Yesterday, Spotify announced a promotion for new or existing premium subscribers, where Spotify will send each subscriber a Google Home Mini, simply by linking their Spotify and Google accounts. In a matter of a few clicks, Spotify subscribers can login, choose one of the four Google Home Mini, and within about 10 days receive their… Continue reading Spotify’s Google Mini Giveaway (Future Ear Daily Update 10-23-19)
Category: Alexa
Guest Appearance: Beetle Moment Podcast with Emily Binder & Katherine Prescott (Future Ear Daily Update 10-17-19)
I recently joined Emily Binder and Katherine Prescott on Emily's Beetle Moment Marketing podcast where we discussed a few different topics pertaining to voice assistants. Katherine and Emily quickly became two of my favorite people to follow in the voice space after I had the chance to meet them both at the Voice Summit and… Continue reading Guest Appearance: Beetle Moment Podcast with Emily Binder & Katherine Prescott (Future Ear Daily Update 10-17-19)
Google Pixel Buds 2.0 (Future Ear Daily Update 10-16-19)
Yesterday, Google revealed an overhauled, version 2 of Pixel Buds at its Pixel event. The new Pixel Buds are small, circle-shaped, truly wireless earbuds with silicon tips designed with a fin-like extension to help secure the buds into the ear and help seal out sound. While there will be some occlusion from the outside sound,… Continue reading Google Pixel Buds 2.0 (Future Ear Daily Update 10-16-19)
Amazon Primitives (Future Ear Daily Update 10-14-19)
One of the best all-time pieces I've read on Amazon and the root of its decision making as a company, is Ben Thompson's, "The Amazon Tax." Thompson writes one of the most prolific newsletters, Stratechery, which covers the business and strategy side of technology and media through daily updates. Stratechery has been a big source… Continue reading Amazon Primitives (Future Ear Daily Update 10-14-19)
The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
One of the reoccurring thoughts that's been running through my head these past few years is that we'll eventually have a wide variety of form factors when it comes to hearables. I believe there will be a large range of hearables-based applications spanning consumer, business, medical and industrial-focused verticals, and some of those applications might… Continue reading The Many Hearable Form Factors (Future Ear Daily Update 10-9-19)
The Android Ecosystem’s “AirPods” (Future Ear Daily Update 10-4-19)
Two of the sharpest writers that I follow, Bret Kinsella and Nick Hunn, each published an article yesterday pertaining to the recent flurry of news surrounding the hearables market (Link to Nick's; Link to Bret's (you'll need to subscribe)). As a refresher, Amazon introduced Echo Buds last week at its hardware event, Microsoft revealed Surface… Continue reading The Android Ecosystem’s “AirPods” (Future Ear Daily Update 10-4-19)
New Nick Hunn Article (Future Ear Daily Update 10-3-19)
Today, Nick Hunn, the analyst who coined the term "hearable" five years ago, has released a new article on the significance of Echo Buds to the hearables market. Nick doesn't publish new articles very often, and when he does, they tend to be packed with a ton of insight and knowledge, so this is once… Continue reading New Nick Hunn Article (Future Ear Daily Update 10-3-19)
The Food Network + Alexa (Future Ear Daily Update 9-30-19)
One of the most exciting and interesting announcements from Amazon's hardware event last week was around a new partnership between Amazon and The Food Network's parent company, Discovery. As part of Food Network's new subscription-based streaming service, called Food Network Kitchen, subscribers will be able to view up to 25 live cooking classes a week, access… Continue reading The Food Network + Alexa (Future Ear Daily Update 9-30-19)
Weekly Rundown 9/23 – 9/27 (Future Ear Daily Update 9-27-19)
For last Friday's update, I published an audio-only update mentioning that I have quite a bit of work travel coming up on the calendar and the introduction of the weekly rundown. So, for the time being, I'm going to use Friday's as a way to share some of the best stuff I came across for… Continue reading Weekly Rundown 9/23 – 9/27 (Future Ear Daily Update 9-27-19)
Three Reasons to be Excited about Echo Buds (Future Ear Daily Update 9-26-19)
The bomb finally dropped yesterday: Amazon has thrown down the gauntlet and entered into the hearables arena with Echo Buds. Announced at the end of yesterday's Amazon product event, Amazon's first foray into the hearables space represents the most important development in the world of hearables, since the launch of AirPods in December, 2016. For… Continue reading Three Reasons to be Excited about Echo Buds (Future Ear Daily Update 9-26-19)