China’s Baidu says its answer to Alexa is now on 200M devices

A Chinese voice assistant has quickly gained ground in recent months. DuerOS, Baidu's response to Alexa, has reached more than 200 million devices, announced Friday the most reputable Chinese search engine on its official account Weibo. To put this figure in context, more than 100 million devices pre-installed with Alexa have been sold, Amazon recently said. Google has announced that Assitant will rely on 1 billion devices by the end of the month. Voice interaction technology is part of Baidu's strategy to reposition itself from a heavy reliance on research companies to artificial intelligence. The grand plan was a resounding

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