Voice Assistant Archives

Voice control comes to Deezer on Apple HomePods

07/05/2021

Voice control comes to Deezer on Apple HomePod and HomePod mini and is now available for Premium, HiFi, Family and Student plan subscribers. Currently 70% of smart speaker owners use voice control to regularly play music and Deezer users can make this their default music service. Then just ask Siri to play any song from their global catalogue of 73 million tracks. All paying subscribers with iOS 14.3 and above and the latest software on […]

Pandora’s voice assistant now available to all users

01/08/2019

Pandora’s voice assistant now available to all users on all service plans according to a recent blog posting from the company. Voice Mode, as Pandora’s voice assistant is called was first launched in February of this year but is now available to all Pandora mobile app users enabling them to enjoy new music and podcast discovery, customise their personal audio entertainment experience hands free using conversational commands. How to use Pandora Voice Mode (As described […]

Pandora launches Voice Mode

24/01/2019

Pandora launches Voice Mode a new native smart assistant that allows listeners to control Pandora’s mobile app and enjoy new music discovery using simple voice commands. Pandora is rolling out access to Voice Mode to select listeners on iOS and Android, with general availability for all mobile users coming soon. “Pandora is the leader in personalized audio entertainment, and millions of our listeners are already loving the experience we’ve created on smart speakers and other […]

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Sonos files to go public

07/07/2018

Sonos filed papers with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO). The multi-room audio company was founded in 2002 and by 31st March this year had sold 19 million products in roughly 6.9 million households around the world. Despite being the leading company in the multi-room audio business with sales of $992.5 million in revenue in the 2017 – a 10% increase on 2016 – it wasn’t enough to turn […]

What is a Smart Speaker?

15/04/2018

Smart Speakers are internet-connected speakers controlled by voice commands coupled with an artiﬁcial intelligence (AI) assistant responding to the owner’s requests. These voice controlled personal assistants are often referred to as Voice Assistants (VA). The most popular VAs are Amazon’s Alexa and Google’s Google Assistant with Siri powering Apple’s HomePod and Cortana controlling Microsoft enabled devices. Traditional electronics companies are rapidly playing catchup and Samsung recently announced its own Bixby powered speaker which is scheduled […]