A HomePod shuffle – a sound path of Apple’s expansion [TUPdate]

As voice-enabled speakers slowly creep into the mainstream, Apple’s HomePod is following suit. And since Apple leads in the broad totality of its customer relationships—its increasing emergence into the voice-enabled speaker market is one to watch.
This TUPdate reports on the size of Apple’s American HomePod user base between 2019 and 2020, as well as this base compared to other companies in that same time period. This report also considers voice-enabled wireless speaker use by age group and by number of Apple devices in the United States, as well as voice assistant usage by the number of Apple devices among online American adults in 2019 and 2020.

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US adult voice assistant/speaker users by brand platform and number of Apple devices [MetaFAQs]

Just how prevalent is voice assistant technology? Does the amount of devices an individual owns impact their use of Apple Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon Alexa—and does brand loyalty play a role?
This MetaFAQs reports on the number of adults in the US who actively use a voice assistant on a smartphone, tablet, or PC, or use a voice-enabled speaker from Apple, Google, or Amazon. This is split by the voice assistant platform’s brand and the number of Apple devices they use – spanning iPhones, iPads, Macs, Watches, Apple TV set-top boxes, or HomePods. This MetaFAQs uses results from the TUP/Technology User Profile 2020, which is TUP’s 38th annual.

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Broadened smart speaker usage in the US [MetaFAQs]

Are smart speakers going to set the tone for the future—or are they a niche tool? Smart speakers can be used for listening to music, news, phone calls, and for using voice assistants such as Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Apple Siri. This MetaFAQs reports on the number of online adults in the US that use at least one smart speaker by the speaker’s brand between 2019 and 2020.

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Smart speakers more talk than action? Voice assistants across platforms [TUPdate]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, October 19, 2018 Convenience is the surest bet to reach technology consumers. When it comes to voice assistants, convenience must be handy. It shouldn’t be surprising that consumers first choose what’s familiar and close to hand. More are actively speaking to devices they’ve already had before using smart speakers. Among…

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Voice assistants-what users ask about [MetaFAQs]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, March 9, 2018 As the saying goes, many talk about the weather, yet few do anything about it. Our research doesn’t show if people expect Alexa to have any skills to do anything about the weather. However, it is the main subject users speak with Alexa about. That’s followed by…

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Voice assistants-What’s listening now? [MetaFAQs]

Dan Ness, Principal Analyst, MetaFacts, March 1, 2018 Among voice assistant users, Apple AirPods have the most recent use of a listening device, with 78% having used it on the day we surveyed them. This high active-usage rate is closely followed by Apple notebooks or desktop Macs. Android smartphones rank last for this most-recent-use measure,…

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