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Voice assistants dominate CES as Google plays catchup with Alexa

By Timothy Revell

12 January 2018

Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, USA - 11 Jan 2018

Well, that looks cool, but can I talk to it?

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This week about 180,000 visitors flocked to the world’s biggest technology exhibition, the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. And while all the usual gadgets made an appearance, from smart fridges to self-driving cars, there was one dominant theme: speech.

°Â¾±³Ù³óÌý in their smartphones or tablets, and the ownership of standalone digital assistants, like Google Home and Amazon Echo, expected to double in 2018, every tech company now wants a slice of the…

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