Smart speakers become fastest growing connected device – report

Smart speakers, fifth-generation (5G) networks and cloud-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) are the baselines of increased connectivity and potential for innovation this year, the latest ‘Deloitte Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions’ report shows. The eighteenth edition of the report forecasts that the smart speakers installed base will surpass 250-million units by year-end, becoming the fastest-growing connected device category and worth $7-billion in 2019.