Google: Google Assistant

Alexa and Cortana will soon work together, allowing each to access the other

Amazon, Apple: Siri, Bing Voice Search, Channel: Mobile, Google: Google Assistant, Microsoft: Cortana, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Earlier this morning Amazon and Microsoft announced that their virtual assistants will soon work together. Alexa devices will be able to access Cortana, and Cortana will be able to open Alexa: Alexa customers will be able to access Cortana’s unique features like booking a meeting or accessing work calendars, reminding you to pick up flowers […]

Alexa and Cortana will soon work together, allowing each to access the other Read More »

Walmart offering voice shopping via Google Assistant and Home

1, Amazon, Channel: Mobile, Google, Google: Google Assistant, Google: Google Home, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google and Walmart have announced a partnership to bring Walmart voice shopping to the Google Assistant and Google Home. Free delivery will also be available through Google Express, which is changing its pricing structure. Though not discussed in either company’s blog post, the move is likely a response to Amazon voice shopping via Alexa devices.

Walmart offering voice shopping via Google Assistant and Home Read More »

Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’

Amazon, Apple: Siri, Channel: Mobile, Google: Google Assistant, Google: Google Home, Microsoft: Cortana, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Americans love their “smart speakers” and they plan to buy more of them. That’s according to a recent, in-depth consumer study from NPR and Edison Research. The survey polled more than 1,600 respondents (equally divided between device owners and non-owners) and found that 76 percent of owners had Amazon Echo devices, while 16 percent had

Americans love their smart speakers, 42% call them ‘essential’ Read More »

Google Now is dead, long live ‘the feed’

Channel: Mobile, Google: Google Assistant, Google: Google Now, Google: Web Search, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Google Now was launched at Google I/O in June, 2012. It was part of a package of updates and UI changes for mobile search, which included a female-voiced mobile assistant to compete with Apple’s Siri. Google Now was initially a way to get contextually relevant information based on location, time of day and your calendar. It evolved to become much

Google Now is dead, long live ‘the feed’ Read More »

Study argues Google Home 6X ‘more effective’ than Alexa, but will consumers care?

Amazon, Channel: Mobile, Google: Android, Google: Google Assistant, Google: Google Home, Google: Web Search, SEO BLOG / Good To SEO

Tech bloggers love to test and compare rival products. There’s an underlying assumption that the better product will always win. But other factors (e.g., price, brand and so on) can get in the way of rational market outcomes. A new study from agency 360i (reported in Adweek) asserts that Google Home is much more likely to answer people’s questions than Amazon Alexa.The headline is

Study argues Google Home 6X ‘more effective’ than Alexa, but will consumers care? Read More »