All this voice-enabled stuff points to a future in which people can interact with their devices without even having to get off the couch to grab a remote control. Adding more voice to technology could make complicated systems, like an automated home, easier to use than they'd be with a busy touch display or a remote bristling with buttons. The ubiquity of Alexa at the show -- even if Amazon didn't have a booth here -- underscores the importance of these assistants, which include Apple's Siri, Google's Assistant and Microsoft's Cortana.
"In the end, the assistant is going to be pervasive when you're at work, when you're in the car, when you're at school, whatever it might be," Rishi Chandra, vice president of product management for Google Home, said during a smart-home panel Thursday.
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