2017 Voice assistant trends on IFTTT
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- I showed a friend this who didn't know what IFTTT was and he balked at the results before understanding what IFTTT was. Since the percentages were too high. Understanding Ifttt made the footnote of who was surveyed make sense. They had seen it before, just didn't understand it.
- "46% say they're more likely to ask their assistant for information over their smartphone". Most of the users have Alexa devices. Alexa is pretty limited in what it can help you with. For my daily briefing of news from specific niches/publishers, weather, and one or two other things, it is great and I too prefer it to using my smartphone. But for most other things, your smartphone is likely to be much better for other information.
An example of basic information I tried a few months back: "How tall is X companies building in Y City?" I chose 6 corporate buildings in 5 cities. Alexa didn't get any of them. Siri and Cortana were 50%. They differed on one of them. Google got all but one. I can't find my notes on it now, but one example was asking the height of the Comcast building in Philadelphia.
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I guess my point is, this infographic is great for the specific niche of Ifttt users who have already connected with at least one voice assistant. So that's great for home/tech enthusiasts with some spare money. Ifttt does state in the footer who is surveyed, but footer is footer. The rest of the infographic is what pops out at the average person. I have no clue if this infographic actually shows anything or just helps out Ifttt marketing.