Half of Australians willing to shop with in-home voice assistants
(World News Science)

Sydney, Australia - 13 December 2017: New research from Salmat into Australians` awareness of in-home voice assistants and the likely influence on their shopping behaviours in the future reveals that, surprisingly, almost half (47%) of shoppers are already aware of at least one in-home voice assistant device, and almost half (46%) are willing or excited to use an in-home voice assistant to interact with and shop from retailers. The power of voice Despite voice technology being at an early stage in Australia, with just 1% of respondents currently owning a smart speaker, almost half (47%) could name at least one voice device. In addition, the majority (57%) say they would consider either...