Forget modular phones and trend-following smart speakers. Facebook may want to carve out a new niche for a dedicated video chat product of some sort.
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"Instead" of voice recognition functionality, Facebook's rookie smart speaker effort is tipped to focus on a gargantuan 15-inch display.
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With Cortana, Google Assistant and Alexa rising fast, Siri stays in the limelight starring alongside The Rock in this "crazy fun commercial."
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Lenovo seems to think it can build a more interactive smart speaker than the Amazon Echo someday, as well as a "context aware virtual assistant."
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Samsung's Bixby digital assistant isn't going many places after finally adding English voice support for the US, at least not according to new reports.
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Samsung's latest acquisition likely targets the progress of its Bixby assistant and an AI-powered smart speaker, which need all the help they can get.
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Samsung's half-baked Bixby digital assistant finally gains voice capabilities stateside, but only as part of an Early Access Program.
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Of course Andy Rubin has his own new digital assistant prepped to run on the Essential Phone, but will it be ready by the end of June?
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Following TCL, another relatively high-profile Chinese company offers its support for the Turing Phone Appassionato to reach stores this year.
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Looking forward to receive your pre-ordered Samsung Galaxy S8, and reprogram its side Bixby button for Google Assistant use? Forget about it.
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On paper at least, Samsung's Bixby "intelligent interface" for the Galaxy S8 looks far more versatile than Siri or even the Google Assistant.
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Microsoft's Cortana works even better and more naturally on Android devices after the latest app update, with extensive lock screen support.
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It's taken more than two months for the US Huawei Mate 9 to actually receive the over-the-air Alexa capabilities promised at CES 2017.
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Future Galaxy S8 buyers, your voice assistant has arrived, dubbed Bixby as expected, and aiming to do a lot more than mimic Siri or Alexa... eventually.
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We don't know how Apple feels about this, but if you want to try something new on your iOS device today, the Amazon app includes Alexa assistance.
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