News & Reviews:   voice assistant

Ever since Google rebranded Bard as Gemini, the AI platform has been shown to do many different things. It's been helping with quick Google searches to image manipulation, so we can expect it to do more as the platform improves. And it seems music playback is the next one.

Apple will be making the activation keyword for Siri simpler. According to the latest report, the tech giant is removing the "Hey" from the "Hey Siri" voice command. If nothing went wrong, the switch would arrive in next year's major OS update.

Google has introduced a solution for users who constantly wake Google Assistant up by accident or want to cut it off halfway. The new update now allows users to say 'Stop' to silence the voice assistant.

We believe that some of you might have thought about your smartphones' voice assistants eavesdropping on your conversations. Not sure if it's a "coincidence", but sometimes we could get targeted advertisements about things we've mentioned to someone before. Now, it appears that Apple is facing a lawsuit that alleges its voice assistant, Siri, has improperly recorded private conversations.

Voice assistants have been around for years, but most people don't really use them that often. Of course, that hasn't stopped Apple from wanting to improve Siri. In fact, the company has filed a new patent for environmentally aware voice assistants.

A major reason why people use voice assistants is that it can often be tedious to type things out. It's even better when the device can recognise your voice and provide you with personalised results. That's what the Voice Match feature on Google Assistant does and it could be coming to Android TV soon.

Voice assistants have been around for a few years but it's never really taken off. While Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are commonly used in the USA, other options are hardly popular. For Samsung, its S Voice assistant hasn't gotten any traction and now that it has Bixby, the company has decided to discontinue S Voice.

Voice assistants have been around for a few years but most of us don't use them. Among them is Apple's Siri, which was first released in late 2011. Despite the long years of development, Siri continues to be criticised for poor voice recognition accuracy and has been accused of lacking innovation. That may change now that Apple has acquired a new AI company.