The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed every aspect of our professional and private life. It forced us to stay at home and it gave unprecedented power to technology. In this paper we focus on the emerging technology of smart speakers (e.g., Amazon Echo Plus, Google Home, etc.) and, through a developed questionnaire, we investigate how people use these devices. In particular, we analyze whether the human behavior has been affected by availability of these smart speaker. Results showed that the usage of these devices did not increase during lockdown, but it highlighted the presence of some privacy issues that might represent a burden to the diffusion of this type of technology.
On the Usage of Smart Speakers during the Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdown / Furini, M.; Mirri, S.; Montangero, M.; Prandi, C.. - (2020), pp. 187-192. (Intervento presentato al convegno 6th EAI International Conference on Smart Objects and Technologies for Social Good, GOODTECHS 2020 tenutosi a Antwerp nel 2020) [10.1145/3411170.3411260].
On the Usage of Smart Speakers during the Covid-19 Coronavirus Lockdown
Furini M.;Montangero M.;
2020
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed every aspect of our professional and private life. It forced us to stay at home and it gave unprecedented power to technology. In this paper we focus on the emerging technology of smart speakers (e.g., Amazon Echo Plus, Google Home, etc.) and, through a developed questionnaire, we investigate how people use these devices. In particular, we analyze whether the human behavior has been affected by availability of these smart speaker. Results showed that the usage of these devices did not increase during lockdown, but it highlighted the presence of some privacy issues that might represent a burden to the diffusion of this type of technology.
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