Voice Assistants
Latest about Voice Assistants

Apple hires dozens of machine learning geniuses
By Joe Curtis published
News Tech giant wants to make Siri better than Cortana and Google Now

Facebook launches personal assistant for Messenger
By Caroline Preece published
News Facebook launched 'M', its own human-powered personal assistant

Apple iCloud Voicemail transcription in development
By Clare Hopping published
News The service would form part of the company's iCloud service, but would be powered by Siri

Microsoft developing advanced Cortana
By Caroline Preece published
News Cortana, Microsoft’s ‘personal assistant’ software, will reportedly be available on Apple and Android

Facebook buys speech recognition startup
By Joe Curtis published
News Social network hopes Wit.ai will help it close ground on Siri and Cortana

Cortana UK beta release date due this fortnight
By Caroline Preece, Caroline Donnelly published
News Cortana, Microsoft’s personal voice assistant for Windows Phone 8.1, due to launch this fortnight

BlackBerry 10.3 release to feature Siri-like voice assistant
By Caroline Donnelly published
News BlackBerry 10.3 OS to offer users access to voice-activated assistant

Chrome updates to include voice-activated searching
By Alex Hamilton published
News Chrome users will now be able to use their voice to search the internet following an update from Google
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