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Delays in core features could stall everything from Vision Pro to smart home devices, just as rivals double down on smarter assistants.

The improved Alexa finally debuts with better conversation skills and smart home features. Can Amazon convince users to pay when smartphones offer similar features for free?

After the Ai Pin flop, Humane shifts gears, marketing its AI-powered assistant CosmOS for devices like cars and smart homes, but competition is fierce.

By using Siri and the Matter standard, Apple could dominate the IoT market with a seamless smart home ecosystem.

Despite economic headwinds slowing growth, most smart home IoT device categories continue to gain users looking for increased capabilities.

Nova Act is expected to be the key AI component of the Alexa + voice and smart home assistant. Amazon is following in the footsteps of other Big Tech companies releasing AI agents that are ripe for add-ons to existing products and services.

Google has singled out Android and AI as its key areas of focus for developers despite laying off hundreds of Android and Pixel employees earlier this month and deprecating some of its Nest smart home products this week. Android is the vital cog: The ecosystem鈥檚 expansion gives Google a unified platform to reach billions of global users across devices.

On Android devices, the generative AI (genAI) assistant will start taking over for Google Assistant within the next few months, and Google will end all access to the traditional assistant later this year. In smart home devices, connected TVs (CTVs), watches, and headphones, the rollout will be more gradual, with further details planned 鈥渋n the next few months,鈥� Google said on its blog.

Most of them have larger appliances and smart home ecosystems, guaranteeing seamless integration with existing devices. Recent robot vacuum reviews from Wired and Vacuum Wars gave Roborock鈥檚 Qrevo S model top marks, indicating Roomba鈥檚 segment leadership is slipping. Marketing challenge: iRobot鈥檚 product launch this week of half a dozen new models risks being overshadowed by concerns over its future.

Collegiate researchers used it to see how humanoid robots can serve as smart home products. A demo video showed a visually impaired woman navigating a grocery store with assistance from the glasses. Future consumer use cases: If the technology makes its way into a mainstream Meta product, it could be used as a health-focused wearable or offer remote assistance with tasks.

How time spent with media, device ownership, and media adoption stack up in China.

Apple is working on both humanoid and non-humanoid designs for a future smart home ecosystem. Mass production, if pursued, could begin by 2028. Google invested $350 million into Apptronik, a robotics company backed by NVIDIA and NASA that鈥檚 developing Apollo, and has plans to bring robots into everyday life.

Apple: After abandoning its EV project, Apple is ramping up robotics hiring and working on both humanoid and non-humanoid designs for a future smart home ecosystem. Mass production, if pursued, could begin by 2028. Key takeaway: Robotics is no longer a niche sector. Big Tech鈥檚 partnerships, investments, and acquisitions are expected to continue to ramp up.

How time spent with media, device ownership, and media adoption stacks up in South and Southeast Asia.

How time spent with media, device ownership, and media adoption stacks up in Western Europe.

All of the categories we track鈥攊ncluding mobile ecommerce buyers, shoppers, smart home control users, information seekers, and audio listeners鈥攕how a similar pattern of high initial growth rates followed by a significant slowdown. For example, smart home control user growth peaked at 68.6% in 2018 before declining to 4.2% in 2024, indicating a maturing market across various applications.

Media habits in Canada have changed, favoring digital across all formats. The GMI report for Canada is a single source for quantifying the pace of change in time spent with media, media adoption, and device ownership.