Voice Companion Display

In 2018, we’re going to see the evolution of a the display that goes along with voice first devices. These are not so much meant for viewing Netflix or long programming, but for augmenting the voice-first experience.

A few predictions (without insider knowledge):

• We’ll see another Amazon Echo Show like device. Maybe they’ll call it the Echo Showmate (many years ago I worked for a company that produced it’s own product called the Showmate… )
• Third party devices will support Echo Show-like features
• There will be smaller kitchen-sized touch screen displays that can work with Chrome Cast or have it built in
• Facebook will come out with a Messenger-based voice-first display
• We’ll see a lot of DIY projects that will use Raspi’s or similar to interact with voice-first products

There is definitely a better experience when there’s a good companion display with voice.