Chinese phone maker Vivo has announced its own 3D sensing technology that could rival Apple's Face ID facial recognition feature. Vivo claims that its technology will have 10 times more sensor points than Apple's solution. "Vivo's TOF 3D Sensing Technology features industry-leading performance in depth of information captured with its 300,000 sensor points, which is 10 times the number of existing Structured Light Technology. This raises the bar by enabling 3D mapping at up to three meters from the phone while having a smaller baseline than Structured Light," Vivo said in a press release. "TOF 3D Sensing Technology is also simpler and smaller in structure and allows for more flexibility when embedded in a smartphone. This will enable much broader application of this technology than was previously possible."

Huawei just unveiled a new smartphone called the Honor V10, and it also announced that it is working on its own version of Apple's Face ID technology. Huawei claims that its new facial recognition technology is better than Apple's and it can also be used for animated emojis. Huawei's new facial recognition technology is made possible with the depth-sensing camera system. The Chinese phone maker says that it uses a combination of infrared and a projector to create a 3D map of a user's face. Although the process is similar to Apple's Face ID technology on the iPhone X, Huawei's camera system can capture 300,000 points of the user's face in 10 seconds.

Google wants its virtual assistant to be in gadgets besides smartphones and intelligent speakers, and it looks like the company could be taking steps toward making that happen. The search giant may be working on smart headphones that work with the Google Assistant, according to a new report from 9to5Google. The tech news blog discovered code within an app uploaded to the Google Play Store that seemingly refers to headphones that can run Google's virtual helper. "Your headphones have the Google Assistant," one string of code says. Tell it to do things.

Alphabet's Google said on Wednesday it would make its digital assistant available on Apple's iPhone, making a play for the higher end of the smartphone market and challenging Apple's Siri feature on its own devices. Google's AI raises the bar for rivals Apple, Amazon

Amid Nokia's planned comeback in the smartphone scene, there were reports that the Finnish company was also interested in joining the digital assistant trend. However, it seems Nokia does not have any intention of joining the major players in the growing market. In fact, the formerly top cellphone maker is not planning to position its voice-activated assistant as a direct rival to Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, Microsoft's Cortana and Google's Google Assistant. Nokia's smart assistant's name, MIKA, has a nice ring to it mainly because it is an acronym that stands for what it is and what it does. Short for Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant, MIKA is not like any of the digital assistants that are being marketed as commercial services at present.

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg reveal he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he has revealed the project is already coming to fruition - and promised to reveal it soon. He told The Verge it can already control his home, and even makes his breakfast. Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg reveal he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he has revealed the project is already coming to fruition - and promised to reveal it soon. 'It's going well, and I'm planning on doing a demo soon,' he said.

An independent Windows Phone developer has created an app for Microsoft's mobile platform that will attempt to outmatch Apple's intelligent voice-controlled assistant Siri. Ask Ziggy for Windows Phone is a free ad-free mobile app that can perform similar tasks to the iOS 5 voice assistant. "Ask Ziggy uses Speech Recognition to translate human speech into transcribed text, which is displayed in a speech bubble. The transcribed text is analyzed for patterns to detect commands or general queries. Commands are interpreted and routed to routine phone tasks such as emailing, texting, calling, social network updates, and getting directions," said Shai Leib, the app's developer, told WPcentral.

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he is ready to give a voice to the AI, which he modelled on the J.A.R.V.I.S. stands for (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) system used by Tony Stark in the Iron Man films. Zuckerberg to his personal Facebook page to ask to help on what it should sound like - and admitted'this just got real' when Robert Downey Jr offered to voice it. The project is modelled on the J.A.R.V.I.S. stands for (Just A Rather Very Intelligent System) system used by Tony Stark in the Iron Man films. 'I'll do in a heartbeat if Bettany gets paid and donates it to a cause of Cumberbatch's choosing...that's the right kind of STRANGE!' the Iron Man actor responded. In the films, Jarvis was voiced by actor Paul Bettany.

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he has revealed the project is already coming to fruition - and promised to reveal it next month. While at a Facebook'town hall' event in Rome, he told an audience'I'm making progress - I hope to have a demo next month.' Pope Francis meets Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, second from left, and his wife Priscilla Chan, at the Santa Marta residence, the guest house in Vatican City. However, Zuckerberg later revealed his wife doesn't have access to his home AI system. 'I've got to the point where I can control lights, gates, and temperature, much to the chagrin of my wife who cannot now control the temperature, as is it's programmed to only respond to my voice.'

Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg revealed he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he has revealed the project is already coming to fruition - and promised to reveal it next month. While at a Facebook'town hall' event in Rome, he told an audience'I'm making progress - I hope to have a demo next month.' Pope Francis meets Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, second from left, and his wife Priscilla Chan, at the Santa Marta residence, the guest house in Vatican City. However, Zuckerberg later revealed his wife doesn't have access to his home AI system.