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It has Alexa built-in. Does that mean that Facebook isn't going to try to compete with Siri/Alexa/Cortana/Google ? Or that Alexa has won the home automation al
by patd 8y ago
It has Alexa built-in. Does that mean that Facebook isn't going to try to compete with Siri/Alexa/Cortana/Google ?
Or that Alexa has won the home automation already ?
- stedaniels 8y agoAlexa is barely home automation... it's a voice controlled switch in 99% of use. Home automation is events responding to triggers, as if by magic, not "Alexa, kitchen lights on", nor too any real extent voice controlled scenes.
- jon-wood 8y agoIf I were a betting man I'd take a wager that by the end of Q1 2019 there'll be basic automation support built into Alexa, in the form of "when this motion sensor goes off turn on the lights", and a fairly robust set of functionality by the end of 2019.
- akhilcacharya 8y agoYou can already do that with Routines. https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/28/alexa-can-now-play-your-favorite-song-when-you-walk-into-a-room/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/08/28/alexa-can-now-play-your-f... Disclaimer - work on Alexa, but not this.
- mic47 8y agoOr the FB's own thing is not ready yet. You might get software update to add FB's assistant if/when they do it. Or, voice assistant is not the market FB want to compete on.
- intopieces 8y agoThe future of devices is multi-assistant, like Sonos does with the Play One. I expect a V2 model of this device to incorporate Google, et al