If you are worried about your voice assistant listening in all the time, then Sensory’s new private voice UI may suit you. Written by Eileen Brown, Contributor May 17, 2021 at 6:42 a.m. PT ...

But according to Google, these aren’t the most important reasons why, when it launched the Google Assistant back in 2016, it chose a female voice—and, not coincidentally, a gender-neutral name.

The on-stage Assistant demo was easily the most comprehensive and relatable example of how voice can transform our phone use that we’ve seen so far; but Google isn’t the first to try and ...