Rivals gain on Amazon in hot market for digital assistants: survey


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 22 May 2018

With Echo Calling, the Echo devices are now very useful for making an emergency phone call. (Amazon)

WASHINGTON: Amazon has kept its lead in the fast-growing global market for smart speakers powered by artificial intelligence, but Google and others are gaining, a market tracker said. 

A survey this week by Strategy Analytics estimated that Amazon sold four million of its Echo speakers powered by its Alexa digital assistant in the first quarter of 2018, for a market share of 43.6%. 

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