Smartphone users have had the opportunity to access many virtual assistants like Siri on the iPhone, Google Now / Assistant on Android and Cortana on Windows. Now things are changing as developers are racing to launch their own virtual assistant.The idea is that the market is gradually diluting, but this is in fact a stepping stone to the new mobile revolution, where artificial intelligence takes over the industry's long standing to make it possible. Powerful and easy to use.
Google Assistant seems to only support Android now appears on the iPhone. Although Apple blocks some of its competitor's functions to protect Siri, the user has the choice of voice recognition technology instead of being forced into a product.With some technical operations, you can also run Google Assistant right on the Windows environment. Even, Microsoft's Cortana has support for Android and iOS.
Companies no longer see virtual assistants as exclusive items on their own devices that eventually take on more platforms. As Alexa is associated with the Echo smartphone is now available for HTC U11 without confusion with the command "OK Google". Galaxy S8 installed both Google Assistant and virtual assistant Bixby developed by himself.The trend of digital assistant designers blossoming and is unlikely to one day become the main interface on the device instead of the touch screen.
However, the wave of virtual assistants is technically hampered as most voice recognition technologies are not as effective as they should be. You can encounter many bad jokes with Siri or Assistant.
So, Google is supporting typing with keyboard and interacting through the camera's built-in artificial intelligence. This means that we can use the camera to search for information such as restaurants in front of flowers or unknown names, or even translate foreign texts on photos.In the future, virtual assistants can do everything for the user. For example, if you want to post to Facebook you just need to open the application, the virtual assistant will display the window for you to do it. Or need information about a restaurant, users simply enter names or take pictures without having to go to Google or Bing.
Interestingly, device scenarios without the need to install applications completely can happen. At that point, the virtual assistant will download the data from the cloud services to the user interactively.
At the moment, people do not use digital assistants on their desktops or laptops; instead, they are smartphones and phones.
Even this gadget can be carried in the car. According to statistics, only 18% of smartphone users activate virtual assistants every day. In part, the technology is not as accurate as text input.The potential for growth is huge as the number of smartphones is on the rise. Artificial intelligence should be improved to increase interactivity. Once the voice recognition capabilities are complete and multi-language supported, there's no need for the manufacturer to offer the call, but the user will automatically use the gadget.
Google and Amazon are two of the most active names in the virtual assistant market. However, it is still enough time for both Apple and Microsoft to participate in the race. Challenges ahead extremely large, especially need to find algorithm smarter. But with the huge resources of the big guys in the tech industry, we can totally believe in a new revolution.
