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Meta enters the Chatbot market

It comes as no surprise that Meta has now officially entered the chatbot competitive landscape. In September, Meta announced the release of their own assistant, Meta AI which it has integrated most of its services including Facebook and Instagram. Over the past few days, Meta has also begun rolling out Meta AI for WhatsApp in …

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Renault Scenic E-tech, Audio and Infotainment Collaboration

The Renault Scenic has been a long-time bastion of the European family car market. DATAportl estimates that almost 400,000 Renault Scenics have shipped since 2016. So, the introduction of a new electric version of the car could have significant impact on EV volumes. Harman announced on March 5th, 2023 that its Harman Kardon brand audio …

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Google Backed Gravity Mobility Opens Fastest Pubic EV Charger in the US

Gravity Mobility, a Google-backed EV infrastructure startup, has unveiled the fastest charging solution in the United States, now accessible to the public. Targeting major fleet operators, the company offers 24 of its 500 kW chargers in New York, capable of charging at an impressive rate of 2,400 miles of range per hour or 200 miles …

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Google TV Exec Says Televisions Could Become the Central Hub of the Home

The integration of microphones into smart TVs has been an increasing trend for a few years now and one highlighted by our sister company, SAR Insight, in its Soundbar market report back in 2021. The integration of microphones was/is the missing link that propels the smart TV into the role of the smart home hub. DATAportl shows …

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CES 2024 Round Up – Sustainability, Smart Homes, AI for Voice, Audio Platforms and Ambient IoT

Getting back to normal? Are we “getting back to normal”, CES 2024 suggest so. This was my 8th year attending in my current role and anecdotally it felt as busy as it ever was pre-COVID. The CEA stated that there were 135,000+ attendees, which is close to the usual 150,000+. As always there was a wide range of …

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HARMAN Acquires Roon

November 27, 2023, Harman announced the acquisition of Roon, a music software company most well-known for its Roon app. Roon Labs was founded in 2015, but its journey in music technology began much earlier, in 2004. The founders were involved in developing music software for companies like Sooloos, Meridian Audio, and HP before establishing Roon …

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AI in Consumer Devices

​It has been announced that Wimbledon will team up with IBM to produce AI-generated commentary. Within the last year, AI has been at the forefront of the news with new stories out every week on the latest developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence which has been driven by the introduction of Transformer neural networks …

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Google ends updates and effectively kills third-party assistant smart displays

​The news from sources that Google will be ending software updates for Google assistant on third-party smart display devices is hardly surprising. According to 9to5Google, Google will be halting all updates for its assistant on Lenovo, JBL and LG smart display devices. It’s important to note that these devices will still continue to function with …

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