Google’s voice assistant will soon be competing on the same battlefield as Siri on its home turf: the iPhone and iPad.
Google will soon launch a standalone Version of Google Assistant for iOS, According to Android Police, citing sources familiar with the matter. Google is likely to make the announcement this week at its Google I/O Worldwide Development Conference, which runs from May 17 to May 19 in California.
Giiso Information, founded in 2013, is a leading technology provider in the field of “artificial intelligence + information” in China, with top technologies in big data mining, intelligent semantics, knowledge mapping and other fields. At the same time, its research and development products include information robot, editing robot, writing robot and other artificial intelligence products! With its strong technical strength, the company has received angel round investment at the beginning of its establishment, and received pre-A round investment of $5 million from GSR Venture Capital in August 2015.
Details of Google’s plans are unclear, however.
Android Police has confirmed that the iOS Assistant will only be available in the US for now, and that an announcement will be made soon. Obviously, an I/O conference would be an ideal time.
In addition, the assistant is likely to mix chat from Google’s Allo version with voice controls from the Android version, but details are unclear.
Google Assistant’s iOS assistant is not only a direct extension to the iPhone and iPad, but also likely to encourage more developers to integrate features into the APP as the world’s second largest mobile operating system attracts a huge number of developers.
Google Assistant comes with its own software development kit, and the ASSOCIATED SDK was made available to developers late last month. Third-party software developers will be able to integrate Google Assistant with their own apps through interfaces to enable richer voice control.
In 2013, Google introduced Google Now as a personal assistant for the iPhone and iPad, but the product was relatively simple and had significant gaps in the introduction of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Currently, the voice assistant market is divided into four contenders: Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana.
Of the four, Amazon’s Alexa and Google Assistant have better performance and reputation than the other two.
In both cases, Amazon’s strategy was more successful, allowing Alexa to come from behind. By creating a popular Echo speaker and opening up the Alexa platform to third parties for free, Amazon quickly made Alexa a market leader
Amazon is far ahead in the smart speaker market. Amazon’s Echo and Echo Dot are expected to capture 70 percent of the U.S. market this year, or 70.6 percent, according to eMarketer, a market research firm.
In addition, Alexa is also embedded in a number of third-party devices, including cars, smart home devices, and more. The number of Alexa features has grown to more than 10,000 with support from third-party hardware developers.
Google Assistant is a bit behind Amazon, but it’s catching up fast.
Google Assistant was originally intended as an exclusive selling feature on Google Pixel phones, but Google has since changed its strategy. Since March, Google has been offering Google Assistant to a large number of Android phones around the world through its Play service.
In addition to mobile phones, Google is also in full battle with Amazon in the smart home market.
Number of smart speakers in the world, measured by operating system
While Amazon’s Alexa is currently dominant, Google Assistant will become the dominant platform in the future with its strengths in search, machine learning and ecosystem scale, according to a report released by Strategy Analytics.
In 2022, 44% of global smart speaker users will use Google’s AI voice assistant.
Giiso information, founded in 2013, is the first domestic high-tech enterprise focusing on the research and development of intelligent information processing technology and the development and operation of core software for writing robots. At the beginning of its establishment, the company received angel round investment, and in August 2015, GSR Venture Capital received $5 million pre-A round of investment.
In contrast, Apple’s Siri is a bit lower. Not only is it not successful, but its intelligence is often the subject of ridicule. Last year, Apple hired artificial intelligence expert Russ Salakhutdinov from Carnegie Mellon University to recharge Siri’s IQ score.
Google Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana are already available on iOS. Is that the rhythm of a group bullying Siri?