Three Paths to Growth for Smart Speakers and Voice Technology

Tom Webster
6 min readJan 17, 2020
By Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine — Own work, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=83244198

Last week, at the VOICE Summit at CES in Las Vegas, I presented the results of the latest Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research. For the past three years, as a part of this ongoing series, we have fielded a national study during the week between Christmas and New Years Day to determine how many Americans got a new smart speaker (Alexa, Google Home, etc.) under their…

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