Google Assistant will replace Google Search in its entirety within 5 years
Here’s a prediction for you: Google Assistant will replace google search entirely within 5 years. Sooner, even. Think about it. What is Google’s ultimate aim? To find THE right result for the user. That’s why it’s taken on the burden itself of finding hotel rooms, flights, deals and just about anything else it can […]
Why aren’t more people making Google Assistant actions?
When thinking about launching an app for a voice assistant, most people, most of the time, will create an Alexa skill instead of a Google Assistant action. But why? There are over 100,000 Alexa skills and only a few thousand Google Assistant actions. Now, Google do claim that Assistant has over 1 million actions, and […]
Not so bold predictions for voice in 2020
So, here we are. The end of 2019. And it’s time for some click bait regarding 2020 voice-first industry predictions. I told you to prepare for this a few weeks back. While forecasting can be inspiring and encouraging, it could also be perceived as a holding message. It’d be easy to hear about how advertising will […]
How to create Alexa skills using agile
What’s the best way to approach the development of a hashtag voicefirst experience for Alexa, Google Assistant and voice assistants?
Voice strategy: short and long term planning
When it comes to creating a voice strategy, you need a short term plan and a long term plan. These are the words of Amazon Alexa’s Chief Evangelist, Dave Isbitski, who joined us on the VUX World podcast to discuss how Amazon are advising brands on voice strategy. In the short term, you’ll be […]
The Rundown 005: Google ups its Assistant game
Dustin and I sit down for a long awaited Rundown and chat about the recent Google Assistant announcements from I/O, voice research from Microsoft, and much more.
Google Assistant passes 1m Actions! Where the F did that come from?
Google announced a whole host of new features for Google Assistant on day 1 of I/O ’19. Also on day 1, quietly, and tucked away on the 9th slide of Niomi Makofsky’s presentation; ‘Intro to Google Assistant: Build your first action‘, was the casual statement: “1M+ Actions”. Google Assistant has 1 million actions That’s right. […]
What’s new with Google Assistant? Announcements from Google I/O ’19
Google didn’t disappoint on the voice front at this year’s Google I/O. Here’s a run through of all the Google Assistant related announcements. Google Duplex comes to the web Last year, Google announced Google Duplex, an automated assistant that makes phone calls to complete tasks on your behalf. Things like booking restaurants reservations and hair […]
Building an assistant on an assistant with Nick Carey
This week, Dustin Coates and Kane Simms are joined by Nick Carey of Potato to discuss the concept of creating an assistant on an assistant.
Talk to me with James Vlahos
This week, Dustin and I are joined by journalist and author, James Vlahos, to discuss the details of his book Talk to Me: How voice computing will transform the way we live, work and think.