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Personal Devices · Recorded milestone

Smart speaker

Recorded year2015

Amazon Echo brings voice assistants into the home.

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Built on

Wi-FiRecorded · 1997enables
Cloud computingRecorded · 2006enables
Voice control on phonesRecorded · 2009enables
Deep learning breakthroughRecorded · 2012requires

Led to

Reconfigurable homesRecorded · 2018enables
Homes for ageing in placeRecorded · 2022enables
Matter smart-home standardRecorded · 2022enables
Smart home run by thoughtRecorded · 2024enables
Personal AI server at homeRecorded · 2025enables
Conversational home assistantRecorded · 2026enables
Self-running smart homeForecast · ~2028enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.