When Will People Start Shopping With Alexa?

Amazon Echo owners use its voice-based digital assistant Alexa for a variety of purposes. Playing music and listening to the news typically top the list, but smart home control, general knowledge queries, and things like timers and alarms are also popular. Among its many built-in and third-party skills, one of the features least used by Echo owners is probably the one its maker wishes consumers used most: purchasing products through Amazon. Researchers have been predicting huge growth in shopping with virtual assistants. By 2022, the voice shopping space is supposed to be a $40 billion market.