa device into a Cortana one. https://t.co/cp7kf9oBSw
Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility https://t.co/CPhTcC5IdZ
— The Verge (@verge) September 25, 2019
Something that occurs to me:
— Dieter Bohn (@backlon) September 24, 2019
Amazon has called for voice assistants to be interoperable, saying your speaker should feature whatever assistant you want.
And yet: Amazon doesn’t sell Google Home/Nest speakers on its online store.
???????? https://t.co/VQ6EHV3yih
The Verge: https://t.co/19xRRUa1Nf
— Andrea Muttoni (@muttonia) September 25, 2019
Amazon creates a huge alliance to demand voice assistant compatibility with Baidu, Microsoft, Sonos, Intel, Qualcomm and more https://t.co/JFiFNiFNWn #voiceassistants #voice #alexa #amazon #sonos #qualcomm pic.twitter.com/AXF6tFYuS1
— Dev Diner (@DevDiner) September 24, 2019