Comparison of notable assistants




Intelligent personal assistant Developer Free software Free and open-source hardware HDMI out External I/O IOT Chromecast integration Smart phone app Always on Unit to unit voice channel Skill language
Alexa (a.k.a. Echo) Amazon.com No No No No Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
Alice Yandex No N/A N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?
AliGenie Alibaba Group No No N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?
Assistant Speaktoit No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes No N/A ?
Bixby Samsung Electronics No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes N/A N/A ?
BlackBerry Assistant BlackBerry Limited No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes No N/A ?
Braina Brainasoft No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes No N/A ?
Clova Naver Corporation No N/A N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?
Cortana Microsoft No N/A N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?
Duer Baidu
Evi Amazon.com True Knowledge No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes No N/A ?
Google Assistant Google No N/A N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A C++
Google Now Google No N/A N/A N/A Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A ?
M (discontinued) Facebook
Mycroft Mycroft AI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Python
SILVIA Cognitive Code No N/A N/A N/A No No Yes No N/A ?
Siri Apple Inc. No No N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?
Viv Samsung Electronics No N/A N/A N/A Yes No Yes No N/A ?
Xiaowei Tencent ?
Celia Huawei No No N/A N/A Yes No Yes Yes N/A ?

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