Hinda

Hinda

  • Blog
  • About
  • Hinda.com
  • Contact

Friday Feature: Personal Assistant Devices Trending in Smart Technology

May 26, 2017 by Hinda Incentives in Friday Feature, Industry News

The future looks promising for Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and similar products, according to new research which shows personal assistant devices leading the trend in smart technologies.

Parks Associates, a firm that conducts research and analysis for IoT, smart home, and connected entertainment technologies, recently released new forecasts in preparation for CONNECTIONS™: The Premier Connected Home Conference taking place this week. The firm’s latest forecast predicts over 442 million connected devices to be sold in the U.S. in 2020 — encompassing everything from mobile to health and home to entertainment.

Of the devices analyzed, the fastest-growing category is personal home assistants with voice-controlled speakers, such as Alexa or Home, with an anticipated compound annual growth of 78.3 percent from 2015 to 2020. Voice control is the leading trend of the year for IoT and smart home, and it will be a focus at this year’s CONNECTIONS conference, according to Elizabeth Parks, SVP, Parks Associates.

The website eMarketer recently reported data also showing personal assistant devices trending. According to eMarketer, this year we’ll see an increase of almost 130 percent in the number of Americans using a voice-activated assistant device at least once a month — 35.6 million Americans in total.

And for the broader category of virtual assistants — devices like Cortana or Siri — the numbers are even higher, with about 60.5 million Americans using these devices at least once a month, or about one-fifth of the population.

Like what you've read? Get our new blogs emailed directly to your inbox — click here to subscribe.

May 26, 2017 /Hinda Incentives
Friday Feature, Smart Technology, Amazon, Alexa, Google, Smart, Research, Devices, IoT
Friday Feature, Industry News
  • Newer
  • Older
MailChimp-Subscribe-Button-Icon-Plain-Envelope4.png
 
Blog RSS

SEARCH FOR A POST


Recent Posts

Featured
May 1, 2025
Unlock the Power of Gifting
May 1, 2025
May 1, 2025
Apr 25, 2025
Quarterly Rewards Recap - Q1
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 25, 2025
Apr 3, 2025
The Golden Rule to Channel Partner Success
Apr 3, 2025
Apr 3, 2025
Mar 20, 2025
6 Ways to Make Remote Recognition More Meaningful
Mar 20, 2025
Mar 20, 2025
Mar 6, 2025
The Key to Recognition Success? Your Managers!
Mar 6, 2025
Mar 6, 2025

Blogs by Date

Subscribe

Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates.

We respect your privacy.

Thank you!

Categories

  • Award Fulfillment 2
  • Company Culture 44
  • Corporate Social Responsibility 6
  • Customer Service 4
  • Employee Engagement 72
  • Employee Incentive Programs 25
  • Employee Motivation 52
  • Employee Recognition 50
  • Employee Spotlight 9
  • Friday Feature 90
  • Gifting 19
  • Hinda 221
  • Holiday 56
  • Incentives 82
  • Industry News 125
  • Infographics 21
  • Lessons From The Office 34
  • Loyalty 11
  • Loyalty Programs 6
  • Merchandise 283
  • Monthly Rewards Recap 27
  • Newsletter 45
  • Non Cash Rewards 34
  • Partner Summit 1
  • Partnership Performance 4
  • Random 8
  • Safety 1
  • Sales Engagement 3
  • Sales Incentives 7
  • Seasons 23
  • Solutions Snapshot 5
  • Trendicators 10
  • Trending 58
  • Uncategorized 5
  • VAR Spotlight 4
  • Webinar 1
  • Wellness 74
  • employee engagement 27
  • loyalty programs 14

Archives (By Year)

  • 2025 9
  • 2024 34
  • 2023 32
  • 2022 39
  • 2021 49
  • 2020 54
  • 2019 52
  • 2018 37
  • 2017 73
  • 2016 74
  • 2015 34
  • 2014 49
  • 2013 52
  • 2012 85
  • 2011 63
  • 2010 99
  • 2009 10
 

Archives (By Month)

Archive Block
This is example content. Double-click here and select a page to create an index of your own content. Learn more
  • May 2025 1
  • April 2025 6
  • March 2025 4
  • February 2025 10
  • January 2025 3
  • December 2024 9
  • November 2024 6
  • October 2024 2
  • September 2024 5
  • August 2024 1

Copyright© 2024 Hinda, Inc. All rights reserved.

  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Statement