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Parks Associates: Market for Smart Speakers With Voice Assistants Estimated to Grow Roughly 60% From 2016 to 2017
DALLAS, May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Parks Associates announced new numbers today showing adoption of smart speakers with personal assistants, including "Consumer interest in voice-based technologies has surged across many areas of connected living as a preferred consumer interface," said Dina Abdelrazik, Research Analyst, Parks Associates. "Products from household names including Amazon, Google, and Apple have moved voice control into the consumer consciousness, and now Samsung is entering this field with Bixby, a voice-activated virtual assistant soon to be available on the Galaxy S8 smartphone. Voice is now vying to be the default method for consumer interaction with all connected products." Abdelrazik will moderate the CONNECTIONS™ session "Voice Control: Improving the User Experience" on May 25 at 10:45 a.m., where the following speakers will examine the role of voice in creating new and improved consumer experiences:
To register for the 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™ Conference or a pre-show workshop, visit http://bit.ly/CONNUSregistration. Press passes are available at www.parksassociates.com/cus-press. To schedule an interview with an analyst or request specific research, contact Holly Sprague at [email protected], 720.987.6614. About CONNECTIONS™ Parks Associates' 21st-annual CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference will take place May 23-25 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport in San Francisco. CONNECTIONS™ is the premier connected home event hosting over 700 executives from the connected entertainment, IoT, and smart home industries. For more information, contact [email protected], call 972-490-1113, visit www.connectionsconference.com. Media Contact: To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/parks-associates-market-for-smart-speakers-with-voice-assistants-estimated-to-grow-roughly-60-from-2016-to-2017-300452700.html SOURCE Parks Associates |