

The battle of the bots: Amazon Alexa wins the battle, but Google Assistant needs to win the war
In a recent analysis in Business Insider, Matt Weinberger asserts that Amazon's Alexa voice-based service spells doom to Google. With all due respect, Matt is taking what I consider a very superficial view of the dynamics at play in the nascent voice bot market. Let's break down his rationale and then I'll share my disagreements and perspective: Amazon's Echo Dominated 2017 CES "Just ask anyone" he claims, and they'll tell you that Amazon's voice service dominated the 2017 Co