Digital Assistants in Real Life Automation - SogetiLabs

Digital assistants are a kind of software agents that reside on a device and help the user to perform tasks in more intuitive and efficient way. In most of the scenarios, the digital assistant is voice enabled and in some case, it can be text or gesture controlled. This article aims at covering the current landscape of voice-enabled digital assistants available today and their application in the field of automation. The most popular digital assistants that are available today are Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Microsoft's Cortana and Amazon's Alexa. "By 2019, at least 25 percent of households in developed economies, digital assistants on smartphones and other devices will serve as the primary interface to connected home services" – Gartner "The virtual digital assistant market will reach $15.8 billion worldwide by 2021" – Tractica Let's have a look at these digital assistants from different companies.