19 news items tagged smart speaker
ASE provides SiP packaging for Apple-designed UWB chip
Thursday 15 October 2020Apple's custom-designed ultra wideband (UWB) chip featured in the just-unveiled HomePod mini smart speaker is built using ASE Technology's SiP packaging technology, according to industry...
Apple introduces HomePod mini
Wednesday 14 October 2020Apple has unveiled the HomePod mini smart speaker. The latest addition to the HomePod family is 3.3 inches tall, coming with technologies and software that together enable computational...
Worldwide smart home device forecast remains resilient despite pandemic, says IDC
Wednesday 30 September 2020The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 4.1% on year in 2020 with shipments totaling more than 854 million units, according to the IDC.
Taiwan Mobile expanding sales of Nest Mini smart speakers
Wednesday 27 May 2020Google's Nest Mini has outraced rival devices such as those from Xiaomi to become the top-selling smart speakers in Taiwan's telecom channels, according Taiwan Mobile, the sales agent...
Internet giants developing new smart speakers with bigger displays
Friday 15 May 2020Taiwan's supply chain makers for IT devices have indicated that heavyweight Internet service operators including Amazon, Google and Facebook all are accelerating the development of...
Google suppliers to relocate production to Thailand, Vietnam
Wednesday 9 October 2019Google has decided to choose Thailand as the new production base for its Google Home smart speaker with Quanta Computer remaining its manufacturer, and the Internet service giant...
Worldwide smart home devices to maintain steady growth through 2023, says IDC
Wednesday 25 September 2019The worldwide market for smart home devices is expected to grow 23.5% on year in 2019 to nearly 815 million device shipments, according to the IDC. Worldwide shipments are forecast...
Smart speaker shipments grow slowly in 2019
Tuesday 10 September 2019Global shipments of smart speakers have continued growing in 2019, albeit at a slower-than-expected pace, but US vendors are already turning their focus to other applications for...
Chipmakers to gain from robust demand for smart voice-based devices
Tuesday 25 September 2018MediaTek is likely to land handsome orders for smart voice service chipsets from Amazon as the web giant is extending its built-in Alexa smart voice software to a variety of devices...
Google gearing up for Google Home, says Digitimes Research
Friday 8 June 2018Google has been pushing sales of its Google Home devices to more markets and has also incorporated Google Assistant into the smart speaker as it is gearing up efforts to compete against...
MediaTek likely to land Wi-Fi ASIC orders for HomePad, says paper
Monday 29 January 2018MediaTek is expected to land Wi-Fi ASIC orders for the next-generation HomePad devices to be launched by Apple in 2019, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN)...
IC designers to embrace lucrative smart speaker market in 2018
Tuesday 12 December 2017With global brand vendors aggressively venturing into the smart speaker market, the worldwide demand for smart speakers is likely to rise sharply to 30-50 million units in 2018, and...
Compal, Foxconn to benefit from smart speaker demand, says paper
Tuesday 21 November 2017With Apple rescheduling the launch of its smart speaker HomePod from December to early 2018, Amazon's Echo series is expected to dominate the smart speaker market during the year-end...
Smart speakers to come with more functions in 2018
Monday 20 November 2017Competition in the global smart speaker market is expected to become keen in 2018 as vendors are trying to add more accessories or functions such as 3D lenses or pico-projectors into...
Digitimes Research: Competition in China smart speaker market heating up
Wednesday 8 November 2017Competition in China's smart speaker market is heating up: Alibaba is pushing sales of its Tmall Genie to the business sector; JD.com is promoting its next-generation smart speaker,...
AI and smart speaker firms keen for Computex 2018, says TCA
Wednesday 27 September 2017Taipei Computer Association (TCA) has started the online registration process for exhibiting at Computex 2018 and a few hundred Taiwan firms, including those from emerging industries...
Jazz Hipster unveils smart speaker with IoT support
Friday 1 September 2017Taiwan-based speaker vendor Jazz Hipster has launched its latest smart speaker in Taiwan with support of Internet of Things (IoT) functionality.
Amazon Echo faces challenge to stay on top of smart speaker market
Tuesday 25 July 2017Amazon's top-selling Echo smart speaker may see serious challenge from competitors, as it lacks support for non-English-speaking countries, according to sources from market watcher...
Facebook developing smart speaker with 15-inch touch panel
Tuesday 25 July 2017Following Amazon, Google and Apple, Facebook is also rumored to be planning to release a smart speaker product, but instead of voice recognition functionality, the company will focus...