The Rundown: coronavirus and voice, Spotify and Jovo

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Kane Simms
  • Founder and CEO at VUX

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Corona virus hits voice as Google removes coronavirus actions, Spotify looks like it’s releasing a voice assistant and Jovo lets you build voice assistants everywhere.

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Stories discussed in this episode

Google reject corona virus action

Spotify might be releasing a voice assistant

Jovo v3, build voice assistants and deploy them everywhere

Jovo Linkedin vlog 

Google Read It

Google Read It Linkedin vlog

Alexa, the OS

Live broadcasting on Alexa with the Food Network

The end of Alexa Skills?

 

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