CES 2019: Google Pushes Deeper Into Homes With Digital Assistant Updates

At CES Show in Las Vegas, Google unveiled a raft of new partnerships to get its digital assistant into more homes, according to Bloomberg. Google’s voice-activated assistant will be integrated with new devices including DISH Network’s Hopper receivers, Sonos speakers, KitchenAid appliances and Samsung televisions, the company said in Las Vegas.

Google, Apple and Amazon are battling to distribute their digital assistants as widely as possible in a bid to dominate an emerging new way to interact with computers. Each company is selling its own internet-connected speakers and working with other hardware makers to control everything from doorbells to microwaves.

Google is trying to position its assistant as the smartest of the bunch, based on its work in artificial intelligence. One example: the company said that its assistant can now be used to translate a live conversation between two people speaking different languages.