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Apple tried to make this widely available to people on Android devices. I'm not up-to-date on how well that's gone, but the easiest argument that this is a good idea is that it already had as an idea and it seems to have worked. Marcus Johnson:. Evelyn. Evelyn Mitchell-Wolf:.

Smartphones have become a dominant way to listen to digital audio, but the use of other devices for that purpose will continue to change, per our latest forecast. More than half the US population listened to audio on a smartphone in 2022, marking the first time a majority of the population listened on one of these devices. A decade prior, the figure was just 17.1%.

They are the top-selling voice assistant in the Echo device. They make the top-selling streaming device in the fire TV. They have over 80% of the ebook market according to codex, and they are quite literally... I mean, Amazon makes close to 540 billion in annual revenue. That is more than any other public company in the world accept Walmart according to data from S&P Global Market intelligence.

On today's episode, we discuss what lawmakers are most likely to tackle first when it comes to regulating AI, whether AI songs can win a Grammy, and what happens when AI eats up鈥攁nd learns from鈥攐ther AI-generated content. "In Other News," we talk about the newly announced features for Apple's Vision Pro AR headset and how this device could change the whole market. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Jacob Bourne and Gadjo Sevilla.

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Device manufacturers are also muscling into the market. CTV-makers often partner with owners of original video material to put content bundles on new devices. The Roku Channel itself is embedded in Roku-branded TVs and set-top boxes, for example. Another such service is Samsung TV Plus, available on all Samsung smart TVs sold since 2016, and the most recent Galaxy devices.

So, Toys R Us is an interesting one just because you've had different players behind it multiple times now. I think something about the brand that people are very nostalgic for and we were talking about being like a niche in a category.

So, something like Siri, whether it's branded as Siri, or something else for Apple, will provide the dominant search experience on iPhones and Apple devices, inside of the kind of diffuse ecosystem that Microsoft is building. Copilot is going to be this thing that shows everybody around and ferrets out information for them.

As it comes to search, I think in 2025 Google will still be the top player because Google's default status across browsers and devices means it will continue to process the majority of queries. So to Carina's point, I don't think many people are going to ChatBots to ask their questions, at least not for the majority of queries and not the majority of people.

In November 2022, Amazon announced layoffs for 10,000 employees, including many who were working on Alexa devices鈥攖he same week Walmart announced strong Q3 earnings. Many of Walmart鈥檚 technology initiatives are geared toward enhancing the omnichannel experience.

She notes that Heineken is giving away 5,000 devices called boring phones and early auts style flip to answer text and call device with a keypad FM radio and low rares camera to try to help folks escape the constant attention demands of their smartphones. Heineken the beer people for context. Ms.

And people fork out all this money just to have the latest device, but when Apple joins a market, it tends to push things forward a little bit. So there might be something in there that takes off and then it finds its use case, but I don't know what it is yet. Marcus Johnson:.

Once you ask the device a question and it says, "I'm sorry, I did not understand that." If you asked a human that and they responded that way, you'd be furious. And after three times, you kind of give up. Alex, what do you make of this new advancement in the Alexa devices? Alexandra Forsch:. Specifically to AI, I'm super excited. I think it can actually make our everyday lives easier.

I think there's almost a gamification element that comes with being able to use a device like that, scan as you go. And then for retailers, I have to acknowledge this is expensive technology. The average smart cart, I think I read somewhere, is between $5000 and $10,000.

And the reality is that if you just look at the fact that there are multiple companies that have sprung up out of the woodwork to offer these things and a critical mass of influencers talking about it on social media, it just seems like the mini renaissance is here already.