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Amazon Echo speaker with Alexa voice assistant launching in India later this year

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Amazon is planning to launch its Echo speaker with Alexa voice assistant in India by the end of this year, according to a new report from ET. Citing two people aware of the development, the report further stated that it has already begun testing its products through select company executives and analysts. Earlier in February, a separate report had said that Amazon is “putting together content and localising the service”.

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Samsung rolls out Bixby voice assistant early access program in the US

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Samsung is finally bringing Bixby AI-powered voice assistant to select Galaxy S8 and S8+ owners in the U.S, as expected. The company is rolling out an early access program for Bixby in the US that will allow select users to test the virtual assistant before it goes live for everyone. Continue reading “Samsung rolls out Bixby voice assistant early access program in the US”

Samsung Bixby voice assistant English roll out further delayed

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It looks like it is going to take few more weeks until Samsung’s voice assistant Bixby is rolled out in the US. A latest report from the Wall Street Journal says, support for English language on Samsung’s highly anticipated digital assistant is delayed again.

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Huawei is said to be developing its own voice assistant

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It looks like we will soon see a new voice assistant that will join the likes of Siri, Google Assistant and Cortana. Huawei is said to be working on its own digital voice assistant according to a latest report from Bloomberg.
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Google Home voice activated home assistant goes official

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Google has officially announced its own voice activated home assistant device, as expected. Dubbed as Google Home, the device will let you enjoy music, manage everyday tasks and ask Google questions via voice commands.

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Microsoft adds Foursquare integration to Cortana

Microsoft invested $15 million in location sharing app Foursquare in February this year. Today, the company has integrated Foursquare’s data into Cortana, its own digital voice assistant.

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BlackBerry unveils its Digital Voice Assistant

Following the footsteps of Apple, Google and Windows, BlackBerry has announced its own digital voice assistant. Dubbed simply as ‘BlackBerry Assistant’, the company has introduced it for BB 10.3 OS. The voice assistant will debut on BlackBerry Passport that was announced recently.

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Apple reportedly teams up with Shazam to integrate song identification into iOS

Apple has partnered Shazam to work on a song identification tool for iOS 8, according to reports from Bloomberg. The feature will allow users to identify a song using their iPhone or iPad’s microphone. The report states that users will be able to access the song identification feature via Apple’s digital voice assistant, Siri. Hence, Siri will answer once a user asks “What song is playing” as it will generate the data from Shazam which has more than 90 million users.

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Tell me voice assistant aka Cortana rumoured to launch on Windows Phone this April

Long rumoured voice assistant, codenamed “Cortana”, is all set to make its beta appearance on Windows Phone, starting April 2014, according to a very credible source – @msftnerd. The Siri-like feature is reportedly voiced by Jen Taylor, who actually did the voice acting for Cortana, an AI character in the hit game-series “Halo”. The voice assistant, which might carry the name “Bing Tell me”, will launch for developers, in beta, in April, which coincides with the Build 2014 Developer event by Microsoft. “Build” is where Microsoft plans to unveil information about the next release of Windows, codenamed Threshold.

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