Industry Background:
The next-gen smart speaker refers to voice command wireless device integrated with intelligent virtual assistant technology which uses wireless protocol standards such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and others. As of December 2018, according to NPR and Edison Research, the number of smart speakers in the United States households was 118.5 million and 66.7 million in December 2017. The smartphone market has high growth prospects owing to technological developments in intelligent virtual assistant and AI integrated, smart speakers.This growth is primarily driven by Increasing Demand for Smart Homes and Multifunctional Devices, Development in Human-To-Machine Interaction Technologies and Rising Popularity of Technologically Advanced Products among Millennials.
Globally, a noticeable market trend is evident Emphasizing On AI-Enabled Smart Speakers
. Major Players, such as Amazon (United States), Harman International (United States), Apple (United States), Sonos (United States), Alphabet (United States), Bose (United States), Sony (Japan), Xioami (China), Panasonic (Japan), Pioneer Electronics (Japan), Altec Lansing (United States) and Lenovo (United States) etc have either set up their manufacturing facilities or are planning to start new provision in the dominated region in the upcoming years.
13th February 2019, Skill Blueprints program in the Alexa Skills Store providing easy to use templates for Amazon Echo holders to add their personal voice apps to the Alexa Skills Store without complex coding. and 17th October 2018, SK Telecom, a Korean wireless telecommunications operator opens developer platform for AI speaker. This will enable third parties to develop services for AI speakers without the need to know how to coding.
Market Drivers
- Increasing Demand for Smart Homes and Multifunctional Devices
- Development in Human-To-Machine Interaction Technologies
- Rising Popularity of Technologically Advanced Products among Millennials
Market Trend
- Emphasizing On AI-Enabled Smart Speakers
- Increasing Application of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Connectivity Feature in Smart Speakers
Restraints
- Integration of Next-Gen Smart Speakers with Different Virtual Assistant Technology Enabled Devices
- Risks of Security Breaches and Data Threats Associate to Smart Speakers
Opportunities
Technological Developments in Intelligent Virtual Assistant Technology and Wireless Speaker System, Increasing Demand from Automotive Industry for Smart Speakers and Development in Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Challenges
Increasing Connectivity Range for Next-Gen Smart Speakers and Inability to Respond to Complicated and Multiple Command Commands at a Time
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Against this Challenging Backdrop, Next-Gen Smart Speaker Study Sheds Light on
The Next-Gen Smart Speaker Market status quo and key characteristics. To end this, Analyst at AMA organize and took survey of the Next-Gen Smart Speaker industry Players. The resultant snapshot serves as a basis for understanding why and how the industry can be expected to change.
Where Next-Gen Smart Speaker industry is heading and what are the top priorities. Insights are drawn from financial analysis, the survey and interviews with key executives and industry experts.
How every company in this diverse set of Players can best navigate the emerging competition landscape and follow a strategy that helps them position to hold value they currently claim, or capture the new addressable opportunity.