Ford became the first automotive company to integrate in their car for the digital assistant from Amazon that is activated with the voice, as the producers of hardware of all kinds are quick to make the spoken word a new interface for the devices of the day.
By means of voice commands, drivers of Ford will be able to ask the virtual assistant, known as Alexa, that do things like read the weather forecast, play music and search for places nearby, such as petrol stations. The function, which the company said will be available next summer, it will also allow people to add items to your shopping list, further broadening the scope of electronic commerce of Amazon.
Wednesday’s announcement, on the eve of the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) annual in Las Vegas, is the last one that is done among a number of companies are turning to the voice, from the appliance manufacturer Westinghouse to LG Electronics, which uses Alexa in a refrigerator.
"What you will see in your car, what you see on your tv, you’ll see that in their toasters," said Werner Goertz, Gartner analyst.
Among the companies that use the word oral is the manufacturer of home appliances Whirlpool, which said it will carry out the functions of voice to 20 of its models this year, so that customers can do things while they light their ovens, or reviewed in what cycle are your washing machine with a simple voice command.
Initially was introduced to Alexa of Amazon as the "brain" inside of Echo, the speaker smart of the company that are designed to respond to voice commands and to act as a control center for appliances smart in the home. Since then presented the technology to other companies to integrate into their products, an approach that followed Google and Microsoft.
"Amazon made important progress and has an advantage of being the first there," said Goertz.
By now, most of the manufacturers of hardware look to leverage voice commands that connect to your devices with Echo. In the world of consumer electronic products, the possibility of an easier interface that is activated by voice also raised hopes that more consumers turn to the devices that so far have not managed to meet your expectations.
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