Growth of brands compatible with Amazon Alexa 2020

In a little over three years, Amazon’s Alexa has gone from being compatible with 1200 brands to around 9,500 brands as of July 2020. Introduced in November 2014, Alexa is a virtual assistant artificial intelligence technology developed by Amazon and used through Amazon’s services such as Amazon Echo. “Alexa, how’s the weather today?”     With close to 38 percent market share in the United States intelligent personal assistant market, Alexa is the leading virtual assistant platform in the United States. In line with their domestic dominance, Amazon’s Alexa is also the platform supported by the highest number of devices worldwide. As such, it is no surprise as to why the largest share of American companies reported to be developing voice-enable technology for Amazon Alexa. With an ever-expanding catalogue of skills, Amazon’s Alexa is mostly used by consumers to answer questions or check the weather/news. Virtual assistants    Virtual assistants have become a key component of the smart device industry, being absolutely integral to the way that consumers interact with their devices. As the name implies, this type of software serves as an assistant for its users by responding to commands, providing information, or controlling other smart devices .

在短短三年多时间里，亚马逊的Alexa已经从与1200个品牌兼容发展到截至2020年7月，与约9500个品牌兼容。2014年11月推出的Alexa，是亚马逊开发的一款虚拟助手人工智能技术，并通过亚马逊Echo等服务平台得以应用。例如：“Alexa，今天的天气如何？”凭借在美国智能个人助理市场近38%的市场份额，Alexa已成为美国领先的虚拟助手平台。与亚马逊在国内市场的统治地位相一致，其Alexa平台也成为了全球支持设备数量最多的平台。因此，美国大部分公司报告称正在开发针对亚马逊Alexa的语音启用技术也就不足为奇。随着技能库的不断扩充，亚马逊的Alexa主要被消费者用于解答疑问或查询天气/新闻。虚拟助手已成为智能设备行业的关键组成部分，对于消费者与设备交互的方式至关重要。正如其名所示，此类软件通过响应指令、提供信息或控制其他智能设备，为用户提供辅助服务。