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Amazon’s Alexa is a big win for the company. It will directly increase shopping on Amazon. Integration with music and Prime Video impact Apple It might soon

Amazon’s Alexa is a big win for the company. It will directly increase shopping on Amazon. Integration with music and Prime Video impact Apple It might soon be the most popular, and perhaps best, consumer voice assistant: http://h4labs.org/amazons-alexa-blindsided-apple-and-google/ http://h4labs.org/amazons-alexa-blindsided-apple-and-google/

dominotw 9y ago
> It will directly increase shopping on Amazon. Is there any evidence to this speculation? Linked article has a link that just points to the sales of the device itself as proof.
- melling 9y ago
  Sure: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2018/01/09/adobe-echo-google-home-sales-doubled-in-2017-and-22-shop-by-voice/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2018/01/09/adobe-e... Amazon is definitely working on improving this. “Alexa, what are my deals?” https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16924225011 https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16924225011 Sounds like they will be investing significantly more into Alexa: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-says-alexa-beat-expectations-2018-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-says-al...
  - bduerst 9y ago
    That doesn't say there's an increase in sales, just that people buy over VUI. It's very likely that buying over VUI cannibalizes web and mobile sales.
    - gordon_freeman 9y ago
      yes there's also this surprise element attached to it. You won't know if you have ordered a right item in right qty until you receive it or you immediately open the orders tab in your phone to make sure you ordered the right item.
      - bduerst 9y ago
        Or when you say, "Alexa, order me a Chromecast" and it ships you a firestick instead.
magicalist 9y ago
This reads like a Siri article from 6 years ago. "All that data from people using it means it will only get better and better, and as it gets better no one will need to use their smartphone or search the web anymore." Right...

dominotw 9y ago

> It will directly increase shopping on Amazon. Is there any evidence to this speculation? Linked article has a link that just points to the sales of the device itself as proof.

melling 9y ago
Sure: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2018/01/09/adobe-echo-google-home-sales-doubled-in-2017-and-22-shop-by-voice/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2018/01/09/adobe-e... Amazon is definitely working on improving this. “Alexa, what are my deals?” https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16924225011 https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16924225011 Sounds like they will be investing significantly more into Alexa: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-says-alexa-beat-expectations-2018-2 http://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-says-al...
- bduerst 9y ago
  That doesn't say there's an increase in sales, just that people buy over VUI. It's very likely that buying over VUI cannibalizes web and mobile sales.
  - gordon_freeman 9y ago
    yes there's also this surprise element attached to it. You won't know if you have ordered a right item in right qty until you receive it or you immediately open the orders tab in your phone to make sure you ordered the right item.
    - bduerst 9y ago
      Or when you say, "Alexa, order me a Chromecast" and it ships you a firestick instead.

magicalist 9y ago

This reads like a Siri article from 6 years ago. "All that data from people using it means it will only get better and better, and as it gets better no one will need to use their smartphone or search the web anymore." Right...