Siri and Google Assistant still aren’t speaking to Alexa: Last September, Amazon launched its Voice Interoperability Initiative, which aims to let customers "interact with multiple voice agents on a single device." At the time, 30 companies jumped on … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for Oct. 25, 2019
OCF just subsumed another standards organization to bring about interoperable smart buildings: The Open Connectivity Foundation, a group trying to promote an interoperable standard that would allow connected devices to share identifying and … [Read more...]
IoT news of the week for August 23, 2019
Bose plays both sides with new portable smart speaker: There aren’t too many smart speakers that support both of the top two digital assistants, but Bose is adding another one to the mix. The company this week announced its Bose Portable Smarthome … [Read more...]
The future is here and tech firms own it
My obsession with the internet of things is in part an obsession with understanding the future. It's awesome when a moment comes along that perfectly encapsulates the future you've vaguely envisioned. Wednesday's Google event was such a moment for … [Read more...]