Flash briefing 9 – June 23 – What will be the role of your Alexa skills or Google Action in your decision making process?
You decided to enter voice tech and smart speakers market. You want to be ahead of the game and you took the leap to create Alexa skills and Google Actions, now what? As a brand you should be considering your strategy for voice platforms and how consumers can reach you in those channels. Begin with...
Flash briefing 8 – Voice in a Can app: Alexa in Apple Watch
Did you know that Alexa can now run on the Apple watch? Thanks to Voice in a can app, a standalone Apple Watch app, which means you don’t need to tether to an iPhone to use Alexa. Apple has restricted the Apple Watch to easily access Siri and no other digital assistants, but Voice in...
Voice Interfaces in your credit cards and banks
Despite security and privacy concerns, there’s no doubt of the convenience of using voice for everyday money management. Big banks and financial companies have started to offer banking through virtual assistants, Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, and Google’s Assistant, in a way that will allow customers to check their balances, pay bills and, in the near...
Flashbriefing 7 – June 21 – Top trending skills and Google Actions analysis
Today we are exploring some of the trending skills in Amazon Alexa and popular Google Actions. We asked Alexa ” what are your trending skills?” and this is are the eight first answers. Question of the day. Peaceful meditation. Eighties letters. True or false Jurassic bark Clean joke of the day Inspire me Find my...
Flash briefing 6 June 20- Voice Interfaces are Making Banking and Finances Less Frustrating
There is no doubt of the convenience of voice for a lot of everyday tasks. And banking and finance institutions are quickly adopting voice technologies. Saying Alexa send 500 from my checking account to John Doe is faster and easier than to log in into your banking app, look for transfers, confirm amount and transfer...
Flash briefing 5 – week June 18 – Board games arriving to Alexa
Alexa, play when in Rome. Company Sensible Object announced on Monday it has raised $3.2 million to grow its experiences that combine Alexa with board games. “The company’s first game, When in Rome, will go on sale July 2 on Amazon in Australia, Canada, the US, and UK.” When in Rome is a multiplayer game...
Flash briefing 4 – It’s time for small businesses to take search seriously
Google has stated that voice search accounts for 20% of its mobile queries. For context, half of all search queries originated on mobile devices. This frequency of voice search use shows how relevant this technology is to brick-and-mortar locations, altho it’s worth noting that elsewhere in the cited research it’s clear that consumers are using...
Flashbriefing 3 – How can you leverage voice tech for your business today?
Voice technologies reduce friction for consumers and you could make the most of the new voice platforms. We recommend start thinking about your voice strategy today, how do you want to sound and what’s your sonic identity. Here is some ways where you could leverage voice tech. Giving out specific information about your product and...
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