Right now, smartphone owners use Siri, Cortana, and Now at least sporadically to verbally request directions, send texts, get information, or control their devices. But that practice will become ...

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NEW YORK — Smartphone virtual assistants, like Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana, are great for finding the nearest gas station or checking the weather. But if someone is in distress ...

There have been a lot of improvements to smartphone virtual assistants, since 2011 when Apple’s Siri first made her debut in iOS 5. You can now search for restaurants in the area, ...

Most smartphone users are used to calling on their virtual assistants for help – but what happens when our voice-activated aides make the move to other devices in our lives? Andrew Griffin ...

In the wake of two historic victories over a Go champion this week, DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis shares a few thoughts on how AI can be used to make virtual assistants like Google Now much better.

Guest post written by Ilya Gelfenbeyn Ilya Gelfenbeyn is the co-founder and CEO of Speaktoit, which develops natural language virtual assistants for Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Ilya Gelfenbeyn ...

Although virtual assistants are a feature in tablets, desktop computers and table top units, their inclusion in the smartphone made the phone an incredibly useful electronic companion.

BlackBerry Assistant, which is apparently a part of the BlackBerry 10.3 operating system also coming with the Passport, offers many of the same functions found in the other platforms’ virtual ...

For those mobile customers who don’t know what a Bixby is, Bixby is Samsung’s virtual assistant. It’s Samsung’s very own version of Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, or Apple Siri.

Right now, smartphone owners use Siri, Cortana, and Now at least sporadically to verbally request directions, send texts, get information, or control their devices. But that practice will become much ...