{"id":1007,"date":"2018-04-05T05:30:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-05T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schlaff.com\/wp\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2018-09-07T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T23:54:25","slug":"smart-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schlaff.com\/wp\/smart-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Audio is Here to Stay: Some Takeaways from NPR&#8217;s Smart Audio Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NPR and Edison\u00a0Research have been putting together <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalpublicmedia.com\/smart-audio-report\/\">The Smart Audio Report<\/a>. The study, presented at\u00a0CES in January,\u00a0gives a good look into how quickly smart speakers like Alexa and Google Home are entering the home:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>It&#8217;s growing fast:\u00a0<\/em><strong>16% <\/strong>of Americans have a smart speaker\u00a0\u2212\u00a0<strong>128% growth<\/strong>\u00a0since January 2017<\/li>\n<li><em>Usage is growing over time:<\/em> <strong>84% <\/strong>use their speaker the <strong>same amount or more <\/strong>than the\u00a0first month they owned it<\/li>\n<li><em>They&#8217;re becoming\u00a0embedded into people&#8217;s lives:<\/em><strong> 65%<\/strong> say that they <strong>would not like to go back to life without their smart speaker<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The most interesting chart is a breakdown of the most frequently used activities by the time of day.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1009\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schlaff.com\/wp\/smart-audio\/screen-shot-2018-04-04-at-9-08-41-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?fit=1109%2C523&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1109,523\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-04 at 9.08.41 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?fit=580%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1009 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM-1024x483.png?resize=525%2C248\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?resize=1024%2C483&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?resize=300%2C141&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?resize=768%2C362&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/schlaff.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-04-at-9.08.41-PM.png?w=1109&amp;ssl=1 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I haven&#8217;t done many of these things but I look forward to finding out more about\u00a0them!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR and Edison\u00a0Research have been putting together The Smart Audio Report. The study, presented at\u00a0CES in January,\u00a0gives a good look into how quickly smart speakers like Alexa and Google Home are entering the home: It&#8217;s growing fast:\u00a016% of Americans have a smart speaker\u00a0\u2212\u00a0128% growth\u00a0since January 2017 Usage is growing over time: 84% use their speaker [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[50],"tags":[58,66],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-product-management","tag-design","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8wCkz-gf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":753,"url":"https:\/\/schlaff.com\/wp\/the-power-of-checklists-or-i-dont-care-how-many-years-you-went-to-school-you-still-have-to-follow-the-process\/","url_meta":{"origin":1007,"position":0},"title":"The Power of Checklists OR I Don&#8217;t Care How Many Years You Went to School, You Still Have to Follow the Process","author":"Robert Schlaff","date":"January 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A few years ago when I was meeting with the head of compliance for a large bank. 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