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Voice-First Device Market Reaching 24.5 Million This Year, VoiceLabs Reports

Some 24.5 million voice-first devices such as Amazon Echo and Google Home will ship this year, reported voice analytics company VoiceLabs. That’s up from 6.5 million last year and 1.7 million in Echo’s launch year, 2015, it said. Google will…

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excel at web search and deliver intelligent responses to general knowledge questions, and Amazon will stand out in e-commerce, said VoiceLabs. Google and Microsoft “should excel at email, contacts and calendar,” it said.