"By 2019, analysts at Gartner say that voice will play a role in 1 in 5 smartphone interactions."
- "By 2020, 50 percent of searches will be done via voice or image search, according to Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers partner Mary Meeker's 2016 Internet Trends Report
- Voice is three times faster than typing and 20 percent more accurate, according to Stanford University research
- According to a Walker Sands Communications report called "The Future of Retail 2017," 19 percent of consumers have made purchases using a voice-controlled device in the past 12 months."
Google and Amazon’s spat is the first skirmish in a platform war.
"We’ve seen these kinds of platform wars before..."
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"We’ve seen these kinds of platform wars before..."