Emotion artificial intelligence (AI) systems are becoming so sophisticated that analyst firm Gartner is predicting that by 2022, personal devices will know more about an individual's emotional state than his or her own family.
More than 5 billion consumer devices supporting digital assistants will be in use in 2018, with almost 3 billion more added by 2021, according to analyst firm IHS Markit.
Analyst firm ABI Research said as the next wave of innovation approaches, Google and Amazon will emerge as the market?s ?leaders? due to continued growth in their apparent strengths.
Fingerprint recognition sensors in consumer devices are expected to increase with a modest but steady growth, reaching 1.7 billion organic shipments by 2022.
The report noted that despite having a largely duopoly market, the Philippines has achieved a high level of basic mobile access and has deployed the latest wireless and fixed technologies with high download speeds -- at least in urban areas.
While 91.47 percent of consumers in Southeast Asia check a site?s security before partaking in e-commerce or other activities, those in the Philippines appear more concerned, with 96.30 percent checking to see if a site is secured before initiating a transaction.
