Tag: voice interface

Will spatial computing define the fourth cycle of personal computing?

By Martin Recke

Spatial computing, possibly the fourth paradigm of personal computing, is today where mobile was before the iPhone.
Screen-less Sundays don’t have to mean tech-free Sundays

By Adam Tinworth

Tony Fadell wants us to disconnect from our screens - but not our tech. How does that work?
Amazon’s Echo Show: finding new gaps in the phone ecosystem

By Adam Tinworth

Amazon is kicking out its new hardware fast and furious - and it's doing its very best to own our homes.
Amazon’s Alexa is… British?

By Adam Tinworth

The Echo's voice interface started life as a British product called Evi - and its creator predicts a ubiquitous voice interface future.
The voice interface has a problem: discoverability

By Adam Tinworth

It's sometimes hard enough to remember an app exists when you can see its icon. How much worse will it be when there's no visual clue at all?
Future Fictions: photo editing with your voice

By Adam Tinworth

A nice concept from Adobe – which, in theory, might not be that far away… As Adobe…
2017 predictions: Machine learning, voice interfaces and the politics of algorithms

By Adam Tinworth

What will 2017 hold for the tech industry? Here are our guesses…
Amazon aims to put smart assistant Alexa in European homes

By Adam Tinworth

The Amazon Echo is coming to the UK and Germany in the next few weeks. Can it make a voice interface a viable part of our tech lives?
The next mobile interface: when bots and voice merge

By Adam Tinworth

The pieces are falling into place for the next major interface: voice.
It’s not about the (Google) Glass

By Adam Tinworth

The glasses aren't the most interesting thing about Google's Glass project. It's the phrase "OK Glass"…