Nokia's comeback is the biggest thing that happened in 2017 so far with the launch of the Nokia 6 Android smartphone. Nokia continues to wow technophiles as news on the phone manufacturer working on a virtual assistant dubbed 'Viki' hits the internet.
Viki, Nokia's AI-based virtual assistant. According to a Netherlands-based mobile phone news website, GSMinfo.nl, Nokia filed a trademark registration application for its very own virtual assistant. Nokia's specific description of their filed EU trademark of Viki says that the virtual assistant is "Software for the creation and monitoring of mobile and web digital assistants working with knowledge and combining all data sources into a single chat and voice-based interface."
Many will remember that the 80's sitcom, Small Wonder, had a little robot girl with realistic hair and skin named Vici (pronounced Vicki). Although spelled with a 'k', Viki looks to be an apt name for a virtual assistant.
Virtual assistants seem to be the focus of most tech giants this 2017 with the Google Home from Google, Amazon's Alexa, and now Nokia's Viki. We have yet to find out what Siri and Cortana have in store for us.
Samsung is reportedly working on an AI-based assistant of its own, too, which is set to feature on the upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone. This is after the Korean tech giant acquired Viv, the team that helped create Siri for Apple, back in October of 2016.
It is said that Samsung's virtual assistant will gradually get smarter as developers upload and attach services to it. Samsung hopes that their virtual assistant will go beyond smartphones and eventually be able to link its other devices with it.
Smartphone manufacturers are all focused on making virtual assistants that are artificially intelligent. Nokia clearly has plans to ride this trend, not wanting to be left behind.
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