This past year, we’ve all used or at least seen AI being used in everyday interactions in some shape or form. Google Home and Alexa sales are skyrocketing and AI is becoming more and more mainstream.
2019 will witness AI application maturity and see #voicefirst attain some real success. And it won’t just be Google Assistant and Alexa because companies like Alibaba are also racing ahead and getting some remarkable ROI from their voice assistants. But let’s step back and take a quick look at 2018 to identify some patterns, both positive and negative, behind the explosive growth of smart speakers.
