+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeQuizzoneWhatsappShare Flash Reads
 

People mainly use smart speakers for simple requests

Aug 26, 2024, 02:37 IST

If you believe the hype, smart speakers such as Amazon's Echo represent the next wave of computing.

Advertisement

Instead of tapping on a screen or typing on a keyboard, we'll soon be speaking to a viritual assistant embodied in an ordinary looking gadget to accomplish most of our computing tasks.

For the moment, though, that vision remains largely unrealized.

Instead of doing anything heavy duty, smart speaker owners are mainly using them for basic tasks like getting a weather report or playing some music, according to a recent study from ComScore that was charted for us by Statista. The most common request of smart speakers? That they answer general questions.

Voice-based artificial intelligence may not yet live up to its hype, but that's not much of a surprise. Even Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said last year that the tech is closer to "the first guy up at bat" than the first inning of its life. But Bezos will surely be happy when more than just 11% of smart speaker owners buy products online through their devices.

Advertisement

Mike Nudelman/Business Insider/Statista

NOW WATCH: These secret codes let you access hidden iPhone features

Please enable Javascript to watch this video
You are subscribed to notifications!
Looks like you've blocked notifications!
Next Article