Last week, Amazon made a big splash in the digital assistant space introducting its Voice Interoperability Initiative. The effort is backed by more than 30 companies and aims to build "voice services that can work seamlessly with others, while … [Read more...]
Google Assistant on Sonos is mostly great, with just a few limitations
After a year-and-a-half of waiting, Sonos officially supports the Google Assistant. A Sonos software update is required and is in the process of rolling out now, first in the US, to be followed by the UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, France, The … [Read more...]
How to stop guests from voice controlling your smart home
An interesting and slightly amusing voicemail came in to the IoT Podcast Hotline this week: The caller's guests are changing his thermostat settings by voice when they come over. The issue isn't specific to just a thermostat though since, in theory, … [Read more...]
Google Assistant needs more “action” if it wants to challenge Amazon’s Alexa Skills
It’s 2019 and after several years of growing smart speaker sales, the top two contenders — Google and Amazon — are now fighting back and forth for the top sales spot each quarter, even though Amazon's first-mover status provides it more lifetime … [Read more...]