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New AI-powered apps and gadgets are built for older adults at home.
10/26/2026
Seniors who receive care at home look ready to talk to machines.
10/23/2026
The reality feels more like a high-tech band-aid on a profoundly human problem.
09/30/2026
Adults aged 50+, however, did not share this assertion.
09/22/2026
Policy recommendations for addressing weaknesses in AI and how government is deferring to companies.
Is the healthcare consumer ready for voice assistants? Not quite. There is a technology overhaul underway – the biggest change in user experience since the introduction of the web browser in 1991. Voice First technology – the ability to use natural language to speak to and be spoken to by devices and software – has become at least one mandatory user interface in every business and consumer interaction. From Voice recognition technology to Smart Speakers to Voice Assistants, it is now pervasive – in the year 2020, 50% of all searches will be by voice. From a sheer quantity standpoint, the plethora of devices from Amazon (claiming sales of 100 million gadgets at the end of 2018, plus a dozen new ones introduced for the 2019 holiday sales period) captures the stampede nature of the market. However, by end of January, 2019, Google claimed to have Google Assistant running on 1 billion devices – and by the summer, began declaring a new version – Google Assistant 2.0.