Over the past year, the number of smart speakers sold in Russia has grown 8-fold, according to Just AI analysts. For now, the market consists solely of devices featuring Alice. The majority of users, however, prefer to interact with assistants via their smartphones.
By the end of 2019, 320,000 smart speakers with the Alice voice assistant will be sold in Russia, with the market volume reaching $33 million, according to analysts at Just AI, a developer of conversational artificial intelligence technologies. The company presented this data on November 26 at the Conversations-2019 conference, as reported by an RBC correspondent.
62% of sales will be accounted for by Yandex's own devices (Yandex.Station, Yandex.Station Mini), and 38% by partner devices with Alice (Elari SmartBeat, LG XBOOM, Irbis A, Dexp Smartbox speakers, Elari KidPhone watches).
A Yandex representative declined to comment on the expert estimates or disclose sales statistics for their speakers. "Currently, over 45 million users communicate with Alice monthly, including through smart speakers," the representative said.
The full version of the article is available at: https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/11/2019/5ddcfada9a7947304f0786ef
By the end of 2019, 320,000 smart speakers with the Alice voice assistant will be sold in Russia, with the market volume reaching $33 million, according to analysts at Just AI, a developer of conversational artificial intelligence technologies. The company presented this data on November 26 at the Conversations-2019 conference, as reported by an RBC correspondent.
62% of sales will be accounted for by Yandex's own devices (Yandex.Station, Yandex.Station Mini), and 38% by partner devices with Alice (Elari SmartBeat, LG XBOOM, Irbis A, Dexp Smartbox speakers, Elari KidPhone watches).
A Yandex representative declined to comment on the expert estimates or disclose sales statistics for their speakers. "Currently, over 45 million users communicate with Alice monthly, including through smart speakers," the representative said.
The full version of the article is available at: https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/26/11/2019/5ddcfada9a7947304f0786ef