Alexa isn’t the shopping behemoth Amazon hoped it would be

Voice shopping was supposed to be the future. Remember? Both Amazon and Google touted a world where barking a simple command at your smart device was all it took to put the wheels in motion, an event that culminated in paper towels, or avocados, arriving at your doorstep in just days, or even hours. Except, that’s not at all what’s happening. Sure, it’s possible to shop for bath towels while on the toilet, but only 2 percent of people who own an Alexa-enabled device have used it for shopping, according to a new report by The Information. Worse, 90 percent…

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https://ift.tt/2vmpDBC Bryan Clark August 06, 2018 at 06:01PM