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Nowadays, we all are<br />
becoming more engage and<br />
busy in our day-to-day life<br />
due to professional commitments or<br />
personal life. In such a situation, we<br />
always find ways to make our life<br />
simple and easy. Every human on<br />
this planet feels lazy at certain<br />
situations where he/she wants to<br />
make his/her work or task easier.<br />
Thus, there are various innovations<br />
which are carried out with these<br />
technologies. Those are intensively<br />
working upon such tools which can<br />
execute to minimize human<br />
efficiency and saves time.<br />
According to the well-known French<br />
author Jules Renard, “Laziness is<br />
nothing more than the habit of<br />
resting before you get tired.”<br />
To reduce this, there are some virtual<br />
inventions that create an easy way to<br />
implement our work. One such major<br />
device which is widely used is<br />
known as Virtual Assistant<br />
generally abbreviated as VA or<br />
Virtual Office Assistant. It is a unique<br />
self-employed device which provides<br />
assistance to clients remotely. It is a<br />
highly skilled device that recreates<br />
overall verbal communication<br />
stronger. VA helps its users to access<br />
data and information through voice<br />
assistance with its unique approach<br />
to signify various fundamental<br />
activities.<br />
Hence, VA exclusively synchronizes<br />
human voice instructions to manage<br />
various human actions such as music<br />
playback via voice, emails, to-do<br />
lists, and calendars with verbal<br />
commands. Its invention has created<br />
a reforming approach for doing our<br />
day to day task easier. <strong>The</strong> qualities<br />
that make virtual assistant a power<br />
tool is its exceptional programming<br />
and strong process execution.<br />
Various Forms of Virtual<br />
Assistants<br />
In the global market, there are many<br />
technology giants that have<br />
introduced their own virtual assistant<br />
(VA) devices are as follows,<br />
Amazon Alexa majorly known as<br />
Alexa is a virtual assistant device<br />
developed by Amazon. It has two<br />
devices which reflect its VA<br />
properties such as Amazon Echo and<br />
Amazon Echo Dot Smart Speakers.<br />
Alexa helps you to check the<br />
weather, latest news, connect to<br />
music and listen to your favorite<br />
song on command as its special<br />
features. Siri by Apple is one of the<br />
unique virtual assistant devices<br />
introduced in 2011. Siri answers all<br />
the questions and updates you with<br />
sports news as well. Siri also uses to<br />
set alarm, timer, and scheduling daily<br />
task manually. With voice request,<br />
Siri can help you to send text or<br />
place call just by voice. Siri is<br />
exclusively available on Apple<br />
devices like iPhone, iPad, Mac,<br />
Apple watches etc.<br />
Cortana is a Microsoft device,<br />
known as its digital assistant who is<br />
designed to learn from your<br />
command and respond to the queries.<br />
It is very similar to Apple and other<br />
VA device which can track tasks,<br />
manage your calendar or follow your<br />
commands etc. Cortana works on<br />
following Microsoft devices,<br />
including Windows phones and<br />
operating systems. Google Assistant<br />
a product by Google which is highly<br />
known for its accessibility. It is easily<br />
available on various devices like<br />
your phone, speaker, watch, TV, or in<br />
your car. It connects smoothly with<br />
any device and gives an active<br />
response. Google Assistant is<br />
available on Google Play Store and<br />
iTunes App store.<br />
Last but not the least; we have Bixby<br />
a smart virtual assistant by Samsung.<br />
It is one of the most featured and<br />
unique virtual assistant device used<br />
globally. It has a unique feature that<br />
represents your music choices and<br />
voice commands to identify<br />
landmarks and other visuals by<br />
taking a photo. Bixby can translate<br />
many foreign languages and<br />
transform them in an easy manner. It<br />
also recommends you about<br />
businesses, restaurants to create<br />
reminders and manage your<br />
schedule. Bixby is exclusively<br />
available on Samsung devices like<br />
Galaxy S series and Note 9.<br />
Role of Virtual Assistants<br />
Followed with its overall<br />
introduction and functionalities, the<br />
core part that highly approachable<br />
about virtual assistant is its features<br />
and roles like,<br />
1. Responsiveness: A virtual<br />
assistant is mainly known for its<br />
extreme responsive nature and<br />
fundamental structure. <strong>The</strong> ultimate<br />
role of any virtual assistant is to<br />
follow the commands and execute<br />
the process accordingly. In any<br />
organization, the basic role is to<br />
follow the commands and provide<br />
suitable information at the earliest<br />
like, quick response to the e-mails,<br />
requests, and voice commands.<br />
www.insightssuccess.com<br />
August <strong>2019</strong><br />
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