Last week Amazon launched the second generation of Amazon Echo devices, the Amazon Echo Show, a device that integrates a 7-inch touch screen With which we can not only make videoconferences, but we can also watch videos, photos, search the internet ... a device managed by Alexa and that will become another member of the family in many American homes, where his brother without a screen is already present for three years. The latest rumors suggest that Apple could present a device of this type during WWDC 2017, which begins on June 5, but in the meantime, Google wants to put pressure and intends to launch its assistant Google Assistant on Apple's mobile platform .
The latest rumors suggest that Google could launch Google Assistant for iOS this week, where Microsoft's Cortana has already been present for a little less than a year. Actually Google Assistant only speaks English although after the last update it is able to start conversations perfectly in Spanish, but it would not be reason enough to offer it outside the American territory, as it happens with Cortana today.
Google wants to promote the use of Google Assistant among developers, something complicated considering they will prefer to invest their resources and efforts with Siri rather than with a third-party assistant that will never be a default option in the iOS ecosystem. Of course, Siri still has a lot to improve if it wants to be a real alternative to virtual assistants like Cortana, Alexa or Google Assistant in addition to Bixby when it learns more languages besides Korean. A few days ago we informed you of the latest acquisition of Apple, an artificial intelligence company that is capable of structuring large amounts of data so that it is accessible through written or verbal instructions, a technology that would allow Siri to make the leap that it lacks every day today to be a useful alternative.
